Paula Surridge
@psurridge.bsky.social
Professor of Political Sociology, University of Bristol
British politics, elections, public opinion and (a lot of) political values.
SubStack: https://pollingsnippets.substack.com/?r=4a6d0z&utm_campaign=pub-shar
British politics, elections, public opinion and (a lot of) political values.
SubStack: https://pollingsnippets.substack.com/?r=4a6d0z&utm_campaign=pub-shar
When you're a Spurs fan but have Eze in your FPL team.
a baby is being held by a woman with a pink ribbon on it
ALT: a baby is being held by a woman with a pink ribbon on it
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
When you're a Spurs fan but have Eze in your FPL team.
The most frustrating thing about the first #ashes test is not the England collapse but the three days of missing cricket highlights to watch.
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The most frustrating thing about the first #ashes test is not the England collapse but the three days of missing cricket highlights to watch.
I fear this will be a much less enjoyable experience tonight. Not least as we both agreed yesterday that Travis Head was one of our least favourite Aussie players.
This did not disappoint. Complete with his batting tips for Joe Root 'why has he played across that when it's outside off'.
Looking forward to watching the highlights with my young upcoming pace bowler.
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I fear this will be a much less enjoyable experience tonight. Not least as we both agreed yesterday that Travis Head was one of our least favourite Aussie players.
Can someone put a
@samfr.bsky.social on the tube for an hour please 🏏
@samfr.bsky.social on the tube for an hour please 🏏
Get on the tube for 20 mins and Stokes takes another three wickets.
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Can someone put a
@samfr.bsky.social on the tube for an hour please 🏏
@samfr.bsky.social on the tube for an hour please 🏏
This did not disappoint. Complete with his batting tips for Joe Root 'why has he played across that when it's outside off'.
Looking forward to watching the highlights with my young upcoming pace bowler.
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This did not disappoint. Complete with his batting tips for Joe Root 'why has he played across that when it's outside off'.
I can't put into words just how much I dislike this 'bad boy' framing of adult political figures.
Why Republicans can’t ignore Nick Fuentes, the new bad boy of Maga
The antisemitic far-right provocateur has grown into a voice for angry young white nationalists who feel betrayed by Trump
The antisemitic far-right provocateur has grown into a voice for angry young white nationalists who feel betrayed by Trump
Why Republicans can’t ignore Nick Fuentes, the new bad boy of Maga
Why Republicans can’t ignore Nick Fuentes, the new bad boy of Maga
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I can't put into words just how much I dislike this 'bad boy' framing of adult political figures.
So one more wicket to win the first ODI?
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
So one more wicket to win the first ODI?
Reposted by Paula Surridge
Tomorrow we're dropping interesting research on Reform curious voters — what attracts them, & what puts them off
I discuss on this week's pod w/ @thinksinsight.bsky.social, @psurridge.bsky.social, @alaintolhurst.bsky.social & unplanned guest: Alain's chicken, Judy!
podfollow.com/politicshome...
I discuss on this week's pod w/ @thinksinsight.bsky.social, @psurridge.bsky.social, @alaintolhurst.bsky.social & unplanned guest: Alain's chicken, Judy!
podfollow.com/politicshome...
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Tomorrow we're dropping interesting research on Reform curious voters — what attracts them, & what puts them off
I discuss on this week's pod w/ @thinksinsight.bsky.social, @psurridge.bsky.social, @alaintolhurst.bsky.social & unplanned guest: Alain's chicken, Judy!
podfollow.com/politicshome...
I discuss on this week's pod w/ @thinksinsight.bsky.social, @psurridge.bsky.social, @alaintolhurst.bsky.social & unplanned guest: Alain's chicken, Judy!
podfollow.com/politicshome...
Good day for it to be 'bowling week' for youngest's cricket training this evening.
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Good day for it to be 'bowling week' for youngest's cricket training this evening.
