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Six reasons I am voting remain on Thursday

Posted onJune 19, 2016Leave a comment

I sincerely doubt many people who will read this have not made their mind up how to vote on Thursday, but wanted to offer my rationale for voting remain. This is undoubtedly the most important political issue that we have Continue Reading

My first article on The Conversation UK: On the SDP Then, and Labour Now

Posted onMarch 29, 2016Leave a comment

We’ve been here before, or so it seems. A left-wing Labour leader the parliamentary party feels was foisted upon it, ongoing ideological warfare, and a fear of impending electoral Armageddon. The last time this happened was in 1981 when such Continue Reading

Are the parties getting the resources where they need them?

Posted onMay 7, 2015Leave a comment

The complexity of the upcoming election looks set to make vote distribution central to the outcome. In other words, parties’ strengths in Westminster will be decided not just by how many votes they get but also where in the UK Continue Reading

The Scottish election now seems to be a debate about full fiscal autonomy. But does this open up the issue of “West Lothian Question Max”?

Posted onApril 12, 2015

The two Scottish Leaders’ debates staged in the last week have been fairly refreshing. The first reason for this is to do with the personalities involved. In Nicola Sturgeon, Jim Murphy and Ruth Davidson, Scotland has three very competent and Continue Reading

Tagsconstitution, Scotland, UK election 2015

Nicola Sturgeon at the LSE Liveblog

Posted onMarch 16, 20151 Comment

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Thank you Google Street view for a lovely memory

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015

Google is sometimes quite a controversial organisation. The amount of information it holds about us and our world across its various services is vast, and is correctly a cause for concern. Google Street View has been one of these controversial Continue Reading

TagsCats, Google, Personal

Sonia Livingstone on Children’s Rights

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015

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TagsDepartment of Media and Communication, LSE, Public lectures, Sonia Livingstone, Storify

Back from sabbatical – let the election commence!

Posted onJanuary 6, 2015

As those of you who follow me on Twitter will know, I have largely been avoiding all social media for the past few months, as I have been on a research-focused sabbatical since September. This has provided a fantastic period Continue Reading

TagsUK election 2015

Pity the pollsters. This is a tough one.

Posted onSeptember 12, 2014

Another day, another poll appears for the Scottish referendum. This time it is an ICM poll with the Guardian, and – among those who have made their mind up – it puts No at 51 per cent and Yes at Continue Reading

Tagspublic opinion, Scotland

ICA Presentation: Big Data and Public Opinion

Posted onJune 2, 2014

Last week, I was lucky enough to go to Seattle to present a paper at the International Communications Association annual conference. This was my first ICA, and I enjoyed the experience greatly. I featured on a wonderful panel entitled Really Continue Reading

Tagsconference, ica, paper, public opinion, research

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  • Only myths however take more than good data to kill them. https://twitter.com/kevin_maguire/status/1097616184005087233?s=21 … February 18, 2019 (@NickAnstead)
  • Nice data thread suggesting @ProfTimBale earlier observation was accurate - SDP cost Tories as many votes as they did Labour in 1983. https://twitter.com/jon_mellon/status/1097632451080478720 … February 18, 2019 (@NickAnstead)
  • So I was provisionally booked on a load of news progs tonight: but then I said you couldn’t *not* take Luciana B’s anti-semitism charge>> February 18, 2019 (@zoesqwilliams)
  • This cannot be said too often - Labour betrayal myth that SDP “stole” their votes is pervasive but much more contested empirically. https://twitter.com/proftimbale/status/1097541531211304962 … February 18, 2019 (@NickAnstead)
  • Oh, for the love of God! The SDP did NOT help Margaret Thatcher win thumping majorities in 1983 and 1987 by "splitting the centre-left vote". In fact, she might have won even bigger victories had ex-Labour voters had nowhere else to go. See Crewe & King p.290pic.twitter.com/CPuUjJKTDY February 18, 2019 (@ProfTimBale)

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