The Union Survey
@theunionsurvey.bsky.social
The Union Survey is a long-running, 360° survey of constitutional attitudes in each of the UK’s four component parts.
Led by Profs Ailsa Henderson (@ailsahenderson.bsky.social) and Richard Wyn Jones (@richardwynjones.bsky.social).
Led by Profs Ailsa Henderson (@ailsahenderson.bsky.social) and Richard Wyn Jones (@richardwynjones.bsky.social).
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The Union Survey | Public Attitudes on the State of the State
The project and this website will provide a home for data, analysis and a network of researchers and others with an interest in the relationships between the UK's component parts. Drawing on rigorous ...
www.theunionsurvey.com
Research by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social published today.
The Future of England Study 2024-25 is published with colleagues from @walesgovernance.bsky.social and @ccc-research.bsky.social.
Report & data on our website: www.theunionsurvey.com
The Future of England Study 2024-25 is published with colleagues from @walesgovernance.bsky.social and @ccc-research.bsky.social.
Report & data on our website: www.theunionsurvey.com
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A petition calling on the UK Government to recognise Cornwall as a nation — alongside England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — has gained more than 19,000 signatures
Petition calling for Cornwall to gain nation status closes on symbolic milestone
A petition calling on the UK Government to recognise Cornwall as a nation — alongside England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — has gained more than 19,000 signatures. The campaign, which follow...
nation.cymru
August 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A petition calling on the UK Government to recognise Cornwall as a nation — alongside England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — has gained more than 19,000 signatures
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Analysis of English political attitudes suggests that Keir Starmer’s efforts to resolve the linked protests around flag-flying and ‘asylum hotels’ is unlikely to settle longstanding discontent among large numbers of the English electorate ✍️Emily Price
'Politicised Englishness most potent force in contemporary UK politics' - think tank
Emily Price Analysis of English political attitudes suggests that Keir Starmer’s efforts to resolve the linked protests around flag-flying and “asylum hotels” is unlikely to settle longstanding discon...
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August 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Analysis of English political attitudes suggests that Keir Starmer’s efforts to resolve the linked protests around flag-flying and ‘asylum hotels’ is unlikely to settle longstanding discontent among large numbers of the English electorate ✍️Emily Price
Great article by @emilypricejourno.bsky.social in @nation.cymru quoting our work and research leads @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social.
There's lots more detail on the underpinning research on our website.
nation.cymru/news/for-mar...
There's lots more detail on the underpinning research on our website.
nation.cymru/news/for-mar...
'Politicised Englishness most potent force in contemporary UK politics' - think tank
Emily Price Analysis of English political attitudes suggests that Keir Starmer’s efforts to resolve the linked protests around flag-flying and “asylum hotels” is unlikely to settle longstanding discon...
nation.cymru
August 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Great article by @emilypricejourno.bsky.social in @nation.cymru quoting our work and research leads @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social.
There's lots more detail on the underpinning research on our website.
nation.cymru/news/for-mar...
There's lots more detail on the underpinning research on our website.
nation.cymru/news/for-mar...
Great article in @nation.cymru quoting our research and offering analysis from @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social on how a current protests in England derive from a "longstanding discontent among large numbers of the English electorate".
nation.cymru/news/for-mar...
nation.cymru/news/for-mar...
'Politicised Englishness most potent force in contemporary UK politics' - think tank
Emily Price Analysis of English political attitudes suggests that Keir Starmer’s efforts to resolve the linked protests around flag-flying and “asylum hotels” is unlikely to settle longstanding discon...
nation.cymru
August 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Great article in @nation.cymru quoting our research and offering analysis from @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social on how a current protests in England derive from a "longstanding discontent among large numbers of the English electorate".
nation.cymru/news/for-mar...
nation.cymru/news/for-mar...
