Marta Miori

paging and exposing @jack-bailey.co.uk, who listens to science audiobooks at x3 speed in the car

Thanks Helen! 🙂

All this great economic insecurity stuff was not my doing!

Thanks Joe!!

Thank you Ben!!

Thanks Chris! 🙂

I’ve written about this excellent piece before in my own take on Labour’s “midlife crisis“ but this really was the warning sign from almost six months ago that the data was saying something very different from Number 10’s rhetoric.

Late deciders, higher turnout: what the Gorton and Denton byelection taught us about voters High numbers of undecideds may partially explain the late swing to the Greens.

New piece from w/ @hannahbunting.bsky.social & @jess-smith.bsky.social on the Gorton & Denton byelection, and what it might tell us about British politics.

We cover turnout, late-deciding voters, gender gaps & the continuing fragmentation of the party system 🧵

theconversation.com/late-decider...

Pleased to see this work with @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social @martamiori.bsky.social & @robfordmancs.bsky.social published: We look at the effects of involving party members in candidate selection at the 2019 UK general election: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Great to speak with @meganekenyon.bsky.social of @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on location about the result in Gorton and Denton, including the role of party blocs!

Clipped my bit below, but you can watch the whole video here (bonus, there is a cat!):
youtu.be/dUh_1XuAg-g?...

Thanks Mark! 🙂

Thanks Alex!! Hope to see you soon!! xx

Grazie mille! 😉

Many thanks to artist and creative director @oonuch.bsky.social

Thank you!! 🙂🙂

Thank you Stuart!! I can happily report back that I spent 30 consecutive days at the beach after submitting this thesis 🫡 feeling "slightly less tired" as a result

Thank you so much, Ailsa! Hope to see you soon!

Thank you Peter!! 🙏

Thank you Tom!! Looking forward to seeing you at PSA!

Thanks Mark!!

Thanks Neema!!! ❤️

Thank you Will!! 😀

Thanks Anthony!! 🙂

Thank you so much Paula!! 🙏

I am also very excited to be joining @profjanegreen.bsky.social full time at Nuffield College as a UK Politics Impact Research Fellow from next Monday. Stay tuned for new research on fragmentation, party fortunes and electoral blocs as we navigate upcoming elections & the longer road to 2029!

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... as well as everyone else who gave up a lot of their time to help me along the way ❤️ @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social, @profjanegreen.bsky.social, @jack-bailey.co.uk, the @scotvoting.bsky.social team, and all the wonderful UoM politics colleagues who made this journey so interesting and fun!

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Very pleased to share that I passed my PhD viva yesterday!

Huge thanks to my lovely examiners @robjohns75.bsky.social and @profsob.bsky.social, and amazing supervisors @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social, @nspmartin.bsky.social and Ed Fieldhouse...

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Article - Nuffield Politics Research Centre

@martamiori.bsky.social and I have been writing, since 2024, about why Labour's 'Reform' challenge and emphasis was based on a misunderstanding of Labour's vote. Here for anyone interested: politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

A very insightful and important read!

'Avoiding the iceberg' - LabourList Labour’s polling crisis isn’t about Reform voters but losing progressives. To avoid electoral collapse, the party must clarify its values and unite its bloc.

Good to see Labour politicians talking about blocs!

labourlist.org/2026/01/avoi...

If you want to know more, you can read our article introducing the idea in Britain here: academic.oup.com/pa/article/7...

Also Green and Miori's excellent work here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...