Articles by Lucas Batt

Solutions In Bristol Banner Home Page Co-op Community Edition 22

We asked: What needs solving in Bristol?

By Matty Edwards and Lucas Batt on 25th February, 2020

This issue is about solutions, so we asked the Cable’s 2,100 members what they most want to see solutions for. Here we explore some ideas for solutions to the biggest themes members raised: transport and housing.
What's Wrong With Drugs? City Reports Banner Home Page

Drug deaths in Bristol sharply increase

By Lucas Batt and Lorna Stephenson on 7th August, 2017

What explains the rising rates of drug misuse fatalities, and how can the risks be reduced for Bristol’s population of drug users?
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Data leaves Bristol, dark ads arrive: how microtargeting is changing elections

By Lucas Batt and Sid Ryan on 12th July, 2017

The latest trend in political campaigning is to pump sponsored adverts directly into your Facebook feed. But with the law struggling to catch up with the technology, who is keeping an eye on ‘dark ads’?
Banner Home Page City Reports

Could tactical voting change this election?

By Lucas Batt on 7th June, 2017

We look at how political alliances might have changed the last election, and how they might affect the results of this election. Voting tactically this...
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Expenses: £25k on first class travel for Bristol West candidate

By Lucas Batt and Lorna Stephenson on 2nd June, 2017

First class travel expenses worth £24,979 claimed by former MP and current candidate for Bristol West, Stephen Williams, during his last term as MP.
Data Sources

Methodology: Calculating Ward-Level Turnout – WoE Mayoral Election 2017

By Lucas Batt on 15th May, 2017

RETURN TO MAIN ARTICLE Words: Lucas Batt The turnout data is taken from the Bristol verification totals for the West of England Mayoral Election 2017...
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Who’s Tim Bowles anyway? Metro mayor voter turnout disparities

By Lucas Batt and Lorna Stephenson on 15th May, 2017

Turn out for the metro mayor elections varied from 46.6% in Bishopston, to just 15% in Hartcliffe and Withywood.
Infographics City Investigations Edition 8

Going once, going twice, Sold….Then sold again for a healthy profit

By Adam Cantwell-Corn and Lucas Batt on 18th July, 2016

Dozens of council houses auctioned then quickly resold by private buyers
Investigations Edition 8 Maps Bristol And Beyond Podcast

Bristol in the Panama Papers

By Alec Saelens, Lucas Batt and Sid Ryan on 15th July, 2016

The Cable investigates how the world of offshore finance reaches out and touches on our doorstep
Reports Ideas And Action City

Carry on doctors

By Lucas Batt on 27th April, 2016

One big strike, sit-down protests, public marches and pickets – the junior doctors aren’t going down without a fight.
Edition 6 Investigations

The “efficiency savings” making the council inefficient.

By Adam Cantwell-Corn and Lucas Batt on 15th January, 2016

As the council faces up to another 40% of cuts, or so-called ‘efficiency savings’’ in 2016, we take a look at the record so far with a particular focus.