Who votes Reform and why? – with Sir John Curtice

About this episode

The episode discusses the motivations behind Reform Party voters with insights from political researcher Sir John Curtice.

• One last chance to get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon backing – our tenth birthday offer ends Wednesday morning. If you’ve been telling yourself that Reform are only surging because people are unhappy with what the Government hasn’t delivered, the don of political research Sir John Curtice has bad news for you. New British Social Attitudes research shows it’s deeper than that: angry Reform voters are energised by divisive culture issues and won’t be easily persuaded back to either Labour or the Tories. Would Burnham or Streeting (or anyone) be able to overcome their new identity politics? Plus: Does the latest tranche of Mandelson messages and emails shine any more light on the whole ambassadorial mess? • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. ESCAPE ROUTES • Sir John has been watching Dear England, the BBC’s new drama on England football manager Gareth Southgate • Marie went to watch “charming thriller” Tuner at the movies. • Raf really hated Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu but hey, it’s still a distraction. • Andrew has been reading Adrian Tchaikovsky’s sci-fi epic Children of Strife. Buy it through our affiliate bookshop…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Harrison, Marie Le Conte, Rafael Behr

Guest: Sir John Curtice

Topics covered

• Reform Party
• voter behavior
• identity politics
• culture issues
• political research
• British Social Attitudes

Keywords

• Reform Party
• Sir John Curtice
• voter identity
• political research
• culture issues
• British Social Attitudes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC, Patreon

Books & works: Dear England, Tuner, Children of Strife

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