Francis Dodsworth
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Francis Dodsworth
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I teach Criminology at Kingston University; background in history (Manchester) and sociology (OU). Research interests in policing / protection / security. #Wirksworth #Histon #Surbiton #CamUtd
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We then stuck with open-ends but changed the question a little.

Most pollsters ask about issues facing the country.

When we ask about people's day-to-day lives, the change is starkly different.

Immigration is only mentioned in a tenth of results. A majority mentioned the Cost of Living.
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Given that people is asking me for the numbers, here the table provided by UKRI:
October 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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This is not normal discourse. It is not just a bit of fun for a Sunday paper interview. It is beyond the realms of the concept of decency shared across the political spectrum until last year.
October 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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I liked reading it, but laypeople are not going to understand that.

I've tried whittling it down to:
All the generative AI-- AI which outputs stuff from our input-- that exist now primarily rely on a model: a huge set of data that "surmises" all the elements of the domain of the model, words or pic
October 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM