Twitter highlights from the launch of 'Britain Votes 2017'

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Twitter highlights from the launch of 'Britain Votes 2017'

22 Mar 2018

To mark the launch of 'Britain Votes 2017', the first major study of the 2017 general election, five of the book's contributors - including polling guru Professor Sir John Curtice - outlined their findings at an event on 20 March at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Here are the evening's top tweets.

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Full audio

You can listen to the event in full via SoundCloud here.

The panel take their seats

Carolyn Quinn at the Britain Votes 2017 launch

“Hung parliaments are now more likely”

ProfessorSir John Curtice at the Britain Votes 2017 launch

“Getting my psephological geek on!”

Professor Tim Bale at the Britain Votes 2017 launch

Digital “not as revolutionary as sometimes thought”

Which party benefited from Brexit?

Question at the Britain Votes 2017 launch

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*'Britain Votes 2017' is the 2017 edition of the regular Parliamentary Affairs publication on each UK general election

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