Tribal politics in Britain – how Brexit divided a nation - LSE Review of Books Tribal Politics by Sara Hobolt & James Tilley argues that the 2016 Brexit Referendum did not reveal, but created, two polarised political identities in the UK

Great book - here's my review, hot off the @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social press!

The Government and Politics of the European Union The definitive textbook on EU politics and governance, now in its 9th edition, has been thoroughly updated to take into account the ongoing developments and evo…

📖 🛒 'The Government and Politics of the European Union' is now available in paperback! 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/governmen...
This is a completely updated and restructured edition of a classic that makes it easier for students to understand how the European Union works!
#EUsky #Eursky #Poliscisky

Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, University of Bologna, 6 – 10 July 2026 European Consortium for Political Research

📣 @pietrocastellig.bsky.social and I are absolutely thrilled to announce that the call for the 5th @ecpr.bsky.social Summer School on ‘Concepts and Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics’ is now open!

🇮🇹 The event will be hosted by @unibo.it, from 6 to 10 July 2026.

🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/353

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NEWS

From 2026 Government & Opposition will publish continuously with no more issues, just one volume each year.

@govandopp.bsky.social - an International Journal of Comparative Politics

It was great sharing this panel on #unpolitics with @paultaggart.bsky.social and @petraguasti.bsky.social! Thanks to Robert Csehi for the comments on my paper on "Unpolitics in the European Parliament: Fraying the ‘cordon sanitaire’ after the 2024 elections"!
#ecprgc25

We are delighted to announce that the 2024 Elizabeth Meehan best article prize was awarded to

"Shocks to the System: Electoral Manipulation, Protests and the Evolution of Political Trust in Russia" - shorturl.at/4C5rY

by Hannah S. Chapman (University of Oklahoma)

No magic bullets but I am aiming to (a) introduce element of students logging use of AI in their assessments and (b) try and assess understanding of verbal material delivered/discussed in seminars where no textual material generated.

I have no magic answers and I share your sense that we are at a tipping point. But I am more optimistic and do feel there are ways to assess which can address the use of AI without resorting to in-class exams. But we need to start trying these out now.

"We don't have a sensible conversation about why immigration occurs and why it’s central to Britain's identity."

Don't miss our interview with Crick prizewinner James Hampshire on the political economy of immigration since Brexit.

How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/GEvXWhB

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs

Check out the latest articles available on #FirstView - tinyurl.com/mr3faycz

Is May looking at Sunak or Badenoch? Quite a glare.

The Populist Backlash — And What Comes Next YouTube video by Then & Now

A really interesting extended podcast about populism by Lewis Waller, that uses an extended interview with me. A long watch but it's very thoughtful. If you have an interest in populism - and the time for something extended on the topic - I recommend watching it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZL-...

The kids are Alt right? Age, authoritarian attitudes and far-right support in Europe The traditional image of a far-right voter as ‘pale, male and stale’ is changing. The attention has shifted to younger people who are said to be less supportive of (liberal) democracy and now also ...

Worrying results linking declining support for demo and increasing support for far right among the young: Wouter van der Brug, @sarahobolt.bsky.social and Sebastian Adrian Popa 'The kids are Alt right? Age, authoritarian attitudes and far-right support in Europe' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out the latest articles available on #FirstView - tinyurl.com/mr3faycz

What is this "writing" of which you speak?

You don't lok very happy in the picture tho'

Book launch for Sue Collard’s new book on Macron, discussed by John Gaffney and chaired by Liz David-Barrett
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

The very best research seminars push me to think about what I (think I) already know and tell me stuff about things I have no idea about. Sussex Politics seminar by our visiting fellow Sofya du Boulay talking about ‘Manufacturing Obedience: Media Coercion in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan’

Such a pleasure to welcome back Sussex alumnus Dan Keith to present on radical left parties at Sussex Politics research seminar yesterday

Populists in Opposition: A Neglected Threat to Liberal Democracy? Populists in Opposition: A Neglected Threat to Liberal Democracy? By Sarah L. de Lange and Larissa Böckmann, University of Amsterdam When the impact of populism on liberal democracy is examined, the focus often is on populists in power. After all, when in office, populists have the possibility to change legislation, thereby negatively affecting individual freedoms and rights, and to transform the political system, often toward democratic decline and illiberalism (Pappas 2019; Ruth-Lovell and Grahn 2023).1 Far less attention has been devoted to populist parties in opposition, even though this is the position in which populists find themselves most frequently.2 Prominent examples of Western European populist parties with a decades-long position in opposition include the 

Populists in Opposition: A Neglected Threat to Liberal Democracy?

Populists in Opposition: A Neglected Threat to Liberal Democracy? By Sarah L. de Lange and Larissa Böckmann, University of Amsterdam When the impact of populism on liberal democracy is examined, the focus often is on populists in…

Excellent collection of articles on populism and democracy. Guest-edited by @paultaggart.bsky.social
& Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser. They're all open access.

Thansk Arife.

Really interesting reseach seminar today at Sussex from @russellfoster.bsky.social on ‘Brexit and Brexit-Lit’ showing a link between novels and the contestation of Europe. Love a seminar that I leave with ideas for novels to read under the guise of research.

Just out - mine and Anthee's short piece on responses to populism in this fantastic symposium on populism & democracy put together by @paultaggart.bsky.social & Cristoval Rovira Kaltwasser in PS. Lots of short, up-to-date pieces by those in the know - really good for teaching purposes!

NEW ISSUE from @pspolisci.bsky.social -

PS: Political Science & Politics - Volume 58 - Issue 1 - cup.org/3Q2ObbI

The Brexit Files: from referendum to reset - UK in a changing Europe For the past decade, UK in a Changing Europe has provided impartial, research-based analysis on a number of issues, but most particularly...

This looks like a great resource with a huge number of short, pithy and authoritative chapters covering the past, the present and future prescriptions, on everything you could want to know (and some things you might not want to know) about Brexit
ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/the-...

A big thanks to Robert Sata for the invitation to present on ‘The Power of Unpolitics’ at CEU in Vienna this week. Great to get such valuable feedback and ideas from the CEU audience.

Just wonderful to be there to see Gilsun Jeong pass his PhD viva today on Eurosceptic parties in the European Parliament and their responses to crisis. Big thanks to @nathaliebrack.bsky.social and Paul Webb for examining, and to @aleksszczerbiak.bsky.social for co-supervising with me.

Check out our latest symposium: Populism and Democracy: Mapping the Field and the Road Ahead cup.org/42erybO

Guest edited by @paultaggart.bsky.social & Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser w/ papers by @sldelange.bsky.social @robert-a-huber.bsky.social @larboe.bsky.social @grantmitchell.bsky.social & others