Red Rose Reporting

Welcome to a brand new series: Red Rose Roots. So many people talk about the Red Wall as if it is a sort of single entity that things as one, votes as one, acts as one. But is that really the case? George Fairhurst and Rob Clark; armed with the research which you only get with podcasting, a blackbook of contacts in many Red Wall seats & a desire to get to grips with all the former Labour Heartlands set out to see what's the truth. 

Starting with Wakefield, we are joined by Wakefield Young Labours Secretary, Theo Biddle, as we go through Wakefield from 1935 to 2021. There's Strikes, shocks, governments collapsing & even Rugby League! So join us as we delve into the world of Red Rose Roots. 

We're back, we've got got polling and a new pannelist of our polling series! Joining us as the first ever candidate for an external election on the podcast is the wonderful Josh Dean (@Josh4standrews). Along with the usual motley crew of Connor Docwra (@connordocwra), Rob Clark (@RIC99_) and George Fairhurst (@FabianFairhurst): the panel discusses those large Tory leads, why Matt Hancock breaking the law seems to have made little dents in the public imagination & maybe discuss a mayoral election or two!

Waiting for the Survation returns! In three weeks, we've had an actual survation poll, mounting criticism of Keir Starmer, a Government polling boost and rumours of elections that will be without leafleting and door knocking! So who better to break it down than @AnErrorOfComedy , @connordocwra , @RIC99 and of course @FabianFairhurst

Welcome to a new regular series on the podcast! Waiting for the Survation is your key to the world of polling across the UK, whether you're a Survation waiter or an Opinium Poller Perfectionist. 

Joining us this week is the formidable duo of Alaister Stewart Walker (@AnErrorOfComedy) and Connor Docwra (@connordocwra), with Rob Clark (@RIC99_) and George Fairhurst (FabianFairhurst) as hosts. See you in two weeks time on the 7th of February!

Welcome to part two of the polling special! Now that we've established your Opinium from your YouGov, we turn to the 2021 battlegrounds. Wales, Scotland, London, regional English Council Elections. What's going to happen? Well, you'll just have to listen as George and Rob quiz polling expert Josh on what might happen! 

Side Note, the episode was recorded before Richard Leonard resigned and new polling data came out suggesting a drop in Welsh Labours support. It's RRRs belief that the Welsh poll is an outlier and therefore publishing this episode still makes statistical sense. 

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You're in for a treat if polling, charts, numbers, the D'Hondt or waxing lyrically about the state of British sub-samples is your thing. George and Rob sit down with @JMagosh from Twitter, a political polling expert who is going to explain how to read the numbers! Who knows, you may not even wait for the Survation after this... 

Our thanks go to Josh for appearing on this and the next episode, that will come around in a few days! 

This is a break from the usual political content to bring you an update! For the first time, after weeks of haggling, Red Rose Reporting will have more than just George Fairhurst running the show! Rob Clark, a Politics graduate from Rothwell, joins Red Rose Reporting as the new co-host and political polling wizkid. This is an episode to get to know Rob, hear about some exciting announcements and prepare for the new years content. 

Panny Antoniuo and Rhiannon Jenkin join me for this weeks episode of Red Rose Spotlights to talk about Labour doorstep: a cross-party campaign machine aiming to take the fight both digitally and at the doorstep to new levels. We discuss campaign tactics, the buzz on the doorstep, how we can get past a year of vicious internal elections to fight the Tories and of course: they dished out their hypothetical lone policy in the One Day, One Policy section. 

Amy Dwyer from the North West and University of Manchester Young Fabian Societies joins us for a chat about Fabianism, the struggle of making connections in politics, the 50/50 Parliament and of course: what her ideal policy would be! 

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https://5050parliament.co.uk/

Well, the results have all come in, the ballots have been counted and we've all come to learn that tea-time is actually at 6 pm: NEC and Young Labour Elections are now over! 

So, to help me pick through the rubble to try and understand what happened - I'm joined by Open Labours Tessa Milligan (@Tessfrancesc), Amen Tesfay from the 1987 Caucus (@AmenTesfay), Elliot Callender from the Duel CLP campaign (@Elliot4CD) and new face Lauren Davison (@lauren1995x_) from the Left Whingers podcast. 

Together, we've condensed hours of analysis, frustration and celebration into a neat 1-hour package, so give it a listen!