Jon PENNYCOOK<p>'Zombie politics: how Dead Man dominates British politics'</p><p><a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/04/09/zombie-politics-how-dead-man-dominates-british-politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/britain/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">09/zombie-politics-how-dead-man-dominates-british-politics</span></a></p><p>'Sift through the British Election Study and one demographic is of particular interest to Westminster’s inhabitants: those who dropped dead after the 2019 election.'</p><p>'Between the elections of 2019 and 2024, roughly as many Conservative voters dropped dead as switched from Conservative to Labour.'</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/demographics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demographics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a></p>