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Erthygl newydd ar anfodlonrwydd cymdeithasol a radicaleiddio yn Lloegr gan @ailsahenderson.bsky.social a @richardwynjones.bsky.social
New piece in the @theconversation.com from the research team at @theunionsurvey.bsky.social about contemporary social and political discontent in #England 👇
New piece in the @theconversation.com from the research team at @theunionsurvey.bsky.social about contemporary social and political discontent in #England 👇
Nigel Farage and the political power of English grievance
The Conservatives and Labour have allowed resentment to fester in the biggest part of the UK – and the only region not to have its own parliament.
theconversation.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Erthygl newydd ar anfodlonrwydd cymdeithasol a radicaleiddio yn Lloegr gan @ailsahenderson.bsky.social a @richardwynjones.bsky.social
New piece in the @theconversation.com from the research team at @theunionsurvey.bsky.social about contemporary social and political discontent in #England 👇
New piece in the @theconversation.com from the research team at @theunionsurvey.bsky.social about contemporary social and political discontent in #England 👇
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Excellent article .
Fantastic new article by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the @uk.theconversation.com.
"...UK governments find it easier to address Farage’s successive foreigner problems than to look at their own role in stoking English grievance."
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
"...UK governments find it easier to address Farage’s successive foreigner problems than to look at their own role in stoking English grievance."
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
Nigel Farage and the political power of English grievance
The Conservatives and Labour have allowed resentment to fester in the biggest part of the UK – and the only region not to have its own parliament.
theconversation.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Excellent article .
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The Union Survey: tracking English political attitudes for 15 years (long hard work excavating these issues from sedimented assumptions about ‘British’ politics). Here’s hoping folk pay attention now English grievance is ubiquitous on the surface of the political news. @theunionsurvey.bsky.social
Fantastic new article by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the @uk.theconversation.com.
"...UK governments find it easier to address Farage’s successive foreigner problems than to look at their own role in stoking English grievance."
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
"...UK governments find it easier to address Farage’s successive foreigner problems than to look at their own role in stoking English grievance."
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
Nigel Farage and the political power of English grievance
The Conservatives and Labour have allowed resentment to fester in the biggest part of the UK – and the only region not to have its own parliament.
theconversation.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Union Survey: tracking English political attitudes for 15 years (long hard work excavating these issues from sedimented assumptions about ‘British’ politics). Here’s hoping folk pay attention now English grievance is ubiquitous on the surface of the political news. @theunionsurvey.bsky.social
Fantastic new article by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the @uk.theconversation.com.
"...UK governments find it easier to address Farage’s successive foreigner problems than to look at their own role in stoking English grievance."
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
"...UK governments find it easier to address Farage’s successive foreigner problems than to look at their own role in stoking English grievance."
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
Nigel Farage and the political power of English grievance
The Conservatives and Labour have allowed resentment to fester in the biggest part of the UK – and the only region not to have its own parliament.
theconversation.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Fantastic new article by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the @uk.theconversation.com.
"...UK governments find it easier to address Farage’s successive foreigner problems than to look at their own role in stoking English grievance."
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
"...UK governments find it easier to address Farage’s successive foreigner problems than to look at their own role in stoking English grievance."
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
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Good item on #c4news on the English & Union Jack flags. Agree with @jydenham.bsky.social that the two flags cannot be ceded to the far right. Much of the UK have problems with these flags & legacy of Empire as Kehinde Andrews says but that doesn't meaning giving these flags up to the right.
August 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Good item on #c4news on the English & Union Jack flags. Agree with @jydenham.bsky.social that the two flags cannot be ceded to the far right. Much of the UK have problems with these flags & legacy of Empire as Kehinde Andrews says but that doesn't meaning giving these flags up to the right.
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Make your own mind up
www.channel4.com/news/is-engl...
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Is England flag flying campaign patriotism or provocation?
We’re joined by Professor John Denham, a former Labour minister who is now Director of the Centre for English Identity and Politics at the University of Southampton, and Kehinde Andrews, a Professor o...
www.channel4.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Make your own mind up
www.channel4.com/news/is-engl...
www.channel4.com/news/is-engl...
Our most recent report found that those voters in England who identify primarily as English rather than British are made both angry and fearful by contemporary political life.
Report by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the anger of the English: www.theunionsurvey.com
Report by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the anger of the English: www.theunionsurvey.com
The Union Survey | Public Attitudes on the State of the State
The project and this website will provide a home for data, analysis and a network of researchers and others with an interest in the relationships between the UK's component parts. Drawing on rigorous ...
www.theunionsurvey.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Our most recent report found that those voters in England who identify primarily as English rather than British are made both angry and fearful by contemporary political life.
