GWC Modern Studies & Politics

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[Who Targets Me @WhoTargetsMe]

Labour Meta ad spend went vertical in the final few days of the campaign.

[James Fitzgibbon @mrfitzhist]

With the dust settled, here’s an overview of the 2024 General Election result and new cabinet. Key information surrounding seats/vote share along with a who’s who regarding new ministers. Easy to reference in tutor time, assemblies or have as a poster. #GE24 #GeneralElection2024

[Alasdair Rae @undertheraedar]

An updated version of my deprivation by constituency chart, for the 2024 UK general election

Previous versions and more info: https://t.co/ATBBgNkIuP

[Mrs Gill @MrsGillTweets]

More reasons to study Social Subjects!

[Who Targets Me @WhoTargetsMe]

Lunchtime update. Meta ad spending since midnight.

[Who Targets Me @WhoTargetsMe]

Since the election was called on May 22nd, based on the activity of over 1,600 accounts we've tracked, we estimate £6.2m has been spent on political Meta ads, along with a further £2.3m worth of Google/YouTube ads.

[Who Targets Me @WhoTargetsMe]

Estimated election day Meta ad spend by official party pages:
Labour/Starmer - £257k
Conservatives/Sunak - £159k
Reform UK/Farage - £31k
Liberal Democrats - £26k
SNP - £8k

[Miss Firth @MissFirth1]

N5 and Higher Modern Studies pupils take note...the Scottish Sun are now backing Labour

[Who Targets Me @WhoTargetsMe]

Our map of the country showing who's targeting which constituencies with digital ads got an update, just in time for the election.
https://t.co/UKkEDamflM

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

Follow for the very latest political news!

See the full list of 2024 newspaper endorsements here: https://t.co/EXdzFUeDxA

[Peter Inglesby @inglesp]

An anonymous "student with a love of politics" has just shared this splendid spreadsheet packed with analysis -- bookmarked for Thursday night: https://t.co/tuyFAbsIkk

[Mr Mathers @MrSMathersMS]

Higher Politics - Unit 2 (Political Systems) - Legislature (scrutiny)

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: The Tories have now suffered the highest number of by-election losses in a single Parliament since 1960

[Britain Elects @BritainElects]

Wellingborough parliamentary by-election, result:

LAB: 45.9% (+19.5)
CON: 24.6% (-37.6)
REF: 13.0% (+13.0)
LDEM: 4.7% (-3.1)
IND: 3.7% (+3.7)
GRN: 3.4% (-0.1)

Labour GAIN from Conservative

[Professor Kishan Devani BEM @Kishan_Devani]

🚨 BREAKING: #Labour wins #Wellingborough overturning a huge 19k Tory majority!

🌹 Labour: 13,844 (+107)
🔵 Tories: 7,408 (-24,869)
🟣 Reform: 3,919 (+3,919)
🔶 Lib Dems: 1,422 (-2,656)
🟢 Green: 1,020 (-801)

Changes with 2019

[Scottish Government @scotgov]

(@KaukabStewart) has been appointed as Minister (Designate) for Culture, Europe and International Development, subject to parliamentary agreement. She will be the first ever woman of colour in government in Scotland.

[Scottish Government @scotgov]

First Minister @HumzaYousaf has announced the new Scottish Cabinet.

The reshaped Cabinet of ten will include seven women, believed to be the highest proportion of any government in the world.

Read more: https://t.co/6CZy9E2Q7V

[STV News @STVNews]

BREAKING: SNP lead shrinks as Labour narrows gap in voting intention for UK general election. https://t.co/el55z1WWNs

[The National @ScotNational]

Figures show that seven in ten Scots would vote to rejoin the European Union 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Credit: @LeftieStats