LiamPlested

Strip away the noise and you're a straightforward social democrat: pro-NHS, pro-immigration-as-benefit, pro-solar-subsidy, pro-devolution, and you defended the Barnett formula when most of the country wanted it torn up. But you pair that with an unusual comfort in patriotic optimism — you agreed that politicians "put too much emphasis on the bad parts of the UK," backed CANZUK, and think Islam needs a reformation to integrate. This isn't triangulation; it's a worldview where economic solidarity and national self-confidence sit together rather than in tension.

You're mostly in step with the country — siding with the national majority on 13 of your 18 votes — but your one real break is telling: on the Barnett formula, you defended the status quo of funding Scotland and Wales while most voters wanted it changed. That's not a small thing to hold in a former mining seat; it's a quiet vote for the Union as it is, not as its critics wish it were.

Your local votes read like a mirror of your own — unanimous yes on solar subsidies, EU rejoining, regional power, the Monklands hospital spend. Bolsover backs you almost every time, which makes the Barnett dissent stand out even more: even your own patch's instincts didn't stretch that far.

Sixteen scored votes is early days, and whole fronts — welfare reform, justice, the economy proper, the constitution — are untouched. Your instincts on tax, crime and Europe's deeper questions are still unwritten; that's the next chapter, not a verdict.

This profile gets sharper with every vote you cast — right now it's a strong sketch, not a finished portrait. Cast a few on welfare or justice next and we'll see whether that Barnett-style loyalty to the Union holds, or whether it's a one-off.