@JonTonge

British & Irish politics professor, Univ. of Liverpool. Views mine NOT Univ’s. Retweets/likes NOT endorsements: made me think/laugh. [email protected]

Joined November 2011
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Jon Tonge retweeted
Belfast Telegraph
@BelTel4h
The BelTel Podcast | The Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has been to the forefront of NI politics ever since the re-emergence of the Drumcree Parade issue. But who is Carla Lockhart? And what are her options if she left the DUP? tinyurl.com/mbhzvxru
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Suzanne Breen@SuzyJournoOct 25
Despite her senior colleagues downplaying the chances of Carla Lockhart leaving, she appears to be preparing to walk over Drumcree. Almost a decade ago, her party had 10 MPs. It now has half that number. And if 5 becomes 4, the DUP enters the danger zone. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme…

Lockhart’s exit from DUP would be huge body blow to party and doesn’t Gavin Robinson know it?

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NEW headline voting intention from Ipsos 📊Labour on 32% with a lead of +8 – the largest Labour lead Ipsos have recorded this parliament 📊Conservatives take second place the first time since June 2025 📊Reform UK down 3 points and Greens down 5
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Dexys Midnight Runners, Manchester
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Jon Tonge retweeted
Belfast Telegraph
@BelTelOct 22
DUP MP Carla Lockhart has quit her position as a party officer. The Upper Bann politician’s resignation could be the start of a chain of events leading to her resignation from the DUP. ✍️: @SuzyJourno belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…

MP Carla Lockhart quits as party officer in move which could lead to her leaving DUP

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We've added new shadings for each party in all our maps, here you can see where our Nowcast thinks the NI parties will get their votes in May. SF, DUP, AP, UUP
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Delighted to launch @JohnDoyleDCU’s new book ‘Before the Vote: Planning for a United Ireland’ at the Political Studies Association of Ireland conf at University College Cork. The book is not so much an argument for unity as the need to plan for its possibility/probability #PSAI26
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NI SOS @RhonddaBryant “I sometimes think the veneer of peace is remarkably thin”. Nonetheless, optimistic re power-sharing: “the Executive is much more resilient than some people suggest”.
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‼️ Labour HOLD Holborn and St Pancras Labour: 45.0% (-3.9) Green: 32.7% (+22.3) Conservative: 7.0% (-0.2) Reform: 5.9% (-0.2) Liberal Democrats: 3.4% (-2.4) Restore: 2.5% (+2.5) Workers: 1.1% (+1.1)
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Sophy Ridge@SophyRidgeSkyOct 7
Pledges from Kemi Badenoch: * Halve NICs for under 25s to help young people get work *Half of spending cuts will go on cutting deficit *Defence spending - including Britannia Shield *50,000 new prison places
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Jon Tonge retweeted
Politics UK
@PolitlcsUKOct 7
🚨 WATCH: Kemi Badenoch accuses Reform UK of debating "whether my mixed race children are English" "I don't want to explain to my son when we're watching our brilliant English team play football that some people don't think that black players are English"
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Pippa Norris
@PippaN15Oct 1
For election reform needs; how different uk electoral systems would transform party competition. theguardian.com/politics/ng-…

How could Great Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area

These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems

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Jon Tonge retweeted
PolliticsUK
@PolliticsUKSep 30
🚨 Westminster Voting Intention: 🌹 LAB: 29% (+2) ➡️ REF: 23% (-1) 🌳 CON: 19% (-2) 🔶️ LDEM: 9% (-2) 🟢 GRN: 9% (+2) 🟣 RSB: 2% (=) From @Survation From 29th September Changes with 23rd September
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Thanks to the eldest for their perfect birthday gift…
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Jon Tonge retweeted
LBC
@LBCSep 29
Burnham's speech was delivered by a leader who believes in himself - and more importantly, the rest of us too, writes Andrew Marr lbc.co.uk/article/burnhams-s…

Burnham's speech was delivered by a leader who believes in himself - and more importantly, the rest...

The PM's speech, delivered at the party's Liverpool conference, was punchy, emotional and a coherent belter of a speech

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Quite struck by the lack of reference to "the Tories" or "Nigel Farage" in this conference speech by Andy Burnham
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Jon Tonge retweeted
YouGov
@YouGovSep 29
SNAP POLL / By 48% to 28%, Britons support Andy Burnham's proposal to change the triple lock in order to help fund part of a national care service
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Jon Tonge retweeted
YouGov
@YouGovSep 29
% who think each of the following should be run in the public sector Police: 89% Armed forces: 86% NHS: 86% Schools: 83% Water companies: 82% Railway companies: 76% Royal Mail: 76% Energy companies: 70% Bus companies: 67% Universities: 63% BBC: 62% Internet/phone providers: 38% Banks: 31% Airlines: 20%
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SDLP and Sinn Féin both come and argue their case at Labour’s conference, albeit SF cancelled this year amid Drumcree. Find it slightly odd that NI’s unionist parties don’t come and put their case at the governing party’s main event.
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Burnham's speech has gone down very well among MPs in the Socialist Campaign Group. Its chair, Rebecca Long-Bailey, joked at a rally this evening: "What a day it's been. We're even considering disbanding the SCG. [We] got a lot of socialism in Andy's speech."
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