GWC Modern Studies & Politics

Delighted to be with my fabulous ⁦@heavysoundCIC⁩ mentors ⁦@GWCMods⁩ annual modern studies conference. Lots of future change makers listening to ⁦@fifidyer⁩ ⁦@CYCJScotland⁩. A great start to the day. 🫶

Labour Meta ad spend went vertical in the final few days of the campaign.

With the dust settled, here’s an overview of the 2024 General Election result and new cabinet. Key information surrounding seats/vote share along with a who’s who regarding new ministers. Easy to reference in tutor time, assemblies or have as a poster. #GE24 #GeneralElection2024

An updated version of my deprivation by constituency chart, for the 2024 UK general election Previous versions and more info: statsmapsnpix.com/2021/05/far-to…

More reasons to study Social Subjects!

Lunchtime update. Meta ad spending since midnight.

Since the election was called on May 22nd, based on the activity of over 1,600 accounts we've tracked, we estimate £6.2m has been spent on political Meta ads, along with a further £2.3m worth of Google/YouTube ads.

Estimated election day Meta ad spend by official party pages: Labour/Starmer - £257k Conservatives/Sunak - £159k Reform UK/Farage - £31k Liberal Democrats - £26k SNP - £8k

N5 and Higher Modern Studies pupils take note...the Scottish Sun are now backing Labour

Our map of the country showing who's targeting which constituencies with digital ads got an update, just in time for the election. trends.whotargets.me/countries/GB/e…

Follow for the very latest political news! See the full list of 2024 newspaper endorsements here: newshubgroup.co.uk/2024-newspaper…

An anonymous "student with a love of politics" has just shared this splendid spreadsheet packed with analysis -- bookmarked for Thursday night: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Higher Politics - Unit 2 (Political Systems) - Legislature (scrutiny)

🚨 NEW: The Tories have now suffered the highest number of by-election losses in a single Parliament since 1960

Wellingborough parliamentary by-election, result: LAB: 45.9% (+19.5) CON: 24.6% (-37.6) REF: 13.0% (+13.0) LDEM: 4.7% (-3.1) IND: 3.7% (+3.7) GRN: 3.4% (-0.1) Labour GAIN from Conservative

🚨 BREAKING: #Labour wins #Wellingborough overturning a huge 19k Tory majority! 🌹 Labour: 13,844 (+107) 🔵 Tories: 7,408 (-24,869) 🟣 Reform: 3,919 (+3,919) 🔶 Lib Dems: 1,422 (-2,656) 🟢 Green: 1,020 (-801) Changes with 2019

(@KaukabStewart) has been appointed as Minister (Designate) for Culture, Europe and International Development, subject to parliamentary agreement. She will be the first ever woman of colour in government in Scotland.

First Minister @HumzaYousaf has announced the new Scottish Cabinet. The reshaped Cabinet of ten will include seven women, believed to be the highest proportion of any government in the world. Read more: bit.ly/minappts

BREAKING: SNP lead shrinks as Labour narrows gap in voting intention for UK general election. i.stv.tv/3ufT5Lv

Figures show that seven in ten Scots would vote to rejoin the European Union 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Credit: @LeftieStats