Wyn Grant
@wyngrant.bsky.social
Emeritus professor now living a quiet and blameless life in Leamington Spa. Blogger on football. Great-grandfather.
Society is becoming more intolerant of difference: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/what...
What is driving Reform voters?
For the avoidance of doubt Keir Starmer did not say that Reform's voters or leaders were racist, merely that some of its policies are. Proba...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Society is becoming more intolerant of difference: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/what...
Where should I go to live if there is a Reform government?https://britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/relocate-to-grand-duchy.html
September 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Where should I go to live if there is a Reform government?https://britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/relocate-to-grand-duchy.html
Can local by-elections tell us anything about Reform's prospects? britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/i-ha...
Are Reform voters storming to the polls?
I have been looking at recent local by-election results to see what they say about voter intentions, but I have to admit the picture is a ra...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Can local by-elections tell us anything about Reform's prospects? britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/i-ha...
You didn't expect to win and now you are the Labour MP for a rural constituency. Guy Bland's story: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/how-...
How is South Borsetshire's Labour MP coping?
It has been a puzzle to me why Labour MPs should bring down their own government. Changing leader is another matter, although defenestratio...
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September 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
You didn't expect to win and now you are the Labour MP for a rural constituency. Guy Bland's story: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/how-...
Farage in Downing Street in two years? At least I have time to make plans to leave. britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-ge...
A general election in two years?
I have known Professor Sir John Curtice since he was a DPhil student at Oxford so when he said on Friday in a long essay on the BBC website ...
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September 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Farage in Downing Street in two years? At least I have time to make plans to leave. britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-ge...
Interesting that Tory at uni Nick Robinson had a real go at Richard Tice on BBC Radio 4 this morning, first time I have seen or heard that at the BBC. Are they beginning to realise Reform can't just be given unchallenged publicity?
September 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Interesting that Tory at uni Nick Robinson had a real go at Richard Tice on BBC Radio 4 this morning, first time I have seen or heard that at the BBC. Are they beginning to realise Reform can't just be given unchallenged publicity?
Commentators on the right are misinterpreting the 1976 IMF crisis: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...
Why the 1976 IMF crisis is not really relevant
We live in febrile times with talk of civil war and the Government imploding. I saw the other day that three quarters of Labour MPs would l...
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August 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Commentators on the right are misinterpreting the 1976 IMF crisis: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...
The negative effects of the Liz Truss trade deal with Australia are starting to be felt by British farmers: agpostbrexit.blogspot.com/2025/08/trus...
Truss trade deal effects felt by British farmers
Liz Truss allegedly used a private jet to fly to Australia to secure a trade deal there. She certainly got a good selfie and displayed the ...
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August 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The negative effects of the Liz Truss trade deal with Australia are starting to be felt by British farmers: agpostbrexit.blogspot.com/2025/08/trus...
The Times says today there are going to be 'huge' tax rises in the Budget. Leaving aside one outlier, most forecasts of the gap are around £20bn. Quite a lot, but doesn't need huge rises.
August 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Times says today there are going to be 'huge' tax rises in the Budget. Leaving aside one outlier, most forecasts of the gap are around £20bn. Quite a lot, but doesn't need huge rises.
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I'm very much a flag liberal (people should be able to fly whatever flags they like so long as they own the flagpole), but the political obsession with flag culture wars just shows how dominated British politics has become by spectacle over substance.
August 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I'm very much a flag liberal (people should be able to fly whatever flags they like so long as they own the flagpole), but the political obsession with flag culture wars just shows how dominated British politics has become by spectacle over substance.
19-year old leader of Warwickshire points to the future of UK politics: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/19-y...
19-year old leader says Tories and Lib Dems are toast
The 19-year old leader of Warwickshire County Council strode confidently on to the steps of Shire Hall this week and predicted that the Cons...
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July 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
19-year old leader of Warwickshire points to the future of UK politics: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/19-y...
Why does the BBC platform Farage? britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/why-...
Why does the BBC platform Farage?
This has been puzzling me and others for some time. It's counter intuitive: Reform in office would defund the BBC regardless of how much of...
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July 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Why does the BBC platform Farage? britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/why-...
A word in defence of London: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/good...
Good old London town
It's open season on London from right-wing commentators writing from exile in Dubai or filling the pages of the Spectator. Even The Econo...
