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another friend from NYC / LA came to visit me in rural red state world so i got to do one of my favorite experiments again wherein i drive by a few houses that have both of these flags up and ask them to tell me what they think is happening here

This is a page that needs to stay up because the term Boriswave is a legitimate one, not just a thing some terminally online right-wingers use.

Some canvas data coming in from Makerfield: I know I’m being slightly tongue-in-cheek, but this is my prediction. Don’t be taken in by the claims from Reform regarding so-called ‘split voting’, nor by the flood of online bot accounts pushing the same narrative. Reform are known for playing a very aggressive political game, and I suspect there is far more still to come. There are literally hundreds of people out there not online who will vote Restore because you get what you see, normal people without the political spin. 🦁RES: 37% 🌹LAB: 32% ➡️REF:25% 🌍GRN: 3% 🌳CON: 2% 🔸LD: 1%

Andy Burnham made bus journeys £2 so Blind Date contestants could still afford to visit his wife.

Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future, said: “A massive perception gap is shaping not just the immigration debate but British politics more broadly. Politicians need to take responsibility for this.”

The ONS estimates the on the 30th June 2024, there were 13,115,000 residents in the UK who were foreign-born. The ONS mid-year population estimate for 2025 is 69,281,400, meaning that around 19% of the UK population is foreign-born.

Published today: ‘After the fall: Why hasn’t falling immigration changed public attitudes?’ reporting the 2026 findings of British Future’s annual Immigration Attitudes Tracker. 🧵