Also they have social media in Canada and Carney's doing fine.

They have it in Spain and Sanchez has been PM since 2018.

And in France where Macron's been President since 2017.

Where Are Political Parties? Voter Political Values are 2 Dimensional, but Party Politics is 1 Dimensional

(Re)Release of Interactive Political Compass Dominance Map:

huggingface.co/spaces/Mario...

Now it runs nicely from a server - i.e. feel free to open on anything, don't worry about it eating memory - and cycle through 2014-2025, repositioning parties as you please.

Unequal treatment perceptions and rural backlashes against carbon taxation | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Unequal treatment perceptions and rural backlashes against carbon taxation

🆕 When carbon taxes feel unfair 💸

David Hope, @julianlimberg.bsky.social & Yves Steinebach carry out a survey in the UK to provide observational and experimental evidence to highlight the impacts of rural resentment on support for carbon taxation

Call for papers- Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy Call for papers: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy University of York, 8-9 June 2026 The workshop, supported by the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties’ (EPOP) Anth...

🚨 Just over two weeks left to submit your abstracts!

We're hosting the 2nd Workshop for scholars of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) based in the North of the UK.

🏛️University of York, 8-9 June 2026.

Theme: Inequality, Authoritarianism and the Future of Liberal Democracy

Info below 