@mikeinsdevon.bsky.social

@mikeinsdevon.bsky.social

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Still trying to make sense of everything and avoid getting too confused! Slightly unhinged, wide range of interests. RIP Boo Boo 2009-2024

Screenshot of a Daily Mail story - "Fury as Scottish Labour and SNP MPs join forces to celebrate England crashing out of the World Cup to Argentina"
Screenshot of Daily Express website. Story headline: "Did Rolf Harris go to prison and is he still alive?"
Map of the "British Isles" (or Anglo-Celtic Islands, Atlantic Archipelago, Britain & Ireland, "these islands" or any other preferred term). Northern England is circled in red with a label "The North". Map from Google Maps
Instagram post from "Dominion Society of Canada" showing "demographic decline". 1981 - 93% 1991 - 86% 2001 - 83% 2011 - 76% 2021 - 69%
North Korean badge showing Eternal Leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il
AI Overview Makerfield is one of the most ethnically homogenous constituencies in the UK, with 96.5% to 97% of the population identifying as ethnically White. This is significantly higher than the overall England and Wales average of 81.7% and well above the average for the North West region. Key ethnic and demographic statistics for the area include: * White British Majority: The vast majority of the White population is White British, with about 97% of the constituency's total residents offering British forms of national identity. * UK-Born: Mirroring its ethnic profile, 96% of Makerfield’s residents were born in the United Kingdom, which is higher than both regional and national averages. * Broader Demographics: The area is primarily a post-industrial, working-class region with deep-seated heritage. It boasts a high home-ownership rate (around 73%-74%) and a slightly older age profile compared to the rest of the UK.
Map showing Canton Solothurn borders in northern Switzerland
There were almost 4,000 calls for violence posted on X in response to posts about the disorder in Belfast made by far right leader Tommy Robinson, Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe and X owner Elon Musk, a monitoring group has found. According to the Centre for Countering Digital Hate, Robinson’s supporters generated over half of that number, with 2,690 calls for violence, including a post that read: “Muslims in that house? BURN IT THE F*** DOWN. Execute them” [asterisks added]. Elon Musk, who has 240 million followers on X, shared violent migrant narratives from Robinson and Lowe, as well as others. By doing so, researchers say he amplified these messages and their analysis of viewing figures on the platform shows that Musk’s decision to share certain posts had a significant effect on how many users will have seen these inflammatory messages. Musk’s promotion of posts from Robinson and Lowe gained the pair a further 64 million views compared to the views they generated independently.
Seat numbers for YouGov poll according to Election Maps custom nowcast. Changes from 2024 general election. Reform - 262 (+ 257) Labour - 117 (- 294) Tories - 75 (- 46) Lib Dem - 74 (+ 2) SNP - 46 (+ 37) Green - 26 (+ 22) Plaid Cymru - 21 (+ 17) others - 10 (+ 5) Northern Ireland parties (not shown) - 18
YouGov poll, fieldwork June 7-8 2026. Reform - 25% (- 2) Conservative - 19% (+ 1) Labour - 19% (+ 1) Green - 14% (- 1) Lib Dem - 12% (- 1) SNP - 3% (no change) Restore - 3% (no change) Plaid Cymru - 2% (+ 1) Your Party - 1% (+ 1) others - 2%
Elon Musk making *that* arm gesture
Facebook post from Rupert Lowe: "Ignore bent polling from an establishment that is desperate for Restore Britain to fail. Our data, from far more voters, evidences the fact that we are in the Makerfield race. Every day I see more evidence of the establishment closing ranks to shut Restore Britain out. They hate us."
2.11 pm, 08/05/26 "Anas Sarwar has conceded his party cannot win the election" Scottish Labour is "hurting" after the party "didn't win the argument" in the Holyrood election, the party's leader Anas Sarwar has said. Just seven seats have been declared.
More in Common MRP projection for Rutherglen & Cambuslang. It has the SNP winning on 32% with the Lib Dems in second on 23%.
Image shows "Cognitive Assessment Test - Question, Please Identify the Doctor" with two pictures and tick boxes. On the left is a doctor with a clipboard, on the right is a picture of Jesus.
Map showing Maryland's 3rd congressional district boundaries between 2013-2023. Given as an example of gerrymandering.
Election results for the Abingdon Abbey Northcourt ward of Vale of White Horse district, 2023.
Bar chart from Exeter Labour showing city-wide results of 2025 Devon County Council elections. It shows Labour on 27%, Reform on 24% and Greens, Tories and Lib Dems lower with the caption "don't risk a vote for any other party". Despite narrowly topping the polls overall, Labour lost all seven divisions they were defending - three to the Greens and four to Reform.
A black van in the runup to the 2025 by-election with a poster showing a "Caerphilly predicted result - Reform 32%, Labour 28%, Plaid Cymru 19%" and "Only Welsh Labour can beat Reform". The eventual result was Plaid Cymru 47%, Reform 36%, Labour 11%.
2024 general election results for the Makerfield constituency: Labour 45.2%, Reform 31.8%, Conservative 10.9%, Liberal Democrat 6.8%, Green 4.4%, English Democrats 0.9%