@ProfJaneGreen
I’ve been gathering my thoughts the last few days, and I think I’m ready to say a few things. Obviously this election went really well for Democrats, but I think there’s warnings for both parties moving forward in the data.View quoted post on X
🧵On Thursday night we held a focus group of 2024 Labour voters many of whom had become disillusioned under Starmer to find out how Burnham's conference speech had gone down. Have written it up for @guardian and it was the most positive feedback for a politician in a long time.View quoted post on X
🎙️ NEW episode of Political Currency…
🤔 Will scrapping the triple lock backfire on Burnham?
🌳 Can Badenoch solve her Farage problem?
🪖 Has RAF Fairford exposed Britain's defence weakness?
🎧 LISTEN: tr.ee/pc
🖥️ WATCH: tr.ee/PCTVView quoted post on X
With the Triple Lock reform set out accurately and the savings hypothecated to a National Care Service, a clear majority back it:
64% support it and 15% oppose: net +49.
Support outnumbers opposition in every age group, including those most affected:
-> 55-64: 61% support, 16% oppose
-> 65+: 55% support, 27% oppose
5/6View quoted post on X
On electoral reform, the public have been consistently clear for a long time that they’d prefer a proportional representation system over the current first past the post model.
Will Burnham be able to find consensus on the exact model of PR, however?View quoted post on X