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July 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A word in defence of London: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/good...
Do any academic colleagues know of literature that suggest that values are becoming more divergent and fragmented and this makes it harder to achieve consensus on policy objectives. I
July 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Do any academic colleagues know of literature that suggest that values are becoming more divergent and fragmented and this makes it harder to achieve consensus on policy objectives. I
What world will i bequeath to my great-granddaughter? britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/lett...
Letters to a great-granddaughter (7)
In May my great-granddaughter came from Spain to England for my wedding. The concept of a great-grandfather was difficult for her to grasp,...
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July 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
What world will i bequeath to my great-granddaughter? britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/lett...
The UK's 2023 Economic Crime Act is a classic case of implementation and enforcement costs not being considered: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
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June 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The UK's 2023 Economic Crime Act is a classic case of implementation and enforcement costs not being considered: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
How are we going to square the fiscal circle? britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
The magic money tree is back
One of the unfortunate consequences of the restoration of winter fuel payments is that voters' faith in the magic money tree has been restor...
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June 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
How are we going to square the fiscal circle? britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
Some reflections on recent elections in the UK and elsewhere: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
May 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Some reflections on recent elections in the UK and elsewhere: britpolanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
From tenth tier to Premier League? I think not. footballeconomyv2.blogspot.com/2025/04/weve...
We've been here before with ambitious benefactors
A rich individual or individuals buy a non-league club and declare their ambition to reach the EFL and then the Premier League. OK, it has w...
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April 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
From tenth tier to Premier League? I think not. footballeconomyv2.blogspot.com/2025/04/weve...
Interesting that the news that 15 people, many highly placed Tories, have been charged with the Gambling Commission by betting on the date of the last GE was covered on BBC News at 1 not by the weasel Chris Mason but by the 'political investigations correspondent'.
April 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Interesting that the news that 15 people, many highly placed Tories, have been charged with the Gambling Commission by betting on the date of the last GE was covered on BBC News at 1 not by the weasel Chris Mason but by the 'political investigations correspondent'.
I have discovered that I have a trade deficit with my newsagent, my hairdresser and the local fish and chip shop. What tariff should I apply?
April 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I have discovered that I have a trade deficit with my newsagent, my hairdresser and the local fish and chip shop. What tariff should I apply?
The House of Commons Library has issued a helpful guide to the current state of play on football regulation legislation: footballeconomyv2.blogspot.com/2025/04/late...
Latest on the football regulator
The House of Commons Library is known for its comprehensive and authoritative surveys of legislation and has issued one on the Football Gove...
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April 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The House of Commons Library has issued a helpful guide to the current state of play on football regulation legislation: footballeconomyv2.blogspot.com/2025/04/late...
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The stages in a Donald Trump deal:
1. Lie about something being a problem
2. Do something to "fix" it, which causes an actual problem
3. Say you won't reverse what you've done
4. Reverse what you've done
5. Say "Art of the deal"
1. Lie about something being a problem
2. Do something to "fix" it, which causes an actual problem
3. Say you won't reverse what you've done
4. Reverse what you've done
5. Say "Art of the deal"
April 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The stages in a Donald Trump deal:
1. Lie about something being a problem
2. Do something to "fix" it, which causes an actual problem
3. Say you won't reverse what you've done
4. Reverse what you've done
5. Say "Art of the deal"
1. Lie about something being a problem
2. Do something to "fix" it, which causes an actual problem
3. Say you won't reverse what you've done
4. Reverse what you've done
5. Say "Art of the deal"
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‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’
April 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’
Reposted by Wyn Grant
The stages in MAGA responding to a negative story:
1: It's all lies
2: Most of it is lies
3: Some of it's true, but it doesn't matter
4. It's all true, but it's fine when we do it
5. F**k you
1: It's all lies
2: Most of it is lies
3: Some of it's true, but it doesn't matter
4. It's all true, but it's fine when we do it
5. F**k you
March 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The stages in MAGA responding to a negative story:
1: It's all lies
2: Most of it is lies
3: Some of it's true, but it doesn't matter
4. It's all true, but it's fine when we do it
5. F**k you
1: It's all lies
2: Most of it is lies
3: Some of it's true, but it doesn't matter
4. It's all true, but it's fine when we do it
5. F**k you