Deborah Mattinson Articles

Public opinion has not shifted back to ‘Remain’ ‘When I woke up the next morning and realised we’d gone Brexit, I felt like England had won the World Cup!’ enthused Doug, a 42-year-old scaffolder from Harlow in one of BritainThinks’ focus groups this September. Other...

Dialogue on a doorstep this week: Man: ‘I've given up on Labour. I'm Scottish now – SNP all the way.’ Me: ‘Is there anything specific putting you off Labour?’ Man: ‘Everything! Now you've let us down again.’ If drawing a pen picture of a 'core Labour voter' this man...

Today’s economy, while growing, is doing very little to push people out of low pay. Add to this the fact that, according to a BritainThinks poll, many Londoners class themselves as ‘outsiders’, struggling to succeed and believing that owning a home is a pipe dream....

Labour must learn why it has lost so many voters, especially men, argues Deborah Mattinson Labour suffered what one shadow cabinet member described as a ‘near-death experience’ in Heywood and Middleton last month. Had the worst actually happened then maybe something...