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As Thomas Macaulay reminded MPs, in the great reform debates of 1831, "We are legislators, not antiquaries".
His instruction to "reform, that you may preserve", helped a medieval parliament adapt to a new democratic age.
For Lord John Russell, reform was itself a constitutional tradition:
His instruction to "reform, that you may preserve", helped a medieval parliament adapt to a new democratic age.
For Lord John Russell, reform was itself a constitutional tradition:
June 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
As Thomas Macaulay reminded MPs, in the great reform debates of 1831, "We are legislators, not antiquaries".
His instruction to "reform, that you may preserve", helped a medieval parliament adapt to a new democratic age.
For Lord John Russell, reform was itself a constitutional tradition:
His instruction to "reform, that you may preserve", helped a medieval parliament adapt to a new democratic age.
For Lord John Russell, reform was itself a constitutional tradition:
France total number wrong!
May 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
France total number wrong!
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This chart is from @britishelectionstudy.com @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social, me and Ed Fieldhouse. You can see that 2024 Reform voters mainly came from the Conservatives or UKIP in 2015.
This has been a story on the right for *ten years* now, unless something very different happened last week.
This has been a story on the right for *ten years* now, unless something very different happened last week.
May 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This chart is from @britishelectionstudy.com @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social, me and Ed Fieldhouse. You can see that 2024 Reform voters mainly came from the Conservatives or UKIP in 2015.
This has been a story on the right for *ten years* now, unless something very different happened last week.
This has been a story on the right for *ten years* now, unless something very different happened last week.
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Possibly my favourite chart of the elections... the median vote reuqired to win hit its lowest point ever. The era of two-party politics is over.
The historical local elections data courtesy of the one and only Michael Thrasher (who wanted to plot the data back to 1889!).
The historical local elections data courtesy of the one and only Michael Thrasher (who wanted to plot the data back to 1889!).
May 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Possibly my favourite chart of the elections... the median vote reuqired to win hit its lowest point ever. The era of two-party politics is over.
The historical local elections data courtesy of the one and only Michael Thrasher (who wanted to plot the data back to 1889!).
The historical local elections data courtesy of the one and only Michael Thrasher (who wanted to plot the data back to 1889!).