What Would The EU Referendum Result Be If The Vote Was Today?

“What would happen if you reran the UK’s “in/out” EU Referendum today, having seen the news headlines immediately following the announcement of the result?” I am sure many have asked the question. As you will surely know: It is not possible to answer with anything even approaching a rough degree of certainty. However, I have …

Syria Air Strikes: What do the UK public think?

Here are the results of a survey of 1,044 people in the UK asking whether the UK government should carry out air strikes against ISIS in Syria. The exact question wording was as follows: “Should the UK Government carry out air strikes against ISIS in Syria?” All answers were gathered between 13:52 & 19:40 on Wednesday 2nd, December 2015, …

Who would win an election today: Jeremy Corbyn or David Cameron?

In the UK, the main opposition party just appointed a new leader. A man called Jeremy Corbyn. Many of the country’s leading newspapers have since cast him variously as a buffoon, a court jester, a threat to security, a terrorist sympathiser, and various other extremely negative figures. Even newspapers that traditionally support his party seem …

7 Notes on Hillary Clinton’s “#Hillary2016” Digital Campaign Launch

Hillary Clinton has officially announced she’s running for US presidency in 2016. This was all handled rather well online, with a high-production value video, a quick change of all of her social accounts, and the launch of a new campaign site. Alongside the positives, there were however a few mistakes. None of these were ‘campaign …

Which Political Parties Should be Invited to Take Part in TV Debates?

Four of the UK’s largest broadcasters have announced plans for a series of leadership debates prior to the next general election. The BBC, ITV, Sky and Channel 4 plan to hold 3 debates: One with the Conservative & Labour parties. One with those parties plus the Liberal Democrats. One with Conservative, Labour, Lib Dem, and UKIP. Their …

What Would Happen if you Flipped the Scotland #indyref Question?

The Scotland referendum question is worded like this: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” As a result, the “Independent Scotland” campaigners are called the “Yes” camp, and those who want the UK to stay together are the “No” camp. I’ve heard it suggested quite a few times that 犀利士 this puts the ‘unionists’ at a fundamental …