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Not much progress six months on
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The Scottish Play
The SNP's crisis offers short and long term opportunities to Labour
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Why are views about immigration different in Scotland?
Public opinion isn't formed in a vacuum
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By-election triple bill
Something for everyone?
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He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy
Boris Johnson is not an electoral asset
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Throw the rascals out!
Evidence of anti-Conservative voting in the 2023 local elections
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The rise and fall of the Brexit realignment
Marching up the Brexit hill, then marching down again
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Tactical voting: How much can the Lib Dems help Labour, and vice versa?
Several sharp minds have noticed an important sea change in opposition politics: Labour and Liberal Democrat voters are coming together. As Ben Ansell…
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The Swingometer
The Swingometer
Thoughts on elections, public opinion and politics. The Swingometer is named in honour of the late Sir David Butler, inventor of both "swing" and the device to illustrate it on television.
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