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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...
Yesterday’s big launch went well, with 1.6 million viewers excitedly tuning in to watch on television. But enough about Game of Thrones – this is manifesto week. Today saw the Conservatives take their turn, following Labour’s safety-first effort yesterday. As expected, there...
Young people in the UK are increasingly disillusioned with electoral politics. Over the past three General Elections, an average of 40 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds voted, while 60 percent of this age group turned out to vote in the...
Much has been made of the similarity in language between Labour’s Manifesto today and Hilary Clinton’s campaign launch last night – but there is good a dose of Bill in there too. America’s 42nd president used to talk of being ‘in the future business’; Ed...
The increasing integration of new media technologies, and particularly social media, into our personal and working lives has heralded an enormous amount of debate and discussion about their transformative potential. In politics, this has centred on the capacity for social...
It’s little surprise that it was a question about food banks that kicked off last night’s leaders’ debate. The ‘food bank question’ has become a litmus test for a number of issues which occupy the top spots in the pre-election...
David Cameron is a more skilful politician than most people seem to think. His statement this week that he would not seek a third term in office has been framed as a ‘gaffe’, but this assumes he hadn’t planned to say what he did....
‘The Tories will take Britain back to 1930s levels of spending’ might be Labour’s most important and effective slogan in this election. Even though they can no longer use it, it’s already had an important effect, forcing Osborne into a...
I know what Ed Miliband meant when he tweeted last week that: ‘I think Nigel Farage’s comments today are wrong, divisive and dangerous. The laws we have on equality represent our values as a country’ I also know what Polly Toynbee meant...
The Prime Minister’s refusal to agree to the broadcasters’ ‘final’ offer on TV debates in the run up to May’s election has been a great political boost for his opponents. Few issues unite Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon, Ed Miliband and...
