Marios RichardsSquare Politics: An Insultingly Simple ModelIn this blog I’m going to try to briefly explain my default model of politics and political coalitions in a representative democracy. This…Jan 4, 2020Jan 4, 2020
Marios RichardsResponse to Simon Wren-Lewis’ “Can we think about politics from Blair onwards in one chart?”Can we think about politics from Blair onwards in one chart?Dec 23, 2019Dec 23, 2019
Marios RichardsPolitical Patchwork ChartI’ve built a new chart building on previous work with British Election Study data and the Political Compass (two major axes of political…Nov 15, 20191Nov 15, 20191
Marios RichardsPublic Social Benefits paid to Lowest/Highest Income FifthsI grew up in the UK in the 80–90s and two of the basic norms I inhaled then were:Mar 18, 2019Mar 18, 2019
Marios RichardsinTowards Data ScienceClimate Change — and its weird connection to BrexitThere is a fairly solid consensus (62/38) that climate change is happening and that it is due to human activity.Mar 16, 20191Mar 16, 20191
Marios RichardsinTowards Data ScienceWhat’s up with the UK Broadsheet/Tabloid split?In my last blog post I introduced (rehashed) an approach to differentiating UK newspapers by plotting their readership’s Political Compass…Mar 8, 2019Mar 8, 2019
Marios RichardsinTowards Data ScienceWhat is the Right-Wing Press?Commentators and Normal Folk define the Right-Wing Press so broadly — from The Sun, through the Daily Star, Daily Mail, Daily Express, The…Mar 6, 2019Mar 6, 2019
Marios Richards“Ah — I’m sure it’ll be fine!”I browse a number of different forums where Brexit is discussed and the field for the most irritating argument is, as you might imagine…Feb 6, 2019Feb 6, 2019
Marios RichardsOn the Shift in UK Immigration Sentiment (preliminary observations)Inspired by Rob Ford’s Medium blog on this (back in January) and contemporary twitter discussions I’ve been poking at the most recent…May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
