A petition calling on the UK Government to recognise Cornwall as a nation — alongside England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — has gained more than 19,000 signatures

Analysis of English political attitudes suggests that Keir Starmer’s efforts to resolve the linked protests around flag-flying and ‘asylum hotels’ is unlikely to settle longstanding discontent among large numbers of the English electorate ✍️Emily Price

Great article by ‪@emilypricejourno.bsky.social‬ in @nation.cymru quoting our work and research leads @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social. There's lots more detail on the underpinning research on our website. nation.cymru/news/for-mar...

Great article in @nation.cymru quoting our research and offering analysis from @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social on how a current protests in England derive from a "longstanding discontent among large numbers of the English electorate". nation.cymru/news/for-mar...

Erthygl newydd ar anfodlonrwydd cymdeithasol a radicaleiddio yn Lloegr gan @ailsahenderson.bsky.social a @richardwynjones.bsky.social New piece in the @theconversation.com from the research team at @theunionsurvey.bsky.social about contemporary social and political discontent in #England 👇

Excellent article .

The Union Survey: tracking English political attitudes for 15 years (long hard work excavating these issues from sedimented assumptions about ‘British’ politics). Here’s hoping folk pay attention now English grievance is ubiquitous on the surface of the political news. @theunionsurvey.bsky.social

Fantastic new article by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the @uk.theconversation.com. "...UK governments find it easier to address Farage’s successive foreigner problems than to look at their own role in stoking English grievance." theconversation.com/nigel-farage...

Good item on #c4news on the English & Union Jack flags. Agree with @jydenham.bsky.social that the two flags cannot be ceded to the far right. Much of the UK have problems with these flags & legacy of Empire as Kehinde Andrews says but that doesn't meaning giving these flags up to the right.

Make your own mind up www.channel4.com/news/is-engl...

Our most recent report found that those voters in England who identify primarily as English rather than British are made both angry and fearful by contemporary political life. Report by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the anger of the English: www.theunionsurvey.com

@ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social "among those English-identifiers, we found ambivalence towards the Union as a project and a commonly held sense of grievance about the perceived cost and political influence of the other nations within the UK" @theunionsurvey.bsky.social

Great to join @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and other @scotvoting.bsky.social colleagues at Scottish Politics conference.

"The second point to note is that with the sole exception of 2020, English devolution as championed by the current government is always the least popular option for English governance across the electorate as a whole." The Shameful Conquest of England, p. 23 www.theunionsurvey.com/reports

Reform move into 13% lead over Labour with Find Out Now. Tories just holding 3rd place & facing the prospect of falling to FOURTH PLACE. Reform projected majority with not a single Scottish Reform MP. REF 33% (+4) LAB 20% (-1) CON 16% (-3) LD 15% (+2) GR 11% (-) Sample: 7/5 Change: +/-30/4

I spoke with Kez Dugdale and Nicola McEwen about the English local elections last week, the fallout, and what to expect from the upcoming Hamilton by-election. Plus great interviews with Andre Lecours and Ariadne Vromen about the Canadian and Australian elections.

Seen the headlines in today's Scottish papers? Join @scotvoting.bsky.social team TONIGHT 6pm @uofglasgow.bsky.social for an analysis of the the state Scottish electoral politics One Year Out from the 2026 Holyrood elections. Boyd Orr Bldg in-person and on-line www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-year-o...

Scots will be looking at the Labour figures from that Welsh poll and thinking, "first time"? But for context, Labour have won every Westminster and Welsh election for *103* years. When they lost to the SNP in 2011, that streak in Scotland was 'just' 47 years long.

New ITV Wales @yougov.co.uk @walesgovernance.bsky.social has been published. #Senedd voting Intentions: Plaid 30% Reform 25% Labour 18% Cons 13% Libdems 7% Greens 5% Others 2% Westminster Plaid 24% Reform 24% Lab 20% Cons 13% Libdems 9% Green - 7% Other - 2% www.itv.com/news/wales/2...

We're building a network of people with a professional interest in the politics of the Union. Your interest might be one territory or all of them, electoral behaviour, economics, public policy, the constitution, identity, or something else. You might be a journalist, official, academic,...

