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The Crossbencher

Crossbencher Games

The record, playable · new puzzles every day

Your record →
Start here · the front doorWhere Do You Sit?Ten questions, no party labels. Find out what kind of Crossbencher you are - and whether you are one at all.Take the assessment →

Today's plays

Today's questionThe BenchSay where you stand, see where the room lands.Cast your vote
One a dayThe Daily DivisionOne real Commons vote. Call it.Play today's
Word for wordVerbatimWho said it? Guess cold for 6.Play today's
One figure a dayName That YearOne figure. Slide to its year.Play today's

The campaign

A finite campaignSaxon or Norman?Four chapters through the conquest buried in your own mouth. Chapter four breaks the rules the first three taught you.Begin the conquest →

The arcade

The whole archiveGuess the VoteA real division, drawn at random. Aye or no?Play
Vote firstWhose Side Are You On?Cast your vote, then meet your allies.Vote
Real, or ours?Spot the QuangoA genuine public body, or did we invent it?Play
A salary, slicedYour Money's JourneyEvery pound of tax, traced to where it goes.Slice it
ONS indexThe £100 ShopSlide to any year - watch what its £100 costs now.Play
The published feedThe Memory HoleEvery edit to BBC and C4 politics, on the record.Open

Every reveal in every game is a receipt - the vote, the quote, the figure, at its primary source. The fun is guessing; the source is the point.

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The daily edition

The day, with the receipts attached.

One email each morning: today’s quiz, the Bench question, the argument and what broke - every figure with its source. Free, and it saves your streak. Stop it any time from one link at the bottom of it.

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