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Tom Barton
@tombarton
Freelance writer, broadcaster and film-maker. Telling stories about how politics affects people. Former @BBCNews @ITVNews. DMs open, sources kept confidential.
Nov 26, 2019 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
So far this year, 1.2 million more people have registered to vote than during the run up to the 2017 General Election campaign.

On the face of it, you'd think this could favour Labour. But does it?

A thread, with charts: Applications to register by young people (under-25s) have outpaced the rate during pretty much the whole of the run-up to the 2017 General Election.
Mar 5, 2019 • 49 tweets • 9 min read
At the Court of Appeal this morning as Peterborough MP Fiona Onasanya seeks to overturn conviction for perverting the course of justice. If #FionaOnasanya loses, the process of opening petition to see if Peterborough residents want her to remain as their MP would begin.

If she wins, her conviction would be overturned. It would be down to @cpsuk to decide whether to hold a retrial.
Jan 29, 2019 • 65 tweets • 9 min read
At the Old Bailey for the sentencing of Festus and @FionaOnasanyaMP. Sentence expected later today. Interesting exchange just now...

Prosecution: She was a participant from the outset. It was a crime committed by both (her and Festus) but solely for her benefit.

Judge: “that would be totally out of character for her”
Jul 26, 2018 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
I'm doing some number crunching on the #AgreegateIQ #Facebook dataset given to @CommonsCMS. More to follow, but for starters ... THIS was the most-seen advert @CommonsCMS According to the @CommonsCMS dataset it appeared on the @BrexitCentral Facebook page and was seen between 5,000,000 and 9,999,999 times.