They are definitely getting prettier, though the message for the Conservatives remains chase the Reform vote at your peril. The average values positions of voters by how they voted in 2019 and 2024. public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
If there was ever an industry that needs to be nationalised. - Southern Water makes plans to tanker supplies from Norway’s fjords on.ft.com/4eg1cta
Threat of drought and water shortages is pushing UK utility to make contingency arrangements
Still the most prescient post from Jan 2020 - "Events happen. Governments cock up. Labour doesn’t have to lose" www.thetimes.com/article/2bbb...@philipjcowley.bsky.social
The last time Labour suffered four consecutive general election defeats, in 1992, there were a series of articles and books arguing that Britain had become a de facto one-party state with perpetual Co...
"Labour must never take voters for granted ... many are simply giving Labour a chance. It must approach every day of governing in the knowledge that it will need to persuade voters again and again and again." Labour Together report. www.labourtogether.uk/how-labour-w...
This is the first part of Labour Together’s review of the 2024 election, which looks at how Labour won.
More worrying is the more the public see of Starmer the more they find him untrustworthy. Could just be very low levels of political trust generally but …
Thanks, enjoyed playing with the app. What about the estimated 2m+ Tory voters who stayed at home this time? What impact does small increase in turnout have eg tories less than 3% behind in 35 seats. Surely next time they will focus on a better get-out-the-vote operation in their 292 second places
🔴 Labour's Red Tightrope 🔴 Worth perhaps a doing a quick thread on the results in today's Substack (stuck on train!), which I think make the 'sandcastle' story about Labour's victory more complicated. Labour face risks but not where you might think. 1/n benansell.substack.com/p/the-red-ti...
Labour are in a stronger electoral position than it might appear but their red lines may end up hurting them
