Matthew Smith
mattsmithetc.bsky.social
Matthew Smith
@mattsmithetc.bsky.social
Head of data journalism at @YouGov. Formerly digital comms at
@policy_exchange, @unisontweets
Should there be national service for Boomers?

A German think tank has called for 1yr of "mandatory social service" for all new retires - a move Britons would oppose for the UK

Support: 14%
Oppose: 73%

18-24yr olds: -43 net support
25-49: -58
50-64: -70
65+: -53

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October 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Haha, I enjoyed that finding too!
September 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We’ve always got something: yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Too late, already working on a much more cursed idea… bsky.app/profile/will...
Worth recalling British people hate fun and banning or licensing everything is wildly wildly popular. Absolutely masturbation licences would have over 50% support.

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85% of Britons favour some form of dog licence, with 54% believing they should be required to own any breed of dog

Should require licence to own any breed of dog: 54%
Should require licence to own some breeds of dog: 31%
Should not require licence to own any dog: 8%

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July 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Great chart! Just in case it helps, the sizing guide half way down this page has helped me with this issue more times than I care to remember instruct.uwo.ca/geog/2240/dr...
Drawing Lab. 3: Proportional symbol map
instruct.uwo.ca
June 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Finding out I was ‘wrong’ with my Leader of the Lords entry because I used her name rather than her full title was extremely aggravating
May 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I’ve been joking that if the media want Musk out they just need to start referring to him as ‘co-president’, and Trump will boot him in short order
February 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Yeah, I must confess, having scoffed at the article I did try and plot a journey along two points of the NYC subway map myself and struggled. But surely with a smartphone telling you which station to get on and which line to use that issue falls away
December 18, 2024 at 4:23 PM
What I found particularly perplexing is that her travel journalist archive suggests that she primarily goes to Disney World... which has an extensive mass transit system?
December 18, 2024 at 4:20 PM