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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · 9d

Society is becoming more intolerant of difference: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/what...

For the avoidance of doubt Keir Starmer did not say that Reform's voters or leaders were racist, merely that some of its policies are. Proba...

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · 17d

Where should I go to live if there is a Reform government?https://britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/relocate-to-grand-duchy.html

Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · 20d

Can local by-elections tell us anything about Reform's prospects? britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/i-ha...

Are Reform voters storming to the polls?

I have been looking at recent local by-election results to see what they say about voter intentions, but I have to admit the picture is a ra...

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · 26d

You didn't expect to win and now you are the Labour MP for a rural constituency. Guy Bland's story: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/how-...

How is South Borsetshire's Labour MP coping?

It has been a puzzle to me why Labour MPs should bring down their own government. Changing leader is another matter, although defenestratio...

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Sep 7

Farage in Downing Street in two years? At least I have time to make plans to leave. britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-ge...

A general election in two years?

I have known Professor Sir John Curtice since he was a DPhil student at Oxford so when he said on Friday in a long essay on the BBC website ...

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Sep 5

Interesting that Tory at uni Nick Robinson had a real go at Richard Tice on BBC Radio 4 this morning, first time I have seen or heard that at the BBC. Are they beginning to realise Reform can't just be given unchallenged publicity?

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Aug 27

Commentators on the right are misinterpreting the 1976 IMF crisis: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

Why the 1976 IMF crisis is not really relevant

We live in febrile times with talk of civil war and the Government imploding. I saw the other day that three quarters of Labour MPs would l...

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Aug 25

The negative effects of the Liz Truss trade deal with Australia are starting to be felt by British farmers: agpostbrexit.blogspot.com/2025/08/trus...

Truss trade deal effects felt by British farmers

Liz Truss allegedly used a private jet to fly to Australia to secure a trade deal there. She certainly got a good selfie and displayed the ...

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Aug 23

The Times says today there are going to be 'huge' tax rises in the Budget. Leaving aside one outlier, most forecasts of the gap are around £20bn. Quite a lot, but doesn't need huge rises.

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Aug 22

I'm very much a flag liberal (people should be able to fly whatever flags they like so long as they own the flagpole), but the political obsession with flag culture wars just shows how dominated British politics has become by spectacle over substance.

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Aug 22

White supremacy?

Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Aug 16

I have faced it - first wife. Msg or email me if you need any advice.

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Jul 27

In the words of Ali G, 'I is ready for a ruck'.

Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Jul 26

19-year old leader of Warwickshire points to the future of UK politics: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/19-y...

19-year old leader says Tories and Lib Dems are toast

The 19-year old leader of Warwickshire County Council strode confidently on to the steps of Shire Hall this week and predicted that the Cons...

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Jul 25

Why does the BBC platform Farage? britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/why-...

Why does the BBC platform Farage?

This has been puzzling me and others for some time. It's counter intuitive: Reform in office would defund the BBC regardless of how much of...

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Jul 19

A word in defence of London: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/good...

Good old London town

It's open season on London from right-wing commentators writing from exile in Dubai or filling the pages of the Spectator. Even The Econo...

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Jul 18

Do any academic colleagues know of literature that suggest that values are becoming more divergent and fragmented and this makes it harder to achieve consensus on policy objectives. I

Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Jul 17

What world will i bequeath to my great-granddaughter? britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/lett...

Letters to a great-granddaughter (7)

In May my great-granddaughter came from Spain to England for my wedding. The concept of a great-grandfather was difficult for her to grasp,...

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Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Jun 30

I suppose as I am Scottish and Cornish by descent I don't count, although I have never identified with Engerland.

Wyn Grant @wyngrant.bsky.social · Jun 23

The UK's 2023 Economic Crime Act is a classic case of implementation and enforcement costs not being considered: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...

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