{"id":76302,"date":"2024-06-25T15:50:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T14:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=76302"},"modified":"2024-06-25T15:50:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T14:50:44","slug":"politics-is-not-engaging-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/06\/25\/politics-is-not-engaging-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics is not engaging the public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought this data, just issued by Ipsos Mori, was interesting enough to share.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-76303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-550x312.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-550x312.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-530x300.png 530w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-600x340.png 600w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed.png 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lack of regard for the Tories is staggering, but the figures for Reform are almost as notable. Parties on the right-wing fringes of UK politics are clearly not popular right now.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Labour only just about staggers into net popularity, with the Greens closest behind.<\/p>\n<p>The idea that politics is not engaging with the British public is the winner here.<\/p>\n<p>Given the importance of political issues, the idea that politics must do better is overwhelming. I cannot see this happening until neoliberalism is consigned to the bin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought this data, just issued by Ipsos Mori, was interesting enough to share. The lack of regard for the Tories is staggering, but the<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/06\/25\/politics-is-not-engaging-the-public\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76304,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76302\/revisions\/76304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}