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This is one of the best panels we've hosted: Sam Freedman: writes GB's biggest politics substack. Theo Bertram: head of the Social Market Foundation & former advisor to Gordon Brown. Kate Shaw: political economy giant. Colm Murphy: author of Futures of Socialism. Morgan Jones: genius. Do come!

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Why the understanding of political masculinities is more urgent than ever @men4dem.bsky.social

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Or to summarise Rob and Stephen's excellent points in meme form

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Ever wondered what the official difference is between convention, practice and custom? @royalhistorian.bsky.social and @plagasse.bsky.social explain it all, with reference to the rules of the Coronation, and how it relates to the British constitution. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/the-rul...

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I'm a bit blindsided by this policy. It's not that I disagree with the strategy, it's that I can't see the strategy - you're amplifying the issue owned by the party you claim to be worried about - with a policy that targets the thing immig-neg voters don't care about - but your base does!

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The defenders of freedom of speech everyone

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NEW: Without policy action, many workers will have their savings scattered across several small pension pots from different jobs. Our new Pensions Review report, funded by @financialfairness.bsky.social, looks at why this causes problems and policy options: [THREAD: 1/8]

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Look forward to reading the paper. Always enjoyed working with Nigel!

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This says it all

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During WW2 the US army needed over 750,000 typewriters to keep things functioning across all theatres. The need was so great they requisitioned civilian typewriters and created a national shortage. Typewriter repair units were seen as critical army personel. I'll do a thread on it at some point.

submitted 12 days ago • 100 comments

Dismantling election security also comes straight out of the authoritarian playbook

submitted 13 days ago • 35 comments

Gosh that’s exactly what I thought last time it popped up!

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My new book HOW TO THINK ABOUT POLITICS: A GUIDE IN FIVE PARTS will be published by OUP next month in paperback and ebook. I argue that to understand politics, we must look past the daily fluctuations and instead focus on the fundamental constants of political life. Preview here — shorturl.at/mqLRt

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🚨 Postdoc Fellow at LSE in Political Behaviour 🚨 We're hiring a 2-3 year postdoc fellow at the LSE to join our great department (with some teaching in political behaviour and comparative European or EU politics) Please spread the word and reach out with questions! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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If you’re not yet an avid fan like myself, do follow and listen to this excellent podcast! An amazing detox to our daily reality, though some sad parallels from many historical empires that collapsed in a heap with our potentially falling civilisation are all too obvious..

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How Labour might lose the next election - a 🧵below How Labour might win the next election- Conservatives did not collect themselves yet, turnout low everywhere and Lab hobbles on to keep most of their seats. One way to win and multitude to lose… good luck babe (as the young people say) 1/

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WTAF Did one of their focus groups say ‘can’t tell the difference between parties’ and they went ‘oh goodie, let’s lean into this even more?!’

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I'm aghast that Labour would do this. Aghast. It's a despicable thing to have done.

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The falsehood came from the right. How (radical/ extreme) right shares mis/ disinformation more online. Good to see @uva.nl colleagues @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social’s research featured in @theguardian.com #polisky www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Gonna hatch a plot to overthrow the US but include "feminism" so all documents get deleted

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Totally unsurprising and in fact- if anything- goes against any concerns with immigrant integration Conservative voters might have. In a slightly old- but free to read- paper I&co show that immigr. who have British citizenship are thought to be better integrated www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Badenoch citizenship proposals (15 year wait) too harsh for British public People should be able to apply at/before 5 years? 56% 69% of Labour 50% of Cons 30% of Reform Never let migrants become citizens: 9% 23% of Reform 13% of Cons 5% of Labour 2% of LD www.britishfuture.org/fewer-than-1...

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Amidst all the Blue Labour debate over the weekend, thought it was worth re-upping this to show the diversity of thought on the communitarian centre left. Includes folk like @sundersays.bsky.social @morganj0nes.bsky.social @claire-ainsley.bsky.social @mds49.bsky.social go.bsky.app/H5rQDgh

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Regime police in Georgia are looters, on top of it all. While raiding Isako Dolidze’s home today, who was later detained (again), they took GEL2000 (USD700) which the family took as a loan for his mother’s surgery. People gathered funds for her in 23 minutes. #terrorinGeorgia

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Be part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Climate Vulnerability team 🚀 I’m looking for a 2-year postdoc to join my group at @politicsoxford.bsky.social. Apply if you’re an empirically minded junior researcher who just finished or abt to finish a PhD! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLQ634/p... ⏰ midday Feb 26 ⏰

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“If the BBC or John Lewis was cutting 5,000 or 6,000 jobs, we’d hear all about it but what we’re seeing in universities isn’t being noticed//…//.” www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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#growth

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That's okay, South Wales doesn't really need two absolutely massive universities! Its economy is so strong that it can cope as they shrink and retreat! Wealth flows through the streets like gold doesn't it! It hasn't tried to anchor its economy in new creative jobs has it! 🙄😡

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Longer days, spring bulbs, my birthday and… unlike January, it’s blissfully short!

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😱🫣😳🙈😭😩🙄

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Well done to our current government on growth… losing businesses in the North of England, losing one of our leading sectors… anything I’m forgetting?

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Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Digging #Larrry 🤣

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Investment is going to the South East instead.

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Because if you can’t laugh… all is lost 🤣

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"Government efficiency" apparently means not knowing if your administration intentionally or unintentionally froze healthcare for 60 million Americans with its unconstitutional order. www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/t...

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I'm completely astounded that the government is just silent on the collapse of the British university system. The effect isn't only on the jobs that are going, but for all those that rely on universities and will be lost over time: caterers, admin, gardeners, etc. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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This is obviously a big story… but honestly, it’s been 20 minutes! Some other stuff went on today! Please report some of it on your 7pm news 😱😱😱

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