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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Haven't heard of "the championship"

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Hang on, are Ipswich Town *good*?

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Some brief thoughts from me on age-based divides in politics, and why they might be particularly acute in Britain and similar countries joshgoddard.substack.com/p/its-the-ec...

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It’s the economy, grandad

How might we explain differences in age-based voting divides across countries?

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Some brief thoughts from me on age-based divides in politics, and why they might be particularly acute in Britain and similar countries joshgoddard.substack.com/p/its-the-ec...

joshgoddard.substack.com

It’s the economy, grandad

How might we explain differences in age-based voting divides across countries?

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

that's an interesting idea, hadn't thought about that! i shall have a look. I'd been considering Canada as an interesting too as the Liberals tend to be the governing party and do well amongst older voters (despite the underlying left/right relationship with age looking similar to the UK/Australia)

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yeah tricky, I've been thinking about it too but can't think of a brilliant way of doing it

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

that might be consistent with your observation from the BES?

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

yes, absolutely - lots more to unpack. A thought I have had about another dimension is pro/anti-system, and the 'natural parties of government' being on the right in e.g. Britain but the left in e.g. Scandinavia, and this interacting with age (older voters being more inclined towards these parties)

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i was thinking it frees up another european space

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

you're still there with no refund, getting home at the time you thought, and a soulless new stadium, so there

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

yeah ipswich town may have lost but I've got onto a fast avati train to london (my train was cancelled) which gets in 90 minutes earlier than i was due AND am entitled to the full refund. so who are the real winners eh, everton? not you

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Nathan @nwylabour.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

She really is such a vile bigot

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Commentor: "Arsenal have enjoyed their trip down to Portman Road" UP, it's up from London to Ipswich, come on

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

and there it is, the first 9 of the season!

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I don't think I've ever looked forward to Match of the Day more...counting down the minutes

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

And the kit is very nice/Cyril Regis-evoking

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Coventry shall be bottom and I'm sure of it (I really like Coventry as a good family friend supports them, but still)

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I think it's sneaky radical! Remember the domestic abuse storyline from a few years ago being v well done - and I'm someone whose spent their Sunday mornings throughout childhood listening under duress (you must not speak during the Archers on pain of death)

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Can't remember where, but read an interesting article on how leading, business-owning nonconformist families in Norwich moved across quite significantly to the Tories in the inter-war period - I suspect this didn't happen so dramatically in the west country

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Have often wondered this. East Anglia's generally a bit wealthier and the Anglican church a bit more embedded (vs the South West) so I've always assumed these help to explain why they shift more dramatically to the Tories in the 30s-60s (the crucial period)

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

No but maybe thats just because they're performing better in by elections than national polls

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Farage dropping out is the (potentially gamechanging) event that puts this to the test, but I personally suspect a split right would remain as there's a significant far right vote not willing to vote Tory

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Tbf pollsters were pretty close to them in this by election specifically (and makerfield)

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Reverses the traditional norm in British politics in an interesting way!

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

True, ofc challenges re governing, but revealing that they are able to win over other left bloc voters relatively easily (early days yes, but polling on propensity to vote etc also suggests this) whilst the 2(or 3?) right parties seem more fundamentally split - attitudinally, demographically

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Its interesting that their ineptitude over the past 2 yrs has disguised how transformations in British politics have left Labour in a stronger structural position than (ever?) before - a very split right (unlikely to unite imo), incredibly efficient tactical voting picture, etc

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

To a hammer everything looks like a nail etc, but I do think that gender is the first and primary hierarchical division of human beings, and that much of the passion of the transphobic project comes from transphobes (correctly) assessing trans people’s threat to all other hierarchies.

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

true BUT we then stayed succesful for like 25 more years and won European honours on the back of it, and now they're in League 1. (Ultimatley I'm jealous cos I've never seen us be that good though, I'll admit it). Nevertheless lets give credit to Norwich for their success in this period, ah wait...

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I rather felt Leicester did an Ipswich

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The magic words! Ofc "doing a Leicester" cheapens us a little bit - we've won a lot more than that😉

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

*unless Town start the season well, ofc😉

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

always feels slightly odd that spain only have 1 world cup - same number as ipswich

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My parents summed up in their mug cupboard

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

absolutely, none of this god save the king nonsense there

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

This is a core reason why england football fandom is so tragic, they actually sing gstk in the stadium, during the game - pathetic. Sing jerusalem, as god intended, and as they do in every other sport fgs

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

i've seen derby county reduce the ball-in-play time in a half to 18 minutes, and my dad get a parking fine because of it. This is amateur hour stuff in comparison

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

i've seen gillingham have their right full back take throw ins on the left wing and left full back take throw ins on the right

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"on loan at portsmouth from santos". great stuff

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Stan Wawrinka, Serena Williams or the Ivory Coast? The dilemmas that this time of year throws up...

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

way too norwich-y this scottish team, it simply has to be said

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

the bbc's pre-match coverage tonight is very deacon blue heavy - and i'm absolutely here for it

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Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

good luck to Gary O'Neil - and may the lord have mercy on your soul #itfc

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