Graham Macleod DHSBPolitics

Canary by heart Cornish by habitat Norfolk by upbringing Teacher by vocation

[Ben Page @Benpagelondon]

Wow the Whitehouse Ball room is….quite something. To put it mildly

[Graham Macleod DHSBPolitics @MCDHSB]

Yr 12 Paper 2 PMQs... Really interesting thread on PMQ styles & the difference between Starmer & Burnham... Certainly neither has the eloquence or humour of a Blair or Hague at their peak, or indeed a Thatcher!

[Theo Bertram @theobertram]

I'm doing PMQs on @TimesRadio later so I've been looking at how Burnham has changed style from Starmer. Starmer did almost 60 PMQs and this will be Burnham'a 6th but there are already some observable differences.

[State Navigate @StateNavigate]

State Government Running Tally (1 week since polls closed)

🔵7 new Democratic trifectas
🔵Democrats +553 seats
🔴Republicans -566 seats
🔵12 state legislative chambers flip from R to D
🔴5 Republican trifectas broken
🔵11 Democratic supermajorities created
🔴11 Republican supermajorities broken
🔵6 Governorships flip from R to D
🔵76% of Americans will have a Democratic Governor
🔵57% of Americans represented by a State House Democrat
🔵53% of Americans represented by a State Senate Democrat

RESULTS: https://t.co/bF10uwZfAD

[Graham Macleod DHSBPolitics @MCDHSB]

@dirk7890 The Soft Boys

[Fox News Politics @foxnewspolitics]

Democrats didn't just win the House and Senate on Tuesday. They seized control of the majority of state legislatures across the country, flipping chambers in Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and beyond.

The scale of the sweep is staggering. Wisconsin Democrats captured both the Assembly and Senate for the first time in years, creating a full trifecta with the governorship. Michigan and Minnesota followed the same pattern, with Democrats locking down complete control of state government. Pennsylvania Democrats flipped the Senate while holding the House. Arizona voters handed Democrats majorities in both chambers.

The gains extend the party's reach into the machinery that will shape redistricting and election rules heading into 2028.

Full story here https://t.co/atPI0BN0MM

[Graham Macleod DHSBPolitics @MCDHSB]

Likely to come down to the Native Alaskan vote which has yet to be counted in full and leans heavily Democrat

[Graham Macleod DHSBPolitics @MCDHSB]

Yr 13 Students asking about state of the races in Alaska & Mississippi this morning... well here's the state of play at the moment! Couldn't be closer, going to go right down to the wire
https://t.co/PvcQDXk4Yk

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

A lot of "fundamentals" type election models implicitly assume that parties respond fairly rationally to incentives. I'm not sure you can really say Trump is doing that when they lose an election by 13+ points and then elevate Hegseth and Stephen Miller.

[Graham Macleod DHSBPolitics @MCDHSB]

Yr 13 Students asking about state of the races in Alaska & Mississippi this morning... well here's the state of play at the moment! Couldn't be closer, going to go right down to the wire
https://t.co/PvcQDXk4Yk

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Oxford Street has seen a 28% spending increase since it was pedestrianised two weeks ago

[Daniel Zovatto @Zovatto55]

Excelente. Recomiendo verlo.

[Karim Douïeb @karim_douieb]

How America voted in the 2026 midterms?

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Trump questions midterm election integrity after previously accepting results https://t.co/2ZrAN0AZLG

[Graham Macleod DHSBPolitics @MCDHSB]

Wrote some lovely hummable tunes did Harrison Birtwistle #UniversityChallenge

[Brendan May @bmay]

Why do they always look like something Roald Dahl would write.

[Graham Macleod DHSBPolitics @MCDHSB]

Yr 12/13 outcome of Midterm elections... The question of whether Trump will be able to work with a Democrat Congress & cross the aisle when necessary seems to have been answered with the appointment of Stephen Miller as White House Chief of Staff... Definitely a big no!!

[Graham Macleod DHSBPolitics @MCDHSB]

@ladygreenkirtle A fine city!

[Graham Macleod DHSBPolitics @MCDHSB]

Interesting responses to the headline statistic… what does ‘welfare’ include & nature of population movement during working lifetime… More to the picture than a simplistic headline from Adam Smith Institute think tank

[Adam Smith Institute @ASI]

75% of constituencies in England and Wales spend more on welfare than their workers pay in income tax and National Insurance. London and the South East are the only regions that are net contributors; the North East is the most welfare-dependent region in England.

Explore the ASI's new Welfare Sustainability Tracker at https://t.co/KLoJA2IjFS

[Gov Pol @ Reigate @ReigateGovPol]

How different electoral systems work. Enjoy episode 243 of The A Level Politics Show! If you like it, become a Plus Plus Plus member- for £1.99 per month get the full back catalogue. Cancel anytime - deets in show notes. https://t.co/Qg9d3sli4i

[Graham Macleod DHSBPolitics @MCDHSB]

#RemembranceSunday #Callington #RemembranceDay #Cornwall

[Will Hutton @williamnhutton]

The US mid-terms really were a revolution. Southern whites voting for black candidates in droves. The New South Finally Arrives https://t.co/fTCmwbhhwL