These vacous people, who by any measure have got exactly the government they were asking for in 2013, but who are so detached from both policy thought and the people they ventriloquise that they simply have not noticed and never will:

83% of English Labour voters think the UK was wrong to leave the EU. 37% of English Tories agree with them.

Supporters of most other parties lean in favour of thinking that Reform speaks for the interests of England over those of the UK as a whole. But its own supporters think that the reverse is true.

This is our piece on Reform’s hurdles, even with a good night tonight.

51% of English voters think that the Scottish Parliament should control the majority of taxes raised in Scotland (50% for NI Assembly, 48% for Senedd Cymru). Majorities would exclude Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish MPs from voting on England-only legislation.

Some of the most interesting findings from the most recent edition of the Future of England Survey involved how supporters of different parties prioritise their different identities. Here are the top three for each of the main parties in England.

@ailsahenderson.bsky.social considers the implications of our most recent report in a blog post for the @ccc-research.bsky.social. www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news-and-opi...

This looks like a fascinating event on transparency and the past, present and future of Northern Ireland. @benworthy.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social When: 6 May 2025, 15:00 — 16:30 Venue: Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square, London Sign up: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Anyway, as much fun as I find it to use, you know, empirical reality to poke around at Scottish politics, there are some serious implications here. First for researchers, secondly for Unionists.

New research by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social explores English political attitudes towards their neighbours in the UK, Brexit and which party best represents the UK’s most populous nation. www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news-and-opi...

Tremendous and long-needed update to their earlier seminal work on England and identity from @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Love the Shakespeare here. Perhaps English anger is explained by these John of Gaunt 'This land...is now leased out...like a tenement or pelting farm...England...is now bound in shame with inky blots and rotten parchment bonds' @ailsahenderson.bsky.social @richardwynjones.bsky.social

83% of English Labour voters think the UK was wrong to leave the EU. 37% of English Tories agree with them.

Really interesting report conveying the most recent findings of @theunionsurvey.bsky.social's Future of England Study, detailing an English politics increasingly marked by 'anger' and 'fear':

Almost twice as many English Reform voters says 'English' best describes their nationality as say 'British' does. The reverse is true for Labour. Full report and data at: www.theunionsurvey.com

New blog by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social on the @ccc-research.bsky.social site sets out key findings from the Future of England Survey 2024-25. www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news-and-opi...

Lots of interesting findings in today's report, such as this gem on top three identities by party affiliation. More at: www.theunionsurvey.com

You can sign up for updates on Ailsa and Richard's research into the changing face of English politics at www.theunionsurvey.com/network

Research by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social published today. The Future of England Study 2024-25 is published with colleagues from @walesgovernance.bsky.social and @ccc-research.bsky.social. Report & data on our website: www.theunionsurvey.com

Interesting conversations from lots of people, including @stephenkb.bsky.social about the devolution in England and the size of the areas involved. We have found consistent support over 15 years for England-wide solutions rather than regional ones. More at www.theunionsurvey.com/reports

You can sign up for updates on Ailsa and Richard's research into the changing face of English politics at www.theunionsurvey.com/network

Lots of interesting findings in today's report, such as this gem on top three identities by party affiliation. More at: www.theunionsurvey.com

For those interested in political identity in England, this latest installment of the Future of England survey ( @theunionsurvey.bsky.social) from @ccc-research.bsky.social & @walesgovernance.bsky.social is yet another fascinating read: www.theunionsurvey.com/_files/ugd/1... #devolution #Brexit

New blog by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social on the @ccc-research.bsky.social site sets out key findings from the Future of England Survey 2024-25. www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news-and-opi...

The report was co-authored by @richardwynjones.bsky.social and has been published today by @ccc-research.bsky.social @walesgovernance.bsky.social & @theunionsurvey.bsky.social Full details are at www.theunionsurvey.com

Great coverage of our research in @holyroodmag.bsky.social. New report out today with @walesgovernance.bsky.social & @ccc-research.bsky.social. Full details: www.theunionsurvey.com

New report! The Shameful Conquest of England report by & @ccc-research.bsky.social & @walesgovernance.bsky.social has found that national populism is becoming a significant force in England as it is elsewhere in the global North. Read more: edin.ac/3GnakjB