“The reality is this sense of two-way resentment [between Millenials and Baby Boomers] is overblown”
💬 @bobbyduffy.bsky.social spoke to @wsj.com about the perceptions and realities of which generation had it harder
➡️ www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
"Populists are careless of the strife they cause. They trade on grievance in our society and where ills exist they exaggerate them"
💬 Sir John Major delivering the 2026 Attlee Foundation Lecture yesterday, hosted by @strandgroup.bsky.social & The Attlee Foundation
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1NL...
🎟️ And join us, @schoolforgovt.bsky.social, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social, @ligia-teixeira.bsky.social, @michael-sanders.bsky.social & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social today at 1pm, online, to explore these findings further ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-c...
The new V-Dem report was released today. There are dramatic declines in democracy in the US. Much worse than during Trump I.
“Every generation faces its challenges.” ICYMI: in the latest ep. of the We Society podcast, @bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @careyoppenheim.bsky.social join host Will Hutton to discuss the challenges facing young people today & how we can bridge the generational divide. 👂➡️ podfollow.com/the-we-socie...
What does it mean to be ‘grown up’ in late 2020s Britain?
Really thoughtful conversation on generational change & challenges with @careyoppenheim.bsky.social @bobbyduffy.bsky.social & host Will Hutton.
open.spotify.com/episode/5lEZ...
"We had sense that each generation is going to do better than the previous one... But actually it was quite unusual"
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social spoke to Will Hutton & @careyoppenheim.bsky.social on what it means to be grown up today & how we bridge generational divides
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What does it mean to be grown up today? In the latest episode of the We Society podcast, Will Hutton is joined by @bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @careyoppenheim.bsky.social to discuss the challenges facing young people today and what can be done to help. Listen now: acss.org.uk/we-society-p...
EVENT: The case for cash: do cash transfers work in practice?
Join us, @policyatkings.bsky.social, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social, @ligia-teixeira.bsky.social, @michael-sanders.bsky.social & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social to explore the impact of cash transfers on poverty
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-c...
🔊 “I do think symbols matter…that question...about government being on platforms like X is one that is very much up for debate, and it’s a debate that we’re having"
🤳 Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on the role of social media in culture war debates at our event last night
🧵⬇️ Full video below
⬇️ Watch the full event, with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social, @ukandeu.bsky.social, @jburnmurdoch.ft.com, Dr Kate Ferguson, Gideon Skinner & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
A full house tonight, exploring the shifting perceptions & realities of the UK's culture wars w/ @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social , @ukandeu.bsky.social, The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, @jburnmurdoch.ft.com, Dr Kate Ferguson, Gideon Skinner & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
📺 Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIZM...
NEW: The share of the UK public who say the country needs to reduce carbon emissions to net zero sooner than 2050 has nearly halved since 2021.
Our study with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social and @cast-centre.bsky.social reveals a sharp fall in urgency on net zero and support for climate policies
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Along with @demos-uk.bsky.social and the Centre for British Democracy, we're partnering with the Home Affairs Committee to deliver a series of "citizen-assembly style" events where the public can come together and debate the trade-offs between legal migration and economic growth 📈 🛂
🙏 Is there a religious revival underway among young people – or is it just a statistical mirage?
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social writes about this growing debate ahead of an event we're hosting next week with experts from Pew Research Center and UCL
172,000 children in UK are homeless - Dan Hewitt from ITV outlining this is a systemic, political choice and @kwajo.bsky.social that the narrative shift to see housing as an asset not an essential at heart of crisis @kbrickell.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
NEW: One in five people say they feel suddenly and deeply thankful to be alive on at least a weekly basis, while another one in seven say they never experience such feelings.
Our final study of 2025 explores some of the UK public's deepest and most philosophical emotions 🧵⬇️
This shocked me. I have so many photos of sunsets, clouds, insects, shadows, strangely shaped trees, etc., etc. that I’ve taken to send to others to share the joy I feel. Countryside or city. Whether I start out happy or sad. Never thought others might not feel the same.
More on our sense of thankfulness generally, based on King-Ho Leung's excellent lecture here
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-... @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Out today - 16% of public feel a profound sense of awe or wonder at the universe or nature DAILY, 12% say they NEVER feel that, with an even spread across range between. One of my favourite qs of year - don't often get sense of how different our mental models are
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-...
"The perception that this divisiveness works has taken hold" – @bobbyduffy.bsky.social spoke to the Associated Press about the "frightening increase in the sense of national division and decline" and the need for political leaders to be responsible with their rhetoric
➡️ apnews.com/article/euro...
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The public think people arriving by small boats make up not only the largest share of asylum seekers, but the largest share of *all* immigrants. In fact, it's just 4% of the total number, write @bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @elielcohen.bsky.social
➡️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
🔊 "a real problem between the generations is not conflict, it's separation. We are living much more separately by generations than we have at any time in human history"
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social on the latest episode of @peteryork.bsky.social's Culture Wars House Party podcast
🔊 "there's very little overlap now in the attitudes between Republicans and Democrats... you can predict more and more of social attitudes in the US just by knowing your party identity"
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social on the latest episode of @peteryork.bsky.social's Culture Wars House Party podcast
"that [financial inequality] is a fracturing in society more generally but particularly among young people... because wealth is more important to our economic success than income these days"
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social on The Briefing Room on BBC Radio 4 to discuss intergenerational tensions
🔉 "not every Baby Boomer made it big, far from it... the top third have the vast majority of that wealth... that wealth is flowing down very unevenly"
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social on The Briefing Room on BBC Radio 4 to discuss intergenerational tensions, following another increase in the state pension
Interested in intergenerational economic injustice? This episode of The Briefing Room features two of our Fellows @janefalkingham.bsky.social FAcSS and @bobbyduffy.bsky.social FAcSS discussing just that. Find out more and catch up ⬇️
📻 Coming up at 4pm today on BBC Radio 4
CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social will discuss #intergenerational #economic justice, with CPC-CG's @sophiehale.bsky.social @resolutionfoundation.org, + @bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @theifs.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️
Incredible examples of huge programmes Tamara Finkelstein has driven - eg so many claim a key role in Sure Start but Tamara has one of best claims to making it happen - great conversation with @michael-sanders.bsky.social at relaunch of King’s School for Government in @policyatkings.bsky.social
“If we want to build a fairer, more inclusive society, we need to understand it first. That’s the power of social science.” Watch Julia Gillard discuss the vital role of social science in a divided world in our 2025 Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture. 📽️➡️ acss.org.uk/news/watch-t...