And I thought it was our bowlers that were the weak link 🏏 Not a great start to the Test appreciation project if the first one is done in 3 days
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
And I thought it was our bowlers that were the weak link 🏏 Not a great start to the Test appreciation project if the first one is done in 3 days
People who like books - how have you got on with e-readers? Can't decide whether I should try and make the switch (mostly driven by wanting to read hardbacks and finding that impossible unless sat at a desk). Or whether I'll just miss the physical paperbacks too much.
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
People who like books - how have you got on with e-readers? Can't decide whether I should try and make the switch (mostly driven by wanting to read hardbacks and finding that impossible unless sat at a desk). Or whether I'll just miss the physical paperbacks too much.
Thought the plan was to smash the smuggling gangs not emulate them.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Thought the plan was to smash the smuggling gangs not emulate them.
You are not going to be able to pull together the anti-Reform coalition if voters don't see you are meaningfully different to Reform.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You are not going to be able to pull together the anti-Reform coalition if voters don't see you are meaningfully different to Reform.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
Reposted by Paula Surridge
Note that this is for voters in general - I need to redo the graph, but strongly suspect the black line would be even higher for Labour voters... you know, the people that Labour need to win at the next election.
A chart from "The British General Election of 2024" (out soon!) which is relevant to this debate - here's what voters wanted (black line) and what they though Labour (red) and Cons (blue) would do on tax and spend during the campaign. Higher figures = "put them up". Some important lessons here 1/?
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Note that this is for voters in general - I need to redo the graph, but strongly suspect the black line would be even higher for Labour voters... you know, the people that Labour need to win at the next election.
An impressive level of incompetence to manage this on the same day as Doctors strike begins.
*UK GILTS PLUNGE AT OPEN, 10-YEAR YIELD CLIMBS 13 BPS TO 4.57%
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
An impressive level of incompetence to manage this on the same day as Doctors strike begins.
So have I got this right, there was an imposter pretending to be the chancellor that gave a speech about the need to made difficult choices like tax rises?
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
So have I got this right, there was an imposter pretending to be the chancellor that gave a speech about the need to made difficult choices like tax rises?
Reposted by Paula Surridge
🚨 New paper with Maria Grasso on generational shifts in political values. Despite talk of rising age polarisation, we show that gaps in attitudes are stable or even narrowing. Economic attitudes move in cycles, while social values have become more liberal – mainly due to generational replacement.
Political Socialisation in the UK: Describing Generational Changes of Values - International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society
A growing bulk of research examines intergenerational shifts in attitudes and the extent to which they are attributable to new cohorts of voters being socialised under different socioeconomic and cult...
link.springer.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🚨 New paper with Maria Grasso on generational shifts in political values. Despite talk of rising age polarisation, we show that gaps in attitudes are stable or even narrowing. Economic attitudes move in cycles, while social values have become more liberal – mainly due to generational replacement.
In an electorate that is fragmented across multiple dimensions and no longer anchored to political parties, every party aiming for a double figure vote share must bring together a coalition like this and they all have fault-lines within them.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together | Aditya Chakrabortty
This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
In an electorate that is fragmented across multiple dimensions and no longer anchored to political parties, every party aiming for a double figure vote share must bring together a coalition like this and they all have fault-lines within them.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Except it isn't broadly split between left and right flanks unless you position the LibDems to the right.
Half of voters who backed Labour in 2024 have deserted the party, according to internal polling shared with Labour MPs, reports PolHome's Harriet Symonds
The figures suggest Labour's lost vote is broadly split between its left and right flanks, demonstrating the electoral challenge facing the party
The figures suggest Labour's lost vote is broadly split between its left and right flanks, demonstrating the electoral challenge facing the party
Half of 2024 Labour Voters Have Gone Elsewhere, Party Privately Tells MPs
Half of voters who backed Labour at the last general election have deserted the party, according to internal polling shared with Labour MPs.
www.politicshome.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Except it isn't broadly split between left and right flanks unless you position the LibDems to the right.
If you get a chance to see this don't hesitate. Haven't laughed so much since we saw The Play that Goes Wrong four year ago. Just wonderfully clever and silly in exactly the right amounts.
