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The correlation between age and UK party vote share, 1979–2024. Taken from @drjennings.bsky.social @jwfurlong.bsky.social Gerry Stoker and @lawrencemckay.bsky.social's article on the rise of place-based politics. Read now:

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Sortition, Parties and Political Careerism Keith Dowding, William Bosworth & Adriano Giuliani, Australian National University, explore the growing distrust of politicians onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #careerism #democracy #politicalcareers #politicalparties #professionalpoliticians

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Talent Policy: Problems & Solutions Catherine M. Robb, Tammy Harel Ben Shahar, Kirsten Meyer, Barbara Vetter, Henderien W. Steenbeek, Mitja Sardoč, Ruud J. R. den Hartigh collaborate in this insightful paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #Talent #talentdevelopment #skillpolicy #ethics

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"A key dilemma is the appetite to pursue structural reforms which run against entrenched neoliberalism." Rob Manwaring and Emily Foley consider Laborism in the Albanese government in Australia.

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"I never really understood what we’re seeing now: that a lot of people, while they support democracy, are also okay with taking away basic rights of “other people”, as long as they profit from certain policies" Anya Pearson interviews @casmudde.bsky.social

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The correlation between working class occupations and UK party vote share, 1979–2024 Taken from @drjennings.bsky.social @jwfurlong.bsky.social Gerry Stoker and @lawrencemckay.bsky.social's article on the rise of place-based politics. Read now:

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"The authors reviewed here... have converted intellectualism into pure money grubbing." @brankomilan.bsky.social reviews @quinnslobodian.com's most recent book on neoliberalism and the far right.

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"Spending, tax, borrowing, and debt numbers... often take on the role of key standards for policy appraisal and debate... The means of policy commonly become the very goals governments want to achieve." @jtlabarca.bsky.social on Labour's fiscal framework

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In his book 'The Care Dilemma', David Goodhart draws on well-established feminist arguments on care, while blaming feminists for a culture 'without the traditional balancing forces of religion, community obligation and moral stigma’. Anna Coote's review:

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"The authors reviewed here... have converted intellectualism into pure money grubbing." @brankomilan.bsky.social reviews @quinnslobodian.com's most recent book on neoliberalism and the far right. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/review-...

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Don't miss the blog version of @drjennings.bsky.social @jwfurlong.bsky.social Gerry Stoker and @lawrencemckay.bsky.social's article on the rise of place-based politics. Out now: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/fragmen... #UKpol #LabourParty #Politics

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"Starmer governs to a certain extent as Blair did, but without the optimism. What they have in common is this type of pragmatism, this idea that ideologies are a thing of the past." Anya Pearson interviews @casmudde.bsky.social.

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The fiscal framework launched by Labour in October 2024 represents a contradictory enterprise, argues @jtlabarca.bsky.social #BlogVersion #DigestedRead #UKpol

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"Excessive inequalities erode the strong sense of ‘us’, which in turn makes it harder to garner the collective solidarity needed to stop or reverse widening inequalities." - Andrés Velasco and Daniel Brieba #BlogVersion #populism

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"People are not just waiting for the simple solution, but they are waiting to be empowered" Anya Pearson interviews @casmudde.bsky.social, one of the world's leading experts on the far right, on how populism can be defeated.

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"Politics is largely about defining problems, not just solving them." Anya Pearson interviews @casmudde.bsky.social‬ on political extremism and populism in Europe and the United States. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/politic...

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I was interviewed for the “Ideas” section of @politicalquarterly.bsky.social I was very happy to be asked to reflect a bit on my career in addition to contemporary politics. Hope you like it!

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"Public debate on fiscal politics is commonly framed in terms of ‘black holes’, ‘maxed-out’ credit cards and household analogies. These terms hinder democratic deliberation" @jtlabarca.bsky.social on Labour's fiscal framework #BlogVersion #UKpol

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Blog version of my @politicalquarterly.bsky.social piece. Labour's fiscal framework is a contradictory enterprise. The investment rule and PSNFL leave little room for non-financial public investment and constrain all non-financial public corporations. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/towards...

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I have a new article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social, researched and written with my former student and research assistant, Elliott Hill, on the Lough Neagh ecological crisis, rights of nature and rights of future generations. #LoughNeagh #openaccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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"The Albanese government has not indicated any serious appetite for embracing postcapitalist politics, rather, aspiring to build a winning electoral formula based on delivering the practical achievements of thin labourism." Rob Manwaring and Emily Foley

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"Liberal leaders need to be perceived as culturally and emotionally close enough to inspire trust. Otherwise they will continue losing the struggle against authoritarian populists." - Andrés Velasco and Daniel Brieba #BlogVersion #populism

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Lessons in undeliverability from the Conservative governments of 2019–2024 By John Connolly, Matthew Flinders & David Judge

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The fiscal framework launched by Labour in October 2024 represents a contradictory enterprise, argues @jtlabarca.bsky.social #BlogVersion #DigestedRead #UKpol politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/towards...

