TNT Show host John Drummond interviews Stuart Donald about the so-called Union Dividend. Stuart is a data analytics expert and his research illustrates the insights to be gain into electoral systems, Brexit and the Scottish Constitutional question.
Topics include:
- 02:06 Is the Union killing people?
- 05:28 Inequality and the FPTP system
- 07:41 The Myth of the Union Dividend
- 16:17 Slapstick Accounting
- 19:00 Faulty stats drive faulty narratives
- 20:37 Scottish “dividend” based on English needs
- 21:57 How much should Scotland get?
- 26:40 Starmer’s Labour continuing inequality
- 30:33 Why can’t UK have PR?
- 37:47 Labour elected on sufferance
- 40:00 Falling prey to the Far Right
- 44:53 England needs a national conversation
- 49:24 Building Messaging
You can find out more about Stuart’s research here: Electoral Systems and Indequality.
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