George Pontikas
@georgepontikas.bsky.social
Lecturer in Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading
Interested in how children understand sentences and public life
Interested in how children understand sentences and public life
A 5 bedroom house was never in the lifetime of those impacted on the lower end of the property ladder (even less so in Richmond); nor were any of the houses in the picture.
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A 5 bedroom house was never in the lifetime of those impacted on the lower end of the property ladder (even less so in Richmond); nor were any of the houses in the picture.
Amen to that! few moves can be both so symbolic and substantial at the same time.
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Amen to that! few moves can be both so symbolic and substantial at the same time.
It's not an issue of competence (or manifest lack thereof). It's that some actions are simply no longer just a compromise/accommodation of the (far) right - they are simply beyond the pale
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's not an issue of competence (or manifest lack thereof). It's that some actions are simply no longer just a compromise/accommodation of the (far) right - they are simply beyond the pale
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Labour can never be the party of those who reject the asylum principle. Hardline immigration conservatism is owned by the right. Low trust radical right voters will never believe an approach like this because they know it runs against grain of the party’s core electorate and history - so will fail
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Labour can never be the party of those who reject the asylum principle. Hardline immigration conservatism is owned by the right. Low trust radical right voters will never believe an approach like this because they know it runs against grain of the party’s core electorate and history - so will fail
Looking at the local news, it seems to go significantly beyond just modern languages
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Looking at the local news, it seems to go significantly beyond just modern languages
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Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
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Will Hayward: "Beyond this campaign, the aim of the party to appeal to Reform voters that are never coming back (and often were never Labour voters anyway) at the expense of left and centre left traditional supporters has been a catastrophe."
October 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Will Hayward: "Beyond this campaign, the aim of the party to appeal to Reform voters that are never coming back (and often were never Labour voters anyway) at the expense of left and centre left traditional supporters has been a catastrophe."
It gets better, his constituency includes the Wroughton & Wichelstowe ward of Swindon, Wichestowe being one of the largest housing estates under construction in the country. By 2028-29, there will be a few thousand more voters very unlikely to vote Reform...
September 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It gets better, his constituency includes the Wroughton & Wichelstowe ward of Swindon, Wichestowe being one of the largest housing estates under construction in the country. By 2028-29, there will be a few thousand more voters very unlikely to vote Reform...
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And I wonder if this cycle then becomes BOTH the result AND the source of the politics we see. If progressive or left-leaning voters make ourselves, essentially, impossible to please and very easy to lose forever, doesn't that make it rational for parties to compete for right wing votes? 6/6
September 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
And I wonder if this cycle then becomes BOTH the result AND the source of the politics we see. If progressive or left-leaning voters make ourselves, essentially, impossible to please and very easy to lose forever, doesn't that make it rational for parties to compete for right wing votes? 6/6
That would normally mean that the higher rate of stamp duty should have been paid.
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Higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax
Check if you have to pay the higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy a residential property in England or Northern Ireland.
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September 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
That would normally mean that the higher rate of stamp duty should have been paid.
www.gov.uk/guidance/sta...
www.gov.uk/guidance/sta...
The state of the BBC and lack of media regulation reform & enforcement is going to be a major reason for Labour's (likely) failure to recover.
September 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The state of the BBC and lack of media regulation reform & enforcement is going to be a major reason for Labour's (likely) failure to recover.