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Research by @drjennings.bsky.social @jwfurlong.bsky.social Gerry Stoker and @lawrencemckay.bsky.social finds the electorate now more volatile, discontented, dealigned and fragmented. Read the blog now: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/fragmen... #UKpol #politics

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"What then is the plan for England's economic geography?" @iaindocherty.bsky.social & Jon Shaw on the #HS2 failure. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/sorry-f... #UKpol #transport

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"Why didn't the unprecedented investment in the US economy, which produced such strong economic growth, deliver electoral benefits for its architects?" @claire-ainsley.bsky.social on the lessons for Labour from the Biden years

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"Civic bases of patriotism need to be supplemented, non-officially and non-coercively, by a celebration of personal experiences and interactions. Call it ‘cultural patriotism’" - Andrés Velasco and Daniel Brieba #BlogVersion #populism

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Don't miss the blog version of @drjennings.bsky.social @jwfurlong.bsky.social Gerry Stoker and @lawrencemckay.bsky.social's article on the rise of place-based politics. Out now: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/fragmen...

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Jim Tomlinson explains why Labour should care about the crisis faced by hair salons, and the ‘Industrial policy’ that would be required by the sector. Read the blog version: buff.ly/41vBNYx #UKpol

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Anna Coote reviews David Goodhart's new book on care, in which he "takes aim at liberals and feminists, whom he blames for a catalogue of woes: unstable families, rising rates of mental illness, low fertility and a recruitment crisis in care services"

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"An instructive case in understanding how centre-left parties seek to renew and update their historic missions" Rob Manwaring and Emily Foley consider the achievements, complexities and contradictions of the Albanese government in Australia.

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What explains policy undeliverability? By John Connolly, Matthew Flinders & David Judge

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"As one woman in a swing state put it in August 2024, ‘there's less of a legit middle class … People are just working, working, working, and I think that's really unfair.’" @claire-ainsley.bsky.social on the lessons for Labour from the United States

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Here’s a tldr of an article that Rob and I have recently published in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social

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Labour and pro-Union forces have an opportunity to make the case for Scotland in the Union anew. But if this is to have any long-term traction, the pro-Union case must address the underlying weaknesses. By @gerryhassan.bsky.social

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"Two-thirds of the public now expect public inquiries to play a role in terms of cathartic healing and memorialising." Matthew Flinders writes an 'inquiry on inquiries'

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Voters rely more on emotion, personal trust, and identity than on detailed policy proposals. But liberal patriotism can be domestically inclusive and externally peaceful, write Andrés Velasco and Daniel Brieba #BlogVersion #populism

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"Without sufficient rizz evident in Downing Street, political enthusiasm for the #HS2 evaporated." By @iaindocherty.bsky.social & Jon Shaw

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Anna Coote reviews David Goodhart's ‘caring’ views from anywhere in his new book, 'The Care Dilemma'. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/review-...

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The Labour government claims its fiscal framework is the cornerstone of a decade of national renewal. This article, published in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social, finds that the framework is contradictory and could signal the emergence of a (minority) shareholder state. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

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"An instructive case in understanding how centre-left parties seek to renew and update their historic missions" Rob Manwaring and Emily Foley consider the achievements, complexities and contradictions of the Albanese government in Australia. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/the-con...

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Here comes the Judge--nice piece from my colleague David Judge and his co-authors

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It was a massive privilege to take part in a @politicalquarterly.bsky.social symposium on the life & work of David Marquand in January. My article for the forthcoming special issue has now been published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Gerry Hassan - “The long, unchallenged dominance of the SNP in Scotland has come to an end. This poses questions for both parties, the future of Scottish politics and Scotland’s place in the Union”

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The first months of Starmer’s government were characterised by a non-existent ‘honeymoon period’. Labour and the SNP are running neck and neck. In some cases, the nationalists are in a competitive place for the 2026 elections. By @gerryhassan.bsky.social

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Undeliverable policies from the 2019–2024 parliament include ‘levelling-up’; HS2; ‘build and fund 40 new hospitals’, ‘take back control of our borders’ and ‘to fix our immigration system’. What happened? By John Connolly, Matthew Flinders & David Judge

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It is perhaps not surprising that there is a strong relationship between the places that backed Leave in 2016 and the places that supported Reform in 2024. However, Reform did disproportionately well in the most Leave areas. From @olliheath.bsky.social et al. Read the article:

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Read the our review of 'The Anxious Generation'. In the book, Jonathan Haidt finds that the combination of underprotection in the virtual world and overprotection in the real world has left many young people ill-equipped to meet the demands of life as an adult. buff.ly/4k5oG7I

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"Centre-left parties have to be resolutely focussed on the lives of ordinary working-class voters." #BlogVersion of @claire-ainsley.bsky.social's article on the lessons drawn from the challenges that centre-left parties have faced around the world.

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