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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | John Harris |Rafael Behr |Sophie Stowers |Natalie Ktena |Zoe Hitch
The government has suspended trade talks with Israel and denounced its actions in Gaza. But why are we only now seeing this kind of action and moral outrage? John Harris speaks to Melanie Ward, a Labour MP and former chief executive at Medical Aid for Palestinians. Plus, after Keir Starmer’s reset with the EU, how does the public feel about the politics of Brexit? Guardian columnist Rafael Behr and Sophie Stowers from More in Common join John to discuss
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
politicshome.com | Harriet Symonds |Sophie Stowers
6 min read
Why young men seem to be drifting towards Reform has been a major talking point in recent weeks. But less attention has been paid to the role young women are playing in changing voting patterns.
In elections across the world, from South Korea to Poland, to the US and indeed the UK, one thing has been clear: young men and women are moving in different political directions.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Sophie Stowers |Alex Walker
Drawing on the findings of UK in a Changing Europe’s new report on ethnic minority attitudes with Focaldata, Sophie Stowers shows that ethnic minority opinion now spans the entire political spectrum, reflecting increasingly varied social and economic values. Few people saw it coming.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Sophie Stowers |Alex Walker
Sophie Stowers argues that despite now representing the majority of ‘green belt’ constituencies, Labour has a clear path to overhauling the English planning system if it can act quickly. “How, not if” is how Keir Starmer summarised Labour’s approach to housing and planning policy during the election campaign.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Sophie Stowers |Alex Walker
Using new data by Ipsos for UK in a Changing Europe, Sophie Stowers compares feelings of political apathy and discontent in the United Kingdom to other countries in Europe, finding that though the UK’s cynicism is not unique, it is particularly widespread. For those of us who study elections and voting behaviour, 2024 is a stellar year.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Sophie Stowers |Alex Walker
The Guardian recently reported that there is growing concern in Labour that its stance on Gaza is damaging support for the party. Sophie Stowers suggests that while the issue is having an impact on the party, it is unlikely to affect Labour’s electoral chances overall. Will Labour suffer electorally as a result of their stance on the war in Gaza? More specifically, does the party stand to lose the support of Muslim voters?
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Sophie Stowers |Alex Walker
This piece by Sophie Stowers on public attitudes towards the Labour Party is taken from our recent report “The state of public opinion: 2023”. Read the full report here. It has been a good few months for Labour. October saw the party overturn huge Conservative majorities at by-elections in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire, winning the latter for the first time.
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Dec 10, 2023 | 
labourlist.org | Sophie Stowers
If you listen to some commentators, you’d think Labour are now destined to be the largest party in parliament after the next election. Indeed, in some quarters, discussion has shifted from which party will win the election to just how big Labour’s majority will be. The party has a 19% lead over the Conservatives on national voting intentioni, and has maintained an overall lead for two years.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Anand Menon |Sophie Stowers |Alex Walker
Anand Menon and Sophie Stowers unpack the findings of UK in a Changing Europe’s new major report with Public First on ‘Brexit regret’, highlighting that neither the Conservatives nor Labour stand to gain much from focusing on Brexit. Brexit rumbles on. It haunted the fringe at Tory conference in Manchester, and Rishi Sunak hinted it would be an issue he could deploy against Keir Starmer.
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Sep 18, 2023 | 
labourlist.org | Sophie Stowers
Putting it lightly, Brexit has been a difficult topic for the Labour Party. Reclaiming the trust of Leave voters in the North and Midlands, satisfying a heavily Remain-voting base and attempting to outline a programme of reform to the current arrangement governing the UK-EU relationship, whilst avoiding accusations of ‘rejoiner-ism’, has been an onerous task. This explains why, for a long time, Labour has avoided the specifics of its EU policy.
