{"id":88936,"date":"2026-01-05T08:47:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=88936"},"modified":"2026-01-05T08:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:48:27","slug":"worry-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/01\/05\/worry-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Worry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moreincommon.org.uk\/latest-insights\/more-in-common-s-january-mrp\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More in Common<\/a> has a new opinion poll out. It is not encouraging.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-88938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.09-550x830.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.09-550x830.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.09-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.09-768x1159.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.09-1018x1536.png 1018w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.09-265x400.png 265w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.09.png 1076w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the seat breakdown.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-88937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.21-550x302.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.21-550x302.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.21-547x300.png 547w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.21-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.21-600x329.png 600w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-at-08.45.21.png 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All the usual caveats apply.<\/p>\n<p>But worry, nonetheless, not least because there remains no sign that Labour will take any action to improve our electoral system.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Comments\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When commenting, please take note of this blog\u2019s comment policy,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/about\/comments\/\">which is available here<\/a>. Contravening this policy will result in comments being deleted before or after initial publication at the editor\u2019s sole discretion and without explanation being required or offered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More in Common has a new opinion poll out. It is not encouraging. This is the seat breakdown. All the usual caveats apply. But worry,<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/01\/05\/worry-3\/\"><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":[106,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-reform"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88936","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=88936"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88940,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88936\/revisions\/88940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}