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cotter_alan

The Unaligned Realist
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5 July 2026 · after 10 votes · current

The Unaligned Realist

Who you are

You don't sound like a partisan — you sound like someone reading the paper and reacting to each story on its merits. But one thing is firm: defence spending should rise, full stop, no trade-off with welfare accepted.

Vs Britain

You're rarely the outlier — eight of your ten votes landed with the national majority, including near-unanimous backing for 3% GDP defence spending. Your break from consensus came on ID cards, where you voted no while the country leaned narrowly the same way but by a much tighter margin — you're more sceptical of state surveillance than the average yes-voter realises.

On your patch

No local breakdowns have come through yet for your votes, so there's nothing to compare against your area — early days.

Blind spots

Six scored votes across just two clear categories — Justice and Defence — is a thin foundation, and huge areas like welfare, housing, immigration and the economy are untouched. Right now this profile shows you're instinctively hawkish on defence and mixed on justice; everything else is still unwritten.

What's next

This is a first sketch, not a verdict — cast a few votes on welfare or immigration and the picture sharpens fast. Come back next week; we'll show you exactly how you've moved.