Report by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the anger of the English: www.theunionsurvey.com
Report by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the anger of the English: www.theunionsurvey.com
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@ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social "among those English-identifiers, we found ambivalence towards the Union as a project and a commonly held sense of grievance about the perceived cost and political influence of the other nations within the UK" @theunionsurvey.bsky.social
If there’s so much buyer’s remorse about Brexit, why is Nigel Farage the rising figure in UK politics?
Ten years on, an angry tribe sees itself as more English than British - and Ireland must stay alert to the dangers
www.irishtimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
@ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social "among those English-identifiers, we found ambivalence towards the Union as a project and a commonly held sense of grievance about the perceived cost and political influence of the other nations within the UK" @theunionsurvey.bsky.social
Great to join @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and other @scotvoting.bsky.social colleagues at Scottish Politics conference.
May 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Great to join @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and other @scotvoting.bsky.social colleagues at Scottish Politics conference.
"The second point to note is that with the sole exception of 2020, English devolution as championed by the current government is always the least popular option for English governance across the electorate as a whole."
The Shameful Conquest of England, p. 23
www.theunionsurvey.com/reports
The Shameful Conquest of England, p. 23
www.theunionsurvey.com/reports
May 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"The second point to note is that with the sole exception of 2020, English devolution as championed by the current government is always the least popular option for English governance across the electorate as a whole."
The Shameful Conquest of England, p. 23
www.theunionsurvey.com/reports
The Shameful Conquest of England, p. 23
www.theunionsurvey.com/reports
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Reform move into 13% lead over Labour with Find Out Now. Tories just holding 3rd place & facing the prospect of falling to FOURTH PLACE.
Reform projected majority with not a single Scottish Reform MP.
REF 33% (+4)
LAB 20% (-1)
CON 16% (-3)
LD 15% (+2)
GR 11% (-)
Sample: 7/5
Change: +/-30/4
Reform projected majority with not a single Scottish Reform MP.
REF 33% (+4)
LAB 20% (-1)
CON 16% (-3)
LD 15% (+2)
GR 11% (-)
Sample: 7/5
Change: +/-30/4
May 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Reform move into 13% lead over Labour with Find Out Now. Tories just holding 3rd place & facing the prospect of falling to FOURTH PLACE.
Reform projected majority with not a single Scottish Reform MP.
REF 33% (+4)
LAB 20% (-1)
CON 16% (-3)
LD 15% (+2)
GR 11% (-)
Sample: 7/5
Change: +/-30/4
Reform projected majority with not a single Scottish Reform MP.
REF 33% (+4)
LAB 20% (-1)
CON 16% (-3)
LD 15% (+2)
GR 11% (-)
Sample: 7/5
Change: +/-30/4
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I spoke with Kez Dugdale and Nicola McEwen about the English local elections last week, the fallout, and what to expect from the upcoming Hamilton by-election.
Plus great interviews with Andre Lecours and Ariadne Vromen about the Canadian and Australian elections.
Plus great interviews with Andre Lecours and Ariadne Vromen about the Canadian and Australian elections.
Parallel Politics: 2025 Elections in England, Canada, and Australia
UofG Spotlight · Episode
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May 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I spoke with Kez Dugdale and Nicola McEwen about the English local elections last week, the fallout, and what to expect from the upcoming Hamilton by-election.
Plus great interviews with Andre Lecours and Ariadne Vromen about the Canadian and Australian elections.
Plus great interviews with Andre Lecours and Ariadne Vromen about the Canadian and Australian elections.
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Seen the headlines in today's Scottish papers? Join
@scotvoting.bsky.social team TONIGHT 6pm @uofglasgow.bsky.social for an analysis of the the state Scottish electoral politics One Year Out from the 2026 Holyrood elections. Boyd Orr Bldg in-person and on-line
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-year-o...
@scotvoting.bsky.social team TONIGHT 6pm @uofglasgow.bsky.social for an analysis of the the state Scottish electoral politics One Year Out from the 2026 Holyrood elections. Boyd Orr Bldg in-person and on-line
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-year-o...
