@sundersays.bsky.social - Sunder Katwala (sundersays)

03 Oct 2026 06:48 +0000

One featute of @britishfuture.bsky.social research on how public see Britain's choices with Europe is that attitides to migration, mobility & free movenent are not polarised + binary, but cross-pressured + fluid. @heather-rolfe.bsky.social on both doubts + support https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-gains-support-trade-uk-citizens/

02 Oct 2026 21:40 +0000

Sidcup man gets 15 years for home-made bomb blowing up Ulez camera - luckily failimg to injure or kill anybody with damage in a 100 yard radius https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-for-15-years-over-ulez-camera-explosion-513534

02 Oct 2026 21:04 +0000

28 year old suspect charged with Widdecombe's murder also today charged with preparing terror attack over the previous two months, seeking target Nigel Farage https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/02/ann-widdecombe-suspect-charged-with-planning-terror-act-against-nigel-farage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

02 Oct 2026 20:57 +0000

Ben Walker of Ukip in Holborn & St Pancras. Quite a contest between Restore v Ukip as to which is running furthest & hardest to the right in this byelection [contains quote post or other embedded content]

02 Oct 2026 20:15 +0000

Impressive of Northern Ireland to be 3-0 up on Ukraine away from home (in Slovakia): could get promoted again to the top tier

02 Oct 2026 17:32 +0000

Andy Burnham, born Jan 1970, was nine years old when Margaret Thatcher came to power and nearly 21 when she resigned. But he was too young to vote in June 1987, her final general election. Kemi Badenoch exactly a decade younger, born Jan 1980, but she returns to Britain in 1996 in the Major era

02 Oct 2026 14:19 +0000

Vocal support for Suella Braverman from the blogger Conor Tomlinson. But Tomlinson would also ban Suella Braverman from parliament for not having British-born grandparents. He says he likes her - but he believes she would sacrifice her career to keep Badenoch and Sunak out of parliament.

02 Oct 2026 08:30 +0000

Today is the anniversary of the Heaton Park terrorist attack. Security guard Andrew Franks is being honoured at the Pride of Britain awards for his courage in saving many other people. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

02 Oct 2026 06:58 +0000

Vg and clear analysis: the Greens can do well where they have a credible chance of winning (in the most progressive seats that are progressive v progressive) but most voters who would vote Green would back other parties where Greens not in serious comtention [contains quote post or other embedded content]

02 Oct 2026 06:38 +0000

Braverman not being "racist against myself" on her own identity To say Sunak & Marcus Rashford can not be English without at least English grandparents= an exclusionary racialised worldview, whether the MP saying it is white or Asian, just as saying they should be barred as MPs withoit one would be [contains quote post or other embedded content]

01 Oct 2026 21:39 +0000

"You have to take a view obviously ... "I am not the one saying it has to be five generations or four generations. I think it is obvious when people have got a lineage, an ancestry, a heritage which dates back a few generations to this country" - Suella Braverman on Question Time

01 Oct 2026 20:32 +0000

My Oct 1st 2026 prediction of next Labour manifesto on Brexit - Brexit has done more harm than good. - We want to repair damage: closer deal - but avoid past divides. - UK should negotiate to join single market. - We would not rejoin EU without a referendum + we won't hold that in this parliament.

01 Oct 2026 20:16 +0000

Ladbrokes currently have an 85% implied probability of no UK referendum on joining the European Union before 2035 - but are offering 14/1 and 16/1 on each year in the early 2030s

01 Oct 2026 19:58 +0000

I'd welcome your current Oct 2026 perceptions on these scenarios What are % chances of Kemi Badenoch a) being Conservative leader at next General Election? b) % chance of Badenoch/Farage being seen as primary opposition contender for Prime Minister? c) of Badenoch being Prime Minister by 2029

01 Oct 2026 19:11 +0000

Reform's intermal inquiry may give former staff the all clear after they resigned for soliciting ineligible donors to pay for party polling https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/01/burnhams-reopening-of-brexit-debate-is-biggest-boost-in-my-career-says-farage

01 Oct 2026 18:41 +0000

I think the PM getting public to consider the pros + cons of all potential options from late 2026 for the next 12-18 months is a much better approach than "the only option he should consider is EU membership" (including for those who would aim for that destination of membership within 5-10 years) [contains quote post or other embedded content]

01 Oct 2026 10:11 +0000

ONS briefing ignores known context (net migration fell by 25% from 230k in year to mid-2025 to 171k all of 2025) So mid-2025 did see pop rise as every year since 1982 Bigger story ignored. ONS stats show why 2025 will be first year of (marginally) falling population for 4 decades. 2026 bigger fall [contains quote post or other embedded content]

01 Oct 2026 09:46 +0000

Population rose 228k mid-2024 to mid-2025 when net migration 223k So population has fallen since. Net migration 171k in Jan-Dec 2025 (so population steady/maybe marginal dip 50k). Net mig < 100k in 2026. Uk population shrink significantly if net migration dips <100k May fluctuate at 125k-200k [contains quote post or other embedded content]

01 Oct 2026 07:25 +0000

PM Burnhsm says Brexit made migration more permanent when it was temporary before Brexit. This partially captures something real, bit it inverts the story, failing to understand why migration concerm drove Brexit in 2011-2016 because of the scale & pace of more temporary migration

01 Oct 2026 06:41 +0000

Diane Taylor on Crowborough divided; showing it reflects the mobilisation of those at both poles of the asylum debate, in response to the use of Crowborough Training Camp by Home Office, housing 300 asylum seekers in a town of 22,000 people https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/01/crowborough-divided-immigration-asylum-seekers

30 Sep 2026 21:29 +0000

Uk govt wanted to continue the routes for return pilot - but France decided to end the pilot. The deal let 1500 people to come under a controlled route - and enabled 1500 returns. A bigger UK-EU deal of this type is most viable way to stop dangerous crossings https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/30/uk-france-one-in-one-out-deal-to-expire-on-thursday-say-sources