Steve Akehurst

@SteveAkehurst

Politics, policy, public attitudes. Work in polling and comms. Director of @Persuasion_UK. ex- @Shelter & civil service. 🏳️‍🌈

Deptford, London strongmessagehere.substack.com Joined April 2009

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Steve Akehurst @SteveAkehurst Oct 19

NEW: How robust is opinion change on Brexit/Brexit

@Persuasion_UK research properly stress tested it.

We find a fair bit of softness. We think headline Rejoin support is more like 52 v 48% (!) rather than ~64-36% you see in polls.

Not fatal but worth paying attention to🧵

Steve Akehurst @SteveAkehurst 2d

Interesting intervention from new Scottish Lab leader.

There’s a lot of known risks for Labour on Rejoin, but the one place it would v likely benefit them is Scotland.

One of few issues Lab/SNP swing voters care about more than independence is their pro-EU views.

Michael Marra MSP Verified account @michaeljmarra 2d

I believe it's in Scotland's interests for the UK to rejoin the EU and I will work to make it happen.

dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Steve Akehurst @SteveAkehurst Nov 5

How did this happen before they found a Joe Rogan of the left - wracking my brains here

Steve Akehurst @SteveAkehurst Nov 4

Rare good day for the “for you” section of my twitter feed

myesha thee stallion @myeshachou Nov 4

pronouns in arabic:

she/her —> هي / لها
he/him —> هو/له
they/them —> هم/هنّ
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Steve Akehurst @SteveAkehurst Nov 4

Think basically every US Democrat - from both wings of the party - ran on some form of economic populism (linked to affordability), with cultural progressivism not abandoned but clearly in back seat.

Mamdani influence clear to see in style and substance.

Clash Report Verified account @clashreport Nov 4

James Talarico:

The real fight in this country is not left versus right; it is top versus bottom.

The people at the top work so hard to keep us angry and divided because our unity is a threat to their wealth and their power.

We saw it in this race. We saw it in every billionaire-funded attack ad.

The people at the top divide us by party, by race, by gender, by religion, by culture, so we don't notice that they are picking our pockets.

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