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Local elections analysis: Labour struggled more versus the Greens than Reform
As with every set of English local elections, there are a huge number of different results to pick through and stories to pick out. Many takes are available, here comes another.
This year’s set of locals included many of the country’s bigg...
Should Labour move left or right?
The parallels between what is happening to Labour now in 2026 and what happened to the Conservatives in the lead up to July 2024 are quite striking.
In both situations, a traditional powerhouse party of British politics faces a populist ch...
Reform and young people in the context of votes at 16
This week’s announcement of Government plans to lower the legal voting age for UK general elections to 16 has caused quite a stir. The proposals have been met with a wide range of responses, views, and takes. One which particularly caught m...
Four mayors and a political funeral
I’ve been working and focusing a lot lately on anything and everything not to do with British politics recently, with national elections in Australia, Germany, and Canada taking up most of my time and mental space since the start of the yea...
Germany. Nothing but Germany.
This week, we at YouGov released our final MRP projection and regular vote intention monitor for Sunday’s snap German federal election. MPs will be elected by Germans to the Bundestag (parliament) tomorrow, with exit polls expected in the e...
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