One Year Out: The outlook for the 2026 Holyrood election
Join us on Thursday 8 May for this Stevenson Lecture with the Scottish Election Study Team.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Seen the headlines in today's Scottish papers? Join
@scotvoting.bsky.social team TONIGHT 6pm @uofglasgow.bsky.social for an analysis of the the state Scottish electoral politics One Year Out from the 2026 Holyrood elections. Boyd Orr Bldg in-person and on-line
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-year-o...
@scotvoting.bsky.social team TONIGHT 6pm @uofglasgow.bsky.social for an analysis of the the state Scottish electoral politics One Year Out from the 2026 Holyrood elections. Boyd Orr Bldg in-person and on-line
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-year-o...
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Scots will be looking at the Labour figures from that Welsh poll and thinking, "first time"?
But for context, Labour have won every Westminster and Welsh election for *103* years. When they lost to the SNP in 2011, that streak in Scotland was 'just' 47 years long.
But for context, Labour have won every Westminster and Welsh election for *103* years. When they lost to the SNP in 2011, that streak in Scotland was 'just' 47 years long.
May 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Scots will be looking at the Labour figures from that Welsh poll and thinking, "first time"?
But for context, Labour have won every Westminster and Welsh election for *103* years. When they lost to the SNP in 2011, that streak in Scotland was 'just' 47 years long.
But for context, Labour have won every Westminster and Welsh election for *103* years. When they lost to the SNP in 2011, that streak in Scotland was 'just' 47 years long.
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New ITV Wales @yougov.co.uk @walesgovernance.bsky.social has been published.
#Senedd voting Intentions:
Plaid 30%
Reform 25%
Labour 18%
Cons 13%
Libdems 7%
Greens 5%
Others 2%
Westminster
Plaid 24%
Reform 24%
Lab 20%
Cons 13%
Libdems 9%
Green - 7%
Other - 2%
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
#Senedd voting Intentions:
Plaid 30%
Reform 25%
Labour 18%
Cons 13%
Libdems 7%
Greens 5%
Others 2%
Westminster
Plaid 24%
Reform 24%
Lab 20%
Cons 13%
Libdems 9%
Green - 7%
Other - 2%
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
www.itv.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New ITV Wales @yougov.co.uk @walesgovernance.bsky.social has been published.
#Senedd voting Intentions:
Plaid 30%
Reform 25%
Labour 18%
Cons 13%
Libdems 7%
Greens 5%
Others 2%
Westminster
Plaid 24%
Reform 24%
Lab 20%
Cons 13%
Libdems 9%
Green - 7%
Other - 2%
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
#Senedd voting Intentions:
Plaid 30%
Reform 25%
Labour 18%
Cons 13%
Libdems 7%
Greens 5%
Others 2%
Westminster
Plaid 24%
Reform 24%
Lab 20%
Cons 13%
Libdems 9%
Green - 7%
Other - 2%
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
We're building a network of people with a professional interest in the politics of the Union. Your interest might be one territory or all of them, electoral behaviour, economics, public policy, the constitution, identity, or something else. You might be a journalist, official, academic,...
May 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We're building a network of people with a professional interest in the politics of the Union. Your interest might be one territory or all of them, electoral behaviour, economics, public policy, the constitution, identity, or something else. You might be a journalist, official, academic,...
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These vacous people, who by any measure have got exactly the government they were asking for in 2013, but who are so detached from both policy thought and the people they ventriloquise that they simply have not noticed and never will:
Blue Labour's Jonathan Rutherford Is Helping No 10 Find Purpose, Energy And A Story To Tell
Can Blue Labour help Keir Starmer’s government develop a clear direction and sense of purpose? Sienna Rodgers talks to Jonathan Rutherford, a polit...
www.politicshome.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
These vacous people, who by any measure have got exactly the government they were asking for in 2013, but who are so detached from both policy thought and the people they ventriloquise that they simply have not noticed and never will:
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83% of English Labour voters think the UK was wrong to leave the EU. 37% of English Tories agree with them.
April 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
83% of English Labour voters think the UK was wrong to leave the EU. 37% of English Tories agree with them.