Chris Hopkins
@chrishopkins92.bsky.social
Political Research Director at Savanta.
Interested in film, breathing oxygen, and converting protein intake into muscle energy.
Interested in film, breathing oxygen, and converting protein intake into muscle energy.
Jeremy Corbyn's net favourability rating in @savanta.bsky.social polling was -26 when we last asked it (late July 2024).
July 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Jeremy Corbyn's net favourability rating in @savanta.bsky.social polling was -26 when we last asked it (late July 2024).
An honour to be invited to the annual Huntington’s Disease Association awards 2025. Very inspirational afternoon meeting so many amazing volunteers and fundraisers alongside all from #TeamHDA
June 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
An honour to be invited to the annual Huntington’s Disease Association awards 2025. Very inspirational afternoon meeting so many amazing volunteers and fundraisers alongside all from #TeamHDA
Roman ruins and shit football played in front of next to nobody? Cartagena is like a sunnier-climes Colchester.
June 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Roman ruins and shit football played in front of next to nobody? Cartagena is like a sunnier-climes Colchester.
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It's been five years since the first Covid lockdown
And now 3/4 of the public say they're MORE or JUST AS likely to support full lockdown measures to prevent the spread of a pandemic as they were in 2020
@savanta.bsky.social poll w/ @politicshome.bsky.social 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
And now 3/4 of the public say they're MORE or JUST AS likely to support full lockdown measures to prevent the spread of a pandemic as they were in 2020
@savanta.bsky.social poll w/ @politicshome.bsky.social 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
March 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It's been five years since the first Covid lockdown
And now 3/4 of the public say they're MORE or JUST AS likely to support full lockdown measures to prevent the spread of a pandemic as they were in 2020
@savanta.bsky.social poll w/ @politicshome.bsky.social 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
And now 3/4 of the public say they're MORE or JUST AS likely to support full lockdown measures to prevent the spread of a pandemic as they were in 2020
@savanta.bsky.social poll w/ @politicshome.bsky.social 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
This does seem like it, though. The “it’ll be alright on the night” strategy shows an admirable level of self-confidence, but feels very misguided
It is really difficult to understand what Labour's political strategy is. Steadily alienating core supporters in the hope of winning them back in a few years seems unwise.
March 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This does seem like it, though. The “it’ll be alright on the night” strategy shows an admirable level of self-confidence, but feels very misguided
Today is the first working day I haven’t been dog-sitting Betty for over a week and I’ve spent a disproportionate amount of my morning on the Dog’s Trust website
March 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Today is the first working day I haven’t been dog-sitting Betty for over a week and I’ve spent a disproportionate amount of my morning on the Dog’s Trust website
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A new Savanta poll for us shows that while supporters of Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens all back British troops being sent to Ukraine as peacekeepers, Reform voters oppose it
@chrishopkins92.bsky.social: "any lingering sense that these [Reform supporters] are just Tories in disguise is wrong"
@chrishopkins92.bsky.social: "any lingering sense that these [Reform supporters] are just Tories in disguise is wrong"
Reform voters buck the national trend of supporting British troops being sent to Ukraine as peacekeepers, according to new @savanta.bsky.social polling
People who intend to vote Labour, Tory, Lib Dem & Green all support the move, the poll showed
However, a majority of Reform supporters oppose it
People who intend to vote Labour, Tory, Lib Dem & Green all support the move, the poll showed
However, a majority of Reform supporters oppose it
Reform Supporters Oppose Sending British Troops To Ukraine As Peacekeepers
Reform UK voters buck the national trend of supporting British troops being sent to Ukraine as peacekeepers, according to new polling.
www.politicshome.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A new Savanta poll for us shows that while supporters of Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens all back British troops being sent to Ukraine as peacekeepers, Reform voters oppose it
@chrishopkins92.bsky.social: "any lingering sense that these [Reform supporters] are just Tories in disguise is wrong"
@chrishopkins92.bsky.social: "any lingering sense that these [Reform supporters] are just Tories in disguise is wrong"
Amateur ice hockey in Essex has played some incredible europop *and* the national anthem. We’re a proper country again
March 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Amateur ice hockey in Essex has played some incredible europop *and* the national anthem. We’re a proper country again
Absolutely gutted that Richard has left Savanta but the work he did with us in a year will have a lasting impact well beyond his tenure. The research world is better for having his communications expertise staying in the sector - Ipsos are very lucky to have him.
