The Conservative Party performed half as well with non-white voters as with white voters in the 2017 General Election, according to available polling data on the ethnic minority vote. Bridging that ‘ethnic minority voting gap’ would have secured Theresa May a comfortable majority.
‘Mind the gap: How the ethnic minority vote cost Theresa May her majority,’ projects what would have happened if the Conservatives had extended its appeal to ethnic minority voters. Distributing these votes according to the ethnic make-up of each constituency, the analysis offers a hypothetical picture of how increased ‘minority appeal’ would have translated into seats.
The report explores why ethnic minority voters turned away from Theresa May’s party in 2017 and offers lessons for the future.
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"It is welcome, if overdue, that the PM has set out a positive vision for cohesion... What needs to follow is a clear plan to turn these words into sustained action," writes our @sundersays [1/2]
"No, the public is not irredeemably ignorant," writes @sarahoconnor_ in the @FT – citing data from our @britishfuture immigration attitudes tracker on misperceptions about immigration [1/2]
Our @sundersays welcomes @MayorofLondon Sadiq Khan making "a more confident case for controlled immigration – and the economic and social contribution that it can make," in his @easterneye column [1/2]
How do efforts to build community cohesion respond to today's febrile geopolitical and national context?
This week's @sundersays column for @easterneye
In Britain’s new year of anxiety, cohesion is no longer optional
A stronger, shared vision would help, despite some anxiety about how far national leaders and institutions have the public standing to narrate it
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“It is not ‘censorship’ to insist every website operating in our country does so within the law.” Our @sundersays argues in @easterneye that UK govt should reject Elon Musk’s ‘pick and mix” approach to the law and Make Social Media Lawful Again [1/2]
Spain has reduced small boat crossings by 46% by combining diplomatic deals with source countries, expanded legal routes and enforcement. Could the UK learn from them? @theipaper reports:
This European country cut illegal boat crossings by half - what the UK could learn
Spain's approach to reducing illegal maritime crossings has had impressive results, with numbers down dramatically
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Our @sundersays on the UK government's dilemma: "how to defend a rule-based world order once the most powerful states barely pay lip service to international law." @EasternEye [1/2]
"The only safe prediction may be to expect another volatile year in domestic and global politics," writes our @sundersays for @EasternEye on what 2026 has in store. [1/2]
"We can take some solace in the fact that this offer to import the Trump and Vance doctrine into our own politics is something we will get to decide for ourselves at the ballot box." Our @sundersays letter to @thetimes on Trump's fears for Europe's 'civilisational erasure' [1/2]
With the men's football World Cup draw today, @sundersays @EasternEye column reports from the women's game at Wembley: "It would be hard to find a more inclusive pride and patriotism than the way in which the Wembley crowd were cheering on the Lionesses"
What the Lionesses’ success reveals about unity and diversity in England
Expert says sport serves as a bridge between communities.
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