How will the council elections play out?
In about six weeks, the UK goes to the polls for the May council elections. It'll be the first electoral feedback on Keir Starmer's Labour govt since they won power in the…
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Will Keir Starmer survive as Prime Minister?
When the general election campaign began in mid May 2024, Labour were polling at 46%. But when the votes were counted on 4th July, Labour got just 33.7% of the vote - the lowest…
Update on Hive-Engine Withdrawals problem
So - it is coming up to four days since I tried to make a withdrawal from Hive-Engine to Hive. I still haven't received my coins, and now the Hive-Engine withdrawal page shows…
Withdrawals from Hive Engine not working
So, about 14 hours ago I sold some layer 2 coins for Hive, and initiated a withdrawal to Hive so I could transfer it to savings - and it never arrived. It's only a tiny tiny…
How did Kamala Harris secure support so fast?
Ever since the disastrous debate at the end of June, President Biden was coming under huge pressure to drop out of November's presidential election. But the stubborn old man was…
A connundrum from the General Election
Part of the reason Labour won 411 seats in the general election despite getting only 33.7% of the vote, is that the right-wing vote was split, with many 2019 Tory voters…
What do the French elections mean?
One of the most puzzling elections in the Western world are the elections for the National Assembly in France. They were called three years before they needed to be held and have…
Do people remember the Council Elections on 2nd May?
When the results came in, Professor Rawlings caused huge controversy with his projected national vote: Labour 35% Tories 26% LibDems 16% Others (Independents, Greens…
Here is how voters have reacted to the debates and manifestos
We've now had the manifestos of all the parties standing in the election. We've also had one head-to-head debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer on ITV, an interview session…
YouGov's MRP poll for Birmingham looks wrong
MRP stands for Multilevel Regression and Post-Stratification. What they do is first do a standard poll with a large sample - at least 10,000 people rather than 2,000. They ask…