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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...
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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...
The triggering of Article 50 this week will finally kick-off the formal process of Brexit. In two years’ time, unless the 27 EU states agree an extension, we will leave the EU. Regardless of whether you supported Leave or Remain,...
In the immediate aftermath of the American Presidential Election, there was some rather brutal soul-searching about the role that the mainstream media had played in supporting Trump’s victory. The same questions were asked when the BBC took the decision to...
In her recent speech on the shared society, May articulated a cautiously optimistic world view. According to May, the UK is “a country built on the bonds of family, community and citizenship”. The bonds between us may have been pummelled...
One of the many odd features of our post-Brexit political landscape is that amongst all the shouting, rancour, and court cases, there seems to be an almost unBrexit-like consensus on its cause. Social and economic exclusion, or the feeling of...
Last week, Demos brought together around 30 leading thinkers on Europe’s social, economic and cultural condition in Brussels, for the second in a series of policy workshops we have been hosting as part of our project – Nothing to Fear...
Social media was quick to interpret the result of last month’s Referendum into a ‘war of generations’. Older voters, who had overwhelmingly voted to Leave, had sold out younger generations’ futures on the basis of campaign lies and prejudices. This...
While the social, political, economic and geopolitical consequences of a vote to leave the EU continue to spin their way out, the vote itself provides a window into just how divided British society is. Since the early hours of Friday...
Imagine, for a moment, the scene had the markets – and even the 10pm polls – been correct, and the United Kingdom this morning has woken with a 52-48 vote to remain in the European Union. The faces on the...
On 15 June, in what felt at times like the dying days of empire, Demos brought together 20 leading experts on European politics, social and economic policy for a workshop in Brussels, to debate an emergent culture of ‘fear’ across...
