Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

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"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/cro...

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/cro...

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/cro...

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/cro...

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/cro...

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/cro...

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/cro...

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/cro...

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research -

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/cro...

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/cro...

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/cro...

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."

Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat." By Claire Jones -

Crossing the Divide: Reaching Reform Voters in a Fractured Britain. Why understanding perception, not just policy, may be the left’s biggest challenge ahead of the local elections.

Why isn’t progressive messaging cutting through - despite all the facts being on our side? This piece from our regular contributor, @claireaj.bsky.social, argues the problem might not be the evidence, but the audience.

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Dread and awe at 30,000 feet: a nervous flyer’s love letter to the sky As our metal bus hurtles through emptiness, one of us is white knuckled & wide-eyed, wrestling with terror, perplexity & staggering beauty

And there's this aspect -

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Dread and awe at 30,000 feet: a nervous flyer’s love letter to the sky As our metal bus hurtles through emptiness, one of us is white knuckled & wide-eyed, wrestling with terror, perplexity & staggering beauty

And there's also this aspect -

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Dread and awe at 30,000 feet: a nervous flyer’s love letter to the sky As our metal bus hurtles through emptiness, one of us is white knuckled & wide-eyed, wrestling with terror, perplexity & staggering beauty

"Their workaday ennui only emphasises my own silent trepidation as I walk the final leg from safety to uncertainty" by Claire Jones

The tarts and vicars party Nigel Farage leads a curious coalition of traditionalists and libertines

"All parties need ideological gurus, but it is a mistake to take them as seriously as they take themselves, or as a reliable predictor of policy. Their task is akin to that of a padre in a Marine battalion, adding a veneer of dignity and moral purpose to the bloody task of fighting the enemy." 👏👏👏

Why is this space mission different from all other space missions? The Passover/Artemis II crossover episode we don't need

Why is this space mission different from all other space missions?

In today's newsletter, the role of 'columnist desperately searching for an angle' will be played by me.

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Dread and awe at 30,000 feet: a nervous flyer’s love letter to the sky As our metal bus hurtles through emptiness, one of us is white knuckled & wide-eyed, wrestling with terror, perplexity & staggering beauty

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Dread and awe at 30,000 feet: a nervous flyer’s love letter to the sky As our metal bus hurtles through emptiness, one of us is white knuckled & wide-eyed, wrestling with terror, perplexity & staggering beauty

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Dread and awe at 30,000 feet: a nervous flyer’s love letter to the sky As our metal bus hurtles through emptiness, one of us is white knuckled & wide-eyed, wrestling with terror, perplexity & staggering beauty

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Dread and awe at 30,000 feet: a nervous flyer’s love letter to the sky As our metal bus hurtles through emptiness, one of us is white knuckled & wide-eyed, wrestling with terror, perplexity & staggering beauty

And from a passenger -

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Dread and awe at 30,000 feet: a nervous flyer’s love letter to the sky As our metal bus hurtles through emptiness, one of us is white knuckled & wide-eyed, wrestling with terror, perplexity & staggering beauty

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Dread and awe at 30,000 feet: a nervous flyer’s love letter to the sky As our metal bus hurtles through emptiness, one of us is white knuckled & wide-eyed, wrestling with terror, perplexity & staggering beauty

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Dread and awe at 30,000 feet: a nervous flyer’s love letter to the sky As our metal bus hurtles through emptiness, one of us is white knuckled & wide-eyed, wrestling with terror, perplexity & staggering beauty

If flying is statistically safe, why does it feel anything but?

This contribution from @claireaj.bsky.social captures the tension between fear and awe at 30,000 feet - and why our brains are perfectly capable of holding both at once.

The octopus and the handmaid: Reform’s Epsteinian cultural agenda From Epstein’s web to Reform’s proposed raft of policy ideas, creeping misogyny now risks redefining women’s rights in Britain

we really are badly underestimating the parallels between Trumpworld and the UK's current highest polling party. Arguably, this is one of the most dangerous links of all -

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