Bertie Wnek @bertslide1
Director at Public First Joined September 2019-
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Most voters in swing seats support new housing in their areas. New Public First research with 150+ voters in Selby and Buckingham & Bletchley finds: - A quiet majority want more homes - NIMBYs are a sizeable minority - Many simply don’t care publicfirst.co.uk/practising-yim…
Seriously, I think it is a public duty to introduce everyone to the paceometer: spectator.co.uk/article/why-dr…
My highly Georgist Wiki Man this week. spectator.co.uk/article/in-def…
South Korea gender divide update 😲 Young men lean right by 50 points (74% conservative vs 24% centre-left) Young women lean left by 22 points (58% centre-left vs 36% cons)
In December we spent a week in Port Talbot speaking to locals about the blast furnace closure and its impact on the town. If you're interested in the Gov't's industrial strategy it's worth hearing from those closest to industry. The report is out today: public-first.shorthandstories.com/port-talbot/
This is a great paper, esp. on econ reg - but demand management is not the same as demand reduction and it's not right to say it embeds stagnation. That millions of tonnes of drinking quality water will be cooling data centres in drought areas in Cambridge is not good for growth.
This is a great paper, esp. on econ reg - but demand management is not the same as demand reduction and it's not right to say it embeds stagnation. That millions of tonnes of drinking quality water will be cooling data centres in drought areas in Cambridge is not good for growth. https://t.co/dz1SEPQkS0
Wrote in Politico today about what will happen next. There’s a risk of massively over complicating something very simple to diagnose and very hard to fix. politico.eu/article/shock-…
I wrote this piece for the @NewStatesman on local opposition to energy infrastructure, and whether or not it's misrepresented. newstatesman.com/spotlight/sust…
Evidence that fewer people are against windfarms etc than is perceived - @bertslide1 in @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/spotlight/sust…
Great to publish this piece by @bertslide1 in this week's Green Transition which explores his on-the-beat research into local pylon opposition. As it turns out, there are far fewer Nimbys out there than is often presented... @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/spotlight/sust…
Public First’s Port Talbot research written up in @thetimes. @ed_shackle and I spent 6 days in the town speaking to locals about how the closure of the last blast furnace was affecting the community. Great trip! thetimes.com/article/55ac2b…
I ran the immersive research in Guildford for this project. Midway through the election campaign I was struck by how many lifelong Tories had already tuned out. On the NHS, the economy and immigration the party had no credibility left - the campaign was just noise to them.
I ran the immersive research in Guildford for this project. Midway through the election campaign I was struck by how many lifelong Tories had already tuned out. On the NHS, the economy and immigration the party had no credibility left - the campaign was just noise to them.
Just 3 months in but swing voters are becoming increasingly frustrated with this Government I sat down with voters in Sittingbourne & Sheppey to understand the scale of the challenge Labour has if it's to reverse the sense of doom and gloom (1/8) newstatesman.com/the-weekend-re…
Last year I was commissioned by the UK ministry of housing to write a report on the demand side-drivers of the housing affordability crisis. After some election-related delays, here it is. (1/13) ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…
Forever impressed by my colleagues - history and the future in one neat package.
Forever impressed by my colleagues - history and the future in one neat package.
Amazing research from my colleagues @ed_shackle and @bertslide1, who sat in pubs in Bolton for five straight days, looking, listening and talking. It may sound like *the dream*, but actually it's one of the most interesting qual research the PF team has ever undertaken.
Amazing research from my colleagues @ed_shackle and @bertslide1, who sat in pubs in Bolton for five straight days, looking, listening and talking. It may sound like *the dream*, but actually it's one of the most interesting qual research the PF team has ever undertaken.
I know quite a bit about the original project. One interesting bit that comes to mind is that they discovered lots of support for Edward VIII despite widespread media criticism re his abdication. People were generally much more forgiving & understanding than expected.
Our poor team put in the hard yards sitting in pubs for several days, and I'm grateful for their efforts. (Seriously, this report is such a joy, - a wonderful recreation of the (famous?) 1930s mass observation study. Do read it) thepubandthepeople.publicfirst.co.uk
Our poor team put in the hard yards sitting in pubs for several days, and I'm grateful for their efforts. (Seriously, this report is such a joy, - a wonderful recreation of the (famous?) 1930s mass observation study. Do read it) thepubandthepeople.publicfirst.co.uk
One for Mass Observation fans - we sent @ed_shackle and @bertslide1 to Bolton to replicate the original Worktown study from 1937
One for Mass Observation fans - we sent @ed_shackle and @bertslide1 to Bolton to replicate the original Worktown study from 1937
Feeling jaded by week after week of opinion polls? You'll love this research by @bertslide1 and @ed_shackle of Public First, who spent 5 days in pubs in Bolton, observing locals to get insights about what makes them tick that they'd never get over the phone 1/5
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