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  • Mark my words: The (non) debate around Sir Jim Ratcliffe

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, takes a look at the response to Sir Jim Ratcliffe's comments about Britain being "colonised by immigrants.

     

    Mark Littlewood

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    February 13, 2026

  • Mark my words: Do all roads lead to Gorton and Denton?

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, takes a look at the forthcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. 

     

    Mark Littlewood

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    January 23, 2026

  • Mark my words: Jenrick's jump to Reform

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, writes about Robert Jenrick's defection from the Conservatives to Reform UK. 

     

    Mark Littlewood

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    January 18, 2026

  • Mark my words: Drifts, shifts and what comes next

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, writes, "Our challenge for next year is to ensure that this proposition – the need for a full unravelling of the Blairite settlement – isn’t just part of a noticeable change in political discourse but becomes cemented as the centrepiece of the next government’s policy platform." 

     

    Mark Littlewood

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    December 14, 2025

  • Mark my words: "We don’t like each other, but we hate Starmer more"

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, writes that at the next election it won’t merely be desirable to remove this wretched government from office, it will be a necessity in order to save the United Kingdom. We will need the broadest possible base of support behind a coherent and deliverable agenda.

     

    Mark Littlewood

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    December 05, 2025

  • Mark my words: A Budget from The Blob

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, writes about next week's Budget. "Brace yourself. Wednesday is going to be grim." 

     

    Mark Littlewood

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    November 21, 2025

  • Mark my words: The BBC, the Blob and the Backlash

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, writes about the latest scandal to engulf the BBC. "This latest disaster for the BBC might - just might - be a catalyst to bring about real change."

     

    Mark Littlewood

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    November 19, 2025

  • The Quiet Revolution Against Britain's Unaccountable Elites

    What Britain is witnessing is a quiet, peaceful, but determined revolution. The old guard — those who thought they could continue to ignore the rising cries and common-sense mandates of ordinary people — should be deeply afraid of what is still to come.

     

    Andrew Allison

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    November 11, 2025

  • Mark my words: Is it really the economy, stupid?

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, takes a look at the economic speeches made this week by Rachel Reeves, Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. 

     

    Mark Littlewood

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    November 08, 2025

  • Mark my words: Go back to your constituencies and prepare for government?

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, was at Reform UK's "preparing for government" press conference this week. Here are his thoughts. 

     

    Mark Littlewood

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    October 31, 2025

  • Mark my words: Carefully calibrating the Caerphilly kerfuffle

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, takes a look at last week's by-election in Caerphilly. 

     

    Mark Littlewood

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    October 28, 2025

  • Mark my words: Britain is hanging by a thread

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, says that "Britain is hanging by a thread – and measurable chunks of it have gone mad."

     

    Mark Littlewood

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    October 17, 2025