The Unhived Mind Contrarian UK politics, unpicked.

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Contrarian UK politics, unpicked.

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Five Westminster Assumptions That Need Unhiving in 2026
Westminster

Five Westminster Assumptions That Need Unhiving in 2026

Westminster politics runs on a set of comfortable assumptions that are rarely examined in public. This contrarian audit pairs five consensus claims with alternative readings of the evidence and questions voters can put directly to their MP.
The Swarm Behind the Screen: Britain’s Fragmented Political Conversation
Digital Politics

The Swarm Behind the Screen: Britain’s Fragmented Political Conversation

Westminster still speaks as if Britain has one national political conversation, but online life has split into rival swarms with different norms, facts and grievances. The real story of 2026 is not simple polarisation but the collapse of shared political territory.