Mischief, the multi-award-winning creators of The Play That Goes Wrong, have released brand new production images for their upcoming festive comedy Christmas Carol Goes Wrong.
Production Images Released for Christmas Carol Goes Wrong Ahead of West End Run and UK Tour
Mischief, the multi-award-winning creators of The Play That Goes Wrong, have released brand new production images for their upcoming festive comedy Christmas Carol Goes Wrong.
theatreweekly.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If you get a chance to see this don't hesitate. Haven't laughed so much since we saw The Play that Goes Wrong four year ago. Just wonderfully clever and silly in exactly the right amounts.
Even to someone who is paying attention it feels a lot like the 22/23 Tory period, to those just glancing it must be even more so. And at the same time no area of their lives feels as if it has improved.
It’s both that less than 18 months in Downing Street are effectively saying they have lost confidence of colleagues, while briefing against a cabinet minister responsible for the area their voters really care about (which just looks to public like more of last years of Tories)
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Even to someone who is paying attention it feels a lot like the 22/23 Tory period, to those just glancing it must be even more so. And at the same time no area of their lives feels as if it has improved.
Maybe they've decided to try chaos with Ed Miliband
BBC News - Starmer will fight attempts to replace him, allies say
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Starmer will fight attempts to replace him, allies say
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Prime Minister will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say
Allies of the prime minister are worried his job might be under immediate threat.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Maybe they've decided to try chaos with Ed Miliband
BBC News - Starmer will fight attempts to replace him, allies say
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Starmer will fight attempts to replace him, allies say
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Misread this as global insanity and I'm not sure that's any less accurate.
⏰ TOMORROW ⏰
🌍 Global instability has become the new normal and our multilateral system seems increasingly fragile
Join our expert panel @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fiona Hill, Rana Mitter, Margaret MacMillan and @fromtga.bsky.social as they discuss key challenges👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...
🌍 Global instability has become the new normal and our multilateral system seems increasingly fragile
Join our expert panel @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fiona Hill, Rana Mitter, Margaret MacMillan and @fromtga.bsky.social as they discuss key challenges👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...
UKICE Lunch Hour: Confronting foreign policy challenges - UK in a changing Europe
UK in a Changing Europe has assembled a panel of some of the world's top experts to analyse on the key foreign policy challenges we face.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Misread this as global insanity and I'm not sure that's any less accurate.
Reposted by Paula Surridge
⏰ TOMORROW ⏰
🌍 Global instability has become the new normal and our multilateral system seems increasingly fragile
Join our expert panel @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fiona Hill, Rana Mitter, Margaret MacMillan and @fromtga.bsky.social as they discuss key challenges👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...
🌍 Global instability has become the new normal and our multilateral system seems increasingly fragile
Join our expert panel @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fiona Hill, Rana Mitter, Margaret MacMillan and @fromtga.bsky.social as they discuss key challenges👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...
UKICE Lunch Hour: Confronting foreign policy challenges - UK in a changing Europe
UK in a Changing Europe has assembled a panel of some of the world's top experts to analyse on the key foreign policy challenges we face.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
⏰ TOMORROW ⏰
🌍 Global instability has become the new normal and our multilateral system seems increasingly fragile
Join our expert panel @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fiona Hill, Rana Mitter, Margaret MacMillan and @fromtga.bsky.social as they discuss key challenges👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...
🌍 Global instability has become the new normal and our multilateral system seems increasingly fragile
Join our expert panel @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fiona Hill, Rana Mitter, Margaret MacMillan and @fromtga.bsky.social as they discuss key challenges👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...
Fell down a facebook rabbit hole thanks to something a family member shared. Labour should be really concerned, the tone and circulation of posts now has a simialr feel to Conservatives in 2023 but with an added side of far right memes. Facebook worries me far more than X
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Fell down a facebook rabbit hole thanks to something a family member shared. Labour should be really concerned, the tone and circulation of posts now has a simialr feel to Conservatives in 2023 but with an added side of far right memes. Facebook worries me far more than X