The "Culture War" is much more a minority sport in Britain than in America, but the 12% who produce half of social media content are rather more up for that.

More in Common have a major report out this week, previewed in Observer. @MiC_Global for info

theguardian.com/society/2020/o…
More evidence of the "balancers" on identity issues

3/4 people worry about hate speech crossing the line *and* 3/4 people worry about political correctness going too far too.

6/10 see something in idea of 'white privilege' and 6/10 think we can be over-sensitive about race.
That topline finding about amplified + exaggerated polarisation reinforces this from our National Conversation on Immigration: most people are balancers - but online is *much* more polarised
(blue line = public views of immigration)
(orange line = self-selecting online sample) Image
What is unusual about @MiC_Global is that they are doing in-depth research with similar types of questions in the USA, in France, in UK and elsewhere - so are esp well placed to offer insights into both similar/different drivers of political and social polarisation Image
'Both sides of a culture war rely on exaggerating the threat of the other. Both want us to think that every person who is ‘on the other side’ to them has all these opposing views. The truth is many of these debates just pass most people by" says @dixontim
theguardian.com/society/2020/o…
Report highlights climate change & gender equality as two issues where there is a much broader societal consensus in UK than US. (That 85% finding suggests focusing on activities of climate 'deniers' is a distraction from policy, political & public challenges on the issue) Image
Gender equality as social consensus, more than culture war

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26 Oct
A new name 'Black Liberation Movement UK' adopted by the @BLMUK group. It will also use 'Black Lives Matter', also in use by a range of other groups and networks theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
This group was a loose, nascent network of activists in May/June. A number of different groups/networks were using the 'BLM' message and slogan, which had crossed the Atlantic. BLM had also been used by a different group of climate activists over previous few years. Image
Black Liberation Movement sounds, to my ears, to have a 1970s/80s vibe, with echoes of Pan-Africanism. It doesn't have the immediacy/clarity and simplicity of communication of 'black lives matter'. Though it sounds as if the plan is to combine them.
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26 Oct
Will talk about race now turn into action? A new campaign @changeraceratio launches today to bring together business leaders and seek commitments to speeding up change in FTSE100/350 boardrooms, senior leadership teams + race equality in major orgs
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Lord Bilimoria is speaking to launch this campaign this morning. I have agreed to be a campaign ambassador, supporting the goals, including to see ethnic diversity in every FTSE100 boardroom by the end of next year. ImageImageImage
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26 Oct
Britain's Choice. A new study from More in Common. It finds many people are frustrated/exhausted by political divisions, but a considerably less polarised society than we have been telling ourselves in the last few years. Read the study here.
britainschoice.uk
More in Common's method segments public into groups based on beliefs, rather than demographics. A similar 'tribes' approach pioneered by Hope Not Hate post-2011 + by British Future on migration/identity. More in Common model has applied it in US, France, Germany, UK + elsewhere. Image
The comparative lens finds Britain considerably less polarised than America (or France). The big reason is thst Britain's divides are more of a shifting kaleidoscope than a polarised 'them and us' divide between two coherent camps. Image
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25 Oct
Southampton v Everton: an hour to kick off. Can Everton extend their lead at the top of the league? ImageImage
Since Southampton moved to St Mary's in 2001, Everton have won three times there: last season in November pre-Coivd, in 2015 and in 2002. Image
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25 Oct
Southampton host Everton, the league leaders, today. Here are half an hour of highlights from the 1984 FA Cup semi-final at an absolutely teeming Highbury - esp those enormous north and south bank terraces - from ITV's The Big Match Sunday programme
Everton played Southampton 3 times in 18 days in this crazy league & cup schedule. March 31st league game (my 10th birthday was April 1st) was my first ever game at Goodison (11.30am kick-off, Grand National day) having been at Maine Road for the Milk Cup replay on the Wed night! Image
Iconic images of Adrian Heath at Highbury, April 1984, in the 117th minute. ImageImage
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25 Oct
Does it seem "ridiculous" for Bankers and Hedge Fund managers involved in £ high-value deals to be subject to similar quarantine rules to everybody else who comes in and out of the country - and to the citizens of the country themselves? Image
A core feature of public understandings of fairness is that *reciprocity* matters - that, if there are rules we need to follow, it is fair for them to apply to everybody, and that the rich/powerful should not give themselves a pass on the rules we follow
The public find the main reasons for following rules (prevent the spread, protect the NHS) persuasive by 87% to 12% - but almost half the country finds "those in power don't follow the rules they set for the rest of us" a potentially convincing reason to not do so. Image
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