benshimshon.bsky.social
@benshimshon.bsky.social
Co-founder & CEO, thinksinsight.com (formerly BritainThinks); Board Member, abrahaminitiatives.org. I (still) like politics. I sometimes say useful things about it.
Maybe “locally avoided”?
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Maybe “locally avoided”?
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CST: 'we utterly reject his message of hate and division. His so-called support for our community is not welcome or helpful'
That was 2021. I hope + anticipate similar sentiments in 2025
That was 2021. I hope + anticipate similar sentiments in 2025
October 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
CST: 'we utterly reject his message of hate and division. His so-called support for our community is not welcome or helpful'
That was 2021. I hope + anticipate similar sentiments in 2025
That was 2021. I hope + anticipate similar sentiments in 2025
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@benshimshon.bsky.social and I did a bit of polling on this earlier in the year- quite interesting on who cares most about the broken promise
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
How Much Do Voters Care About Broken Election Promises?
Manifesto promises matter and Labour will face fierce criticism if it breaks them. But our research suggests delivering a feeling of change is more...
www.politicshome.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
@benshimshon.bsky.social and I did a bit of polling on this earlier in the year- quite interesting on who cares most about the broken promise
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
This is excellent and urgent.
September 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This is excellent and urgent.
Perhaps a kind of Crocodile Dundee version? This is not chaos. THIS is chaos… ?
September 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Perhaps a kind of Crocodile Dundee version? This is not chaos. THIS is chaos… ?
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The takeaway:
👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.
👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The takeaway:
👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.
👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.
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Longer thread with detailed results here bsky.app/profile/turn...
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Longer thread with detailed results here bsky.app/profile/turn...
This! Why is no one talking about the fact that a scrappy ❌ on a bit of white line paint isn’t ‘the flag’. It’s half arsed graffiti that makes our towns and villages look messy and run down.
September 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This! Why is no one talking about the fact that a scrappy ❌ on a bit of white line paint isn’t ‘the flag’. It’s half arsed graffiti that makes our towns and villages look messy and run down.
We looked closely at this back in July. Really complex picture, but the anti-reform coalition is definitely there… cdn.prod.website-files.com/6578727b2437...
September 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We looked closely at this back in July. Really complex picture, but the anti-reform coalition is definitely there… cdn.prod.website-files.com/6578727b2437...
Another interesting read is Portrait of a Political Man - the biography of Joseph Fouche by Stefan Zweig… I knew nothing about Fouche (or Zweig) but am now fascinated by both.
July 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Another interesting read is Portrait of a Political Man - the biography of Joseph Fouche by Stefan Zweig… I knew nothing about Fouche (or Zweig) but am now fascinated by both.
I have that on my kindle but haven’t started it yet. Thanks for the nudge!
July 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have that on my kindle but haven’t started it yet. Thanks for the nudge!
Politics wise, I still love McCain’s Promise by David Foster Wallace, if you haven’t read it…
July 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Politics wise, I still love McCain’s Promise by David Foster Wallace, if you haven’t read it…