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  This poster, hastily pasted onto bus stops and walls, appeared in my local area earlier this summer. It immediately caught my eye and I quickly took this photo before my bus turned up. I could feel the energy and...

This briefing is comprised of two components. Analysis of polling conducted between Monday 1st July – Tuesday 2nd July 2024 through Focaldata, designed by Demos. Nationally representative sample of 1,000 people. Covering how people are feeling ahead of the election,...

On 20th June 2024, we asked our Trustwatch panel about what they think of the Conservative director of campaigning and his wife being looked into for bets on the date of the general election. On 25th June 2024, we had...

Findings and commentary 1. Around half of the public (54%) feel that the general election campaigns represents people like them, especially those who plan to vote for the main parties, but concern remains from a significant proportion of the public...

In the week commencing 10th June, all major parties in the UK published their manifestos, with the Conservatives publishing on Tuesday 11th June and Labour on Thursday 13th June. We engaged various members of our Trustwatch panel via WhatsApp, both...

On the evening of Wednesday 12th June, Sky hosted The Battle for Number 10, broadcast live from Grimsby. The programme saw Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak each interviewed separately for 20 minutes by Sky’s Political Editor Beth Rigby, before responding...

Last night saw the first TV debate with senior figures from all the main parties. In an election where many people feel uninspired by the two main parties and where Reform have seen a huge surge in the polls, this...

Before, during and after the first leadership debate on Tuesday, we gathered reactions from people watching it among our Trustwatch 2024 panel – a group of 32 citizens who are giving us their reactions to key moments in the campaign. ...

Over the 2024 election, Demos is embarking on a project to track trust sentiment and the impact of the campaigns. Our Trustwatch 2024 panel is a group of 32 citizens who are giving us their reactions to key moments in...