Odd to recall that Starmer’s critique of the state has hitherto been that it is too slow, too risk averse, too procedural, too obstructive, too lacking in initiative.. “a cottage industry of blockers and checkers…” “you pull a lever and nothing happens..”
Arthur outside Gay’s The Word holding Jacob’s Transition Goals
Arthur inside Gay’s The Word holding a copy of Jacob’s Transition Goals
My book is out now!!
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Just popping on here to ask a) does his name actually translate as Peter Hungary? & b) who are his candidates? Are many of them ex-Fidesz?
The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇
Lots of debate on here about what MPs do, how exposed they are to the problems people in experience in their day-to-day lives, and what they can do to change policy - here is something I wrote to try and shed a bit of light on that
Perhaps an unpopular take, but I hate it when MPs are described as out of touch. They meet a greater variety of different people than 99% of the population, often in order to hear their complaints. They think far harder about issues than ordinary voters do.
4 panel comic titled Right Winger getting cancelled Panel 1: Newspaper headline: I HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. Subheading: Bront Fondant speaks exclusively to the Times. Panel 2: Bront Fondant speaking on BBC Radio: “…Forced into silence” Panel 3: Bront Fondant talking to Sky News: “Unseen. Unheard.” Panel 4: Bront Fondant giving a speech in front of a huge audience. He screams “CONDEMNED to live in OBSCURITY”
4 panel comic titled Trans Person Getting Cancelled Panel 1: Is empty Panel 2: Is empty Panel 3: Is empty Panel 4: Is empty
right winger getting cancelled vs. trans person getting cancelled
Is partner partisanship associated with vote choice? @cerifowler.bsky.social finds that it was for the 2016 Brexit Referendum & subsequent elections in the UK & argues that this can help us understand gender gaps in vote choice. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/D8Fdnbw
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky
congratulations to Viktor Orbán's father on his house, which raises no questions at all as.ft.com/r/e20a43e6-e...
This seems like a relatively unprecedented aspect of our new fragmented politics - politicians of the same party who barely know one another yet are forming administrations
The best thing about this is that of the three headline speakers about young people "moving to the right", at least two of them recently lost an election to the Green Party.
And what is the EU going to say about this?
Telegraph front page: 'Starmer is no Churchill'
But Trump's no FDR.
Next time anyone you speak to says, 'yeah but family voting', make sure you've read this and have it up your sleeve.
@jamesgraham.theliberati.net 👏
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"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"
For anyone who wants to geek out on comparing parties' selection procedures, we also detail the extent to which different parties allow members to get involved
Our findings tentatively suggest that involving members more in candidate selection does not harm female candidates’ prospects but may harm those of ethnic minority and working-class aspirants who are more likely to be selected under centralised selection procedures.
Pleased to see this work with @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social @martamiori.bsky.social & @robfordmancs.bsky.social published: We look at the effects of involving party members in candidate selection at the 2019 UK general election: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Just spent an hour on the streets witnessing and hearing about the Iranian community here in London, and quite striking how their reaction differs to liberal commentators on BlueSky
They are shouting Miga - Make Iran great again
Quite a few American flags being waved too
Finchley has a large Iranian Christian community and they’ve taken over the high street in joyous celebration
I also had this come out in 2025 :)
Immigrants Against Immigration: British Ethnic Minority Brexit Voter Attitudes to Immigration - cup.org/3WPrz1S
Surely 1) Reform with either combination after will cause the most repercussions?
Means is another example of the trust trap.
It's a 10/10 plot twist. If it's true, it's incredible. If Lindsay Hoyle was just believing some random gossip, it's incredible. If he just hates Mandelson, it's incredible
In what is sadly still a relevant and timely piece, @drjennings.bsky.social, Gerry Stoker and I spoke to those who have served at the ehart of UK governments to understand how they reconcile with low political trust, depressingly finding little motivation to take action to remedy it
These findings of right wing bias in perceptions have also recently been disputed here: adamzelizer.com/wp-content/u...
To be fair, that paper found that politicians’ perceptions of immigration were relatively more accurate than the right wing bias in their perceptions of public opinion on economic and social issues.
