John Garry shows that reaching “across the divide” can come at a political cost: in divided societies, conciliatory appeals may win support from rival groups while weakening support among a leader’s own community. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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That awkward feeling when the Principal invites you to a “Long Service Award Ceremony” while the University asks Schools to reach “savings targets or there will be compulsory redundancies.”

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Brexit and the Windsor Framework, like so many issues, divide opinion in Northern Ireland. Here @katyhayward.bsky.social and I look back at more than five years of data from our Testing the Temperature polls to see whether and how views have changed. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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New open-access paper from @clarerice.bsky.social & Megan Campbell drawing together some of the discussions with the general public in NI that we had in the course of the "Performing Identities" project. Really important reflections on a decade of Brexit reality: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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New feature @irishpollingind.bsky.social: you can now explore election results and polling estimates from 1987 to 2026 interactively. Select one or more parties to check how their (combined) support has changed. The graph also lists cabinets and government composition. pollingindicator.com/#graphs

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