February 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Absolutely gutted that Richard has left Savanta but the work he did with us in a year will have a lasting impact well beyond his tenure. The research world is better for having his communications expertise staying in the sector - Ipsos are very lucky to have him.
Nothing quite like a Super Bowl flyover when it’s being played in a dome
February 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Nothing quite like a Super Bowl flyover when it’s being played in a dome
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I have written a Haiku in order to vent my frustration on this topic:
Please do not move near
A historic London pub
If you are boring
Please do not move near
A historic London pub
If you are boring
I found and mapped every London pub almost shut by council noise complaints last year for @londonermag.bsky.social
Often only one neighbour would complain about issues as small as "faint giggles" but they'd still succeed.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/noise-compla...
Often only one neighbour would complain about issues as small as "faint giggles" but they'd still succeed.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/noise-compla...
Noise complaints are killing London’s pubs
We mapped the dozens of pubs forced to shut early or that faced closure last year due to everything from “faint giggles” to “constant honking” from cars.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I have written a Haiku in order to vent my frustration on this topic:
Please do not move near
A historic London pub
If you are boring
Please do not move near
A historic London pub
If you are boring
My mum helpfully reminded me this morning that four years ago I ran 260km in the month of January and this year I've done... what, exactly? She meant it nicely, but jfc the subtext was scathing.
January 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
My mum helpfully reminded me this morning that four years ago I ran 260km in the month of January and this year I've done... what, exactly? She meant it nicely, but jfc the subtext was scathing.
nicely timed intervention from the Mayor
January 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
nicely timed intervention from the Mayor
Nacho Football Conference Championship game. Sundays done right.
January 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Nacho Football Conference Championship game. Sundays done right.
Alexander is just proof that when you’re playing a game with idiots, it’s irrelevant how clever you are #TheTraitors
January 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Alexander is just proof that when you’re playing a game with idiots, it’s irrelevant how clever you are #TheTraitors
David Lammy, hugging Barry Keoghan, getting the badge in. Most wtf moment of 2025 has an early fav
January 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
David Lammy, hugging Barry Keoghan, getting the badge in. Most wtf moment of 2025 has an early fav
All those normal people engaging with politics, in totally normal ways, like running for political office and hacking the website of your opponent's deputy leader.
Badenoch now presenting herself as a truth-teller, unafraid to make herself unpopular.
'I did not study politics. I studied engineering. I see politics as normal people do, as an outsider. I am fascinated by how things work.'
'I did not study politics. I studied engineering. I see politics as normal people do, as an outsider. I am fascinated by how things work.'
January 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
All those normal people engaging with politics, in totally normal ways, like running for political office and hacking the website of your opponent's deputy leader.
Irrespective of what I think will happen, it'll be interesting to see how the bookies would price a Runcorn by-election. Whoever doesn't start as favourite, I'd imagine they'd present some decent value: I'd probably price Labour and Reform as pick'em
January 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Irrespective of what I think will happen, it'll be interesting to see how the bookies would price a Runcorn by-election. Whoever doesn't start as favourite, I'd imagine they'd present some decent value: I'd probably price Labour and Reform as pick'em
Twenty years since I died my hair black in his honour
not sure how many people this will appeal to but Patrick Wolf has released a remastered version of Wind In The Wires to celebrate its 20th (!) anniversary: open.spotify.com/album/4IQ32y...
Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)
Patrick Wolf · Album · 2025 · 13 songs
open.spotify.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Twenty years since I died my hair black in his honour
I spent approximately three months of my adolescence working in a McDonalds and it was comfortably the worst job I've had. Can't say I ever witnessed some of the harassment reported today, but there were certainly some weird dynamics, namely by the sheer number of colleagues that were dating
January 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I spent approximately three months of my adolescence working in a McDonalds and it was comfortably the worst job I've had. Can't say I ever witnessed some of the harassment reported today, but there were certainly some weird dynamics, namely by the sheer number of colleagues that were dating
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Think we’re getting at least 10 sets, at least 35 180s, and a 9-darter. This could be immense.
January 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Think we’re getting at least 10 sets, at least 35 180s, and a 9-darter. This could be immense.
All rational people agree it's a truth self-evident that it's impossible to have a good time on New Year's Eve. The pressure's too immense.
December 31, 2024 at 5:56 PM
All rational people agree it's a truth self-evident that it's impossible to have a good time on New Year's Eve. The pressure's too immense.
Never seen such faker news and misinformation #Colchester
December 26, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Never seen such faker news and misinformation #Colchester