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“Ignorance is Strength”. Was Orwell’s Big Brother right?
Yes – for populists. Parties like Reform rely on voters overstating the scale of today’s problems
Sep 23 • Peter Kellner
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By coming to Britain, Trump escapes trouble back home
His poll figures are his worst yet
Sep 17 • Peter Kellner
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History’s warning for Starmer and Badenoch
The "respect index" shows that their problems are even worse than they think
Sep 16 • Peter Kellner
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How to rebuild Labour’s winning coalition
First step: stop slavishly obeying focus groups
Sep 9 • Peter Kellner
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How the Tories can avoid the abyss…
… and the two people who can help them see off Reform
Sep 1 • Peter Kellner
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Labour and the Tories need to revive their core values
Targeting "Mondeo man", "soccer mums" and "Waitrose women" is no longer their most vital task
Aug 11 • Peter Kellner
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Labour and the Tories are in even greater peril than they think
New research finds fundamental changes in the ways voters decide which party to support
Jul 28 • Peter Kellner
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How to give people their say on a new voting system
The key is to make sure it’s an informed choice. Stockholm shows the way
Jul 18 • Peter Kellner
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