Aug 30, 2026 | Advertising and media, Politics and government policy, Stories
“The first thing, perhaps, is that appointing a Drought Minister is crucial…” The 1976 drought was one of the most severe Britain had ever faced. Reservoirs collapsed, rivers shrank, and by late August the National Water Council judged the situation so serious that it...
Jul 13, 2026 | Politics and government policy, Stories
Andy Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield by-election, expected to be swiftly followed by his unopposed elevation to leadership of the Labour party and thus Prime Minister, prompts an examination of past polling results to see how his stock has risen. Andy Burnham’s...
Feb 24, 2025 | Politics and government policy, Stories
Recent US presidential elections have been extensively covered in the British press. What is interesting, though, is that in the past, British pollsters appear to have been more interested in attitudes to the election process and individual issues than in the...
Oct 18, 2024 | Politics and government policy, Stories
The leading polling organisations have not so far published any poll covering what the public expect to be in the budget to be delivered on 30th October 2024. Perhaps they haven’t needed to, as plenty of commentators have prepared us for the worst. Indeed, the Prime...
Sep 22, 2024 | Politics and government policy, Stories
The 1980s in Britain was the decade of big privatisations. The Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, wanted to create a class of share-owning members of the public – her 1985 Conservative party conference speech imagined a society “where owning shares is as common as...
Jul 25, 2024 | Politics and government policy, Stories
When Emmanuel Macron announced the snap election back in June, IOC President Thomas Bach and Paris 2024 organisers said that political upheaval in France won’t affect the Olympics. This seems unlikely; even before the French election was announced, world...
