Last night was amazing for Democrats, and for the millions (or should that be billions) of people around the world who want to Stop Trump. In an off-year, in cold, wet weather, turnout for local elections was high and Democratic candidates won out by comfortable or huge margins in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere. The …

Do you want to work with Signify? We are living in interesting times. Signify is looking to make connections worldwide (but especially in the USA and UK) with data scientists, mathematicians, coders and designers with an interest in politics. We use data science and Artificial Intelligence to analyse, activate and elevate public discourse. We are …

Signify’s first ever project (before we incorporated the company) was an in-depth look at the snap election called by Teresa May for June 2017 and delivered to our client two weeks before the election. The project perfectly demonstrated the predictive power of machine learning applied to public data – it also told us exactly why the Conservative party performed so badly.

Last Thursday morning I bet £50 on Republican Ed Gillespie to beat Democratic candidate Ralph Northam in the Virginia gubernatorial race this Tuesday. That may not sound like a lot of money, but for a start-up founder it is the food budget for a week. It’s also the largest individual bet I’ve ever placed.

Signify featured in yesterday’s Guardian after we looked at reaction to the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the ongoing Brexit negotiations. In examining this and feeling towards the UK Governments Brexit paper released last week Signify identified social media tactics deployed in the Brexit referendum and Trump presidential campaigns. You can …