peterallen.bsky.social
Professor of Politics & Co-Director of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath, U.K. / British politics, representation, public sphere / HOW TO THINK ABOUT POLITICS out Feb(US) March(UK) w/OUP / http://www.peter-allen.co.uk
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There is a great paper on this by the philosopher C Thi Nguyen philpapers.org/rec/NGUVCH
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Thanks, Dion!
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Insert Zizek trashcan meme
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“Morning boys, how’s the shit?”
“What the hell is shit?”
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It’s not far off.
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I’ve enjoyed the recent addition of announcements on the U1 (also surprising to hear what the roads are actually called after years of referring to them as “that road across from Tesco”, etc.)
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What a pair.
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The most influential British politician of my lifetime on many measures, IMO.
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Have been listening to the audiobooks (which are great) and the quality has been sustained through 5 books in the series so far.
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It leads to a sort of magical thinking, policy-wise, of a kind we are seeing from our government, in which the million 16 to 24 year olds who are not in employment, education or training can be helped while cutting further education:
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In the same week that they email to say that the subscription price is increasing…
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Heading towards Birmingham from Bristol by any chance? That might be the worst.
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Also good stuff on this from @mbarnfield.bsky.social ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Up next is Isabel Hardman of the @thespectator1828.bsky.social and author of some fab books herself, including her recent one on the NHS and (possibly appropriately) "Why we get the wrong politicians".
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I ask my students what their first parliamentary memory is in my second year unit on that topic and most of them say Brexit now (which for the current cohort happened when they were around 11ish).
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Most if not all of them (?) will have been born after the Blair years.
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Now closed, but always enjoyed this one in Bristol.
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Congratulations!
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I like that they’ve censored “putain” but not “goatfelcher”.
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My dad has been making it with the kit for years, with mostly good results.
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Thanks! Just interested in the market!
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Do you have a link to the specific model?
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Yes, forgetting to move and flying off would be high on my list of worries.
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How does it differ from simply standing in terms of feeling? I got used to standing surprisingly quickly but actually moving seems like a different prospect altogether.
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Infinite Jest.
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100%. And if one party tires of doing the dragging and the other doesn’t pick up the slack, the whole friendship fizzles out into trading “we should catch up!” messages.