Behind the numbers
Stories of online abuse abound in the media. Often the focus is on the abuse of women and it is widely assumed that they bear the brunt of it. Little has been done to test this theory – although some...
News
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Mili-Brand Not Such a Joke After All
Ever since Miliband was snapped outside Russell Brand’s home, there has been much furore at the sight of the Leader of the Opposition holding an audience with the man who says “don’t vote”. It is likely that Miliband’s visit intended...
Power Failure
In a period dominated by big ‘P’ politics, there has been an important – and concerning – change to recent policy-making: the social partnership model of the Low Pay Commission (LPC) has begun to crack. This started with the decision...
How Twitter Judged the Challengers’ Debate
As part of our ongoing project analysing the role that social media is playing in the 2015 General Election, Demos – alongside Qlik, the University of Sussex and Ipsos MORI – have been working to build new tools to measure...
Behind the Demons of the Digital Underworld
My heart was pounding as I waited for Paul to arrive at the train station where we’d agreed to meet. I’d been communicating with him for some time, all via the internet. Paul was a vitriolic, aggressive neo-Nazi who spent...
Are These the Manifestos Voters Deserve?
Today’s manifesto launches from UKIP and the Liberal Democrats means all the main parties’ wares are finally on display. But as the dust begins to settle on these documents, after so much fanfare, it is worth pausing to reflect on...
Cameron Takes Tories Back to the Future
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, Political Participation and the 2015 General Election
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...
Not Quite New, Not Quite Blue
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...