Ewan Hoyle
@ewanhoyle.bsky.social
Lead strategist at Sprint for PR, the progressive campaign for the electoral reform that protects us all from illegitimate right-wing rule.
Progressive co-operation can deliver the reform we need in this parliament.
Progressive co-operation can deliver the reform we need in this parliament.
Pinned
I'm enormously proud of the analysis and polling that I have caused to happen over the last few weeks.
My obsessive pursuit of understanding of tactical voting has finally yielded the insights that I believe should transform the prospects for electoral reform in this parliament.
My obsessive pursuit of understanding of tactical voting has finally yielded the insights that I believe should transform the prospects for electoral reform in this parliament.
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Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.
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The Danish Social Democrats whose immigration policy the Labour Party wants to copy are the red line that starts at 35% in 2019 and ends at 21% in 2025
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Danish Social Democrats whose immigration policy the Labour Party wants to copy are the red line that starts at 35% in 2019 and ends at 21% in 2025
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Labour: "We couldn't possibly begin negotiating with the EU to eventually rejoin. That would make the next GE all about Brexit."
Reality: "Yes, and so what? At the moment everything is about immigration, and you are LOSING very VERY badly indeed."
Reality: "Yes, and so what? At the moment everything is about immigration, and you are LOSING very VERY badly indeed."
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Labour: "We couldn't possibly begin negotiating with the EU to eventually rejoin. That would make the next GE all about Brexit."
Reality: "Yes, and so what? At the moment everything is about immigration, and you are LOSING very VERY badly indeed."
Reality: "Yes, and so what? At the moment everything is about immigration, and you are LOSING very VERY badly indeed."
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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Why not vote for progressive politics instead of the status quo
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Why not vote for progressive politics instead of the status quo
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If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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I mean the Welsh elections are proceeding under a new electoral system that was agreed without a referendum or prior manifesto commitment, and no one cares. Likewise Scotland has STV in local elections that was pushed through without a referendum or prior manifesto commitment, and nobody cared
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I mean the Welsh elections are proceeding under a new electoral system that was agreed without a referendum or prior manifesto commitment, and no one cares. Likewise Scotland has STV in local elections that was pushed through without a referendum or prior manifesto commitment, and nobody cared
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Oh 💯 I genuinely believe a significant reason we haven’t descended into fascism yet is that we have PR-STV in Ireland.
October 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Oh 💯 I genuinely believe a significant reason we haven’t descended into fascism yet is that we have PR-STV in Ireland.
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Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
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The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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"By a whopping two-to-one margin, voters now favor the pre-Brexit immigration system to the one that has taken shape since leaving the EU."
Even among Reform UK voters, more wish they could go back to pre-2021 migration rules! ~AA
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
Even among Reform UK voters, more wish they could go back to pre-2021 migration rules! ~AA
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system
The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
"By a whopping two-to-one margin, voters now favor the pre-Brexit immigration system to the one that has taken shape since leaving the EU."
Even among Reform UK voters, more wish they could go back to pre-2021 migration rules! ~AA
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
Even among Reform UK voters, more wish they could go back to pre-2021 migration rules! ~AA
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
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We don't need more effectless talking shops. The Speakers' Conference of 1917 recommended PR by STV.
Everything since has been kicking it into the long grass.
Just enact it, and without a bloody referendum.
Everything since has been kicking it into the long grass.
Just enact it, and without a bloody referendum.
November 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We don't need more effectless talking shops. The Speakers' Conference of 1917 recommended PR by STV.
Everything since has been kicking it into the long grass.
Just enact it, and without a bloody referendum.
Everything since has been kicking it into the long grass.
Just enact it, and without a bloody referendum.
Heroes
Two Illinois Guardsmen claim to have sworn an oath over orders, stating that they will not turn on their city
November 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Heroes
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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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Now out in Party Politics 🎉
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Now out in Party Politics 🎉
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE.
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE.
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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More cruelty is not the answer.
The Govt must end its dehumanising policies, introduce safe asylum routes & give asylum seekers the right to work.
‘Keir Starmer tries to look tough on immigration - and exposes himself as a coward’ from @zoejardiniere.bsky.social:
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
The Govt must end its dehumanising policies, introduce safe asylum routes & give asylum seekers the right to work.
‘Keir Starmer tries to look tough on immigration - and exposes himself as a coward’ from @zoejardiniere.bsky.social:
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
More cruelty is not the answer.
The Govt must end its dehumanising policies, introduce safe asylum routes & give asylum seekers the right to work.
‘Keir Starmer tries to look tough on immigration - and exposes himself as a coward’ from @zoejardiniere.bsky.social:
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
The Govt must end its dehumanising policies, introduce safe asylum routes & give asylum seekers the right to work.
‘Keir Starmer tries to look tough on immigration - and exposes himself as a coward’ from @zoejardiniere.bsky.social:
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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The results of the Dutch experiments were that dropping work requirements and instead trusting people to find work didn't decrease work and also led to increased trust in return, plus better health. Not clawing back benefits as income increased led to more employment.
Combine those, and that's UBI.
Combine those, and that's UBI.
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The results of the Dutch experiments were that dropping work requirements and instead trusting people to find work didn't decrease work and also led to increased trust in return, plus better health. Not clawing back benefits as income increased led to more employment.
Combine those, and that's UBI.
Combine those, and that's UBI.
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Really important piece
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Really important piece
Keir Starmer is rattled by the @greenparty.org.uk and so he is lying about the Green Party. Not a great way to win people back.
The PM just said at PMQs: "The UK is backed as a leading and trusted member of NATO - a timely reminder for the Green Party, whose policy is to take us out."
Appreciate Zack Polanski has made comments backing leaving, but the Greens' official policy is actually this: "We would work within NATO."
Appreciate Zack Polanski has made comments backing leaving, but the Greens' official policy is actually this: "We would work within NATO."
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Keir Starmer is rattled by the @greenparty.org.uk and so he is lying about the Green Party. Not a great way to win people back.
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Younger people who voted Labour are going Green, young people who couldn't vote or didn't vote are going Green. Many uncertainties in politics but here's one sure thing: this group will be bigger at next GE than now - voting age going down and more people becoming eligible.
Where is the Green vote coming from? Only 4 in 10 current Green voters backed the Party last July. 1 in 5 opted for Labour while a similar number didn’t/couldn’t vote in a mirror of Reform UK’s attraction of previous non voters.
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Younger people who voted Labour are going Green, young people who couldn't vote or didn't vote are going Green. Many uncertainties in politics but here's one sure thing: this group will be bigger at next GE than now - voting age going down and more people becoming eligible.