At present, it speaks for a particular section of the electorate whilst leaving many voters deeply ambivalent about its mainstream status. As long as this persists, there will be a hard ceiling on its support.
New research for British Future finds a broad consensus that if you want to deem Rwanda safe, you first have to check that it is.
British Future has been able to project the demographics of the next parliament by putting together retirement patterns and current candidate selection data with the likely electoral map given different election results.
Whether you see the glass as still half-empty, rather than half-full, the question we all face is the same one. If we are starting from here, now, can we imagine again a sense of the future that we do want to share?
The new King can help to build and project an inclusive patriotism: one that does not ask people to pick a side between tradition and change, but instead seeks to knit them together into something people are proud to share.
That he will be in post during the Coronation in May tells an important story about change in Britain across the generations.
After a long period leading up to the EU referendum, we have now reached a quiet, post-referendum consensus among the public and the main political parties.
Party, media and online dynamics create incentives to reinforce the ‘them and us’ perspectives of one 40 per cent coalition or another. Reaching out for common ground can be risky.
The latest wave of an in-depth tracker project shows that a long-term softening of public attitudes has continued during the pandemic.
He may have been one of the greatest figures to shape the 20th century, but a simplistic deification risks losing the complexity of the man.
The framing of “facts versus feelings” won’t work for the liberal right on race any better than it has for the liberal left on immigration.
Research suggests that the public salience of immigration has fallen significantly since 2016. What does this mean for the government going forward?
Not being white remains the number one demographic predictor of not voting Tory.
The politics of immigration are also driven more by asylum than by overall visa numbers. If there is a visible lack of control over small boats in the Channel and asylum accommodation, significant falls in net migration may have little impact on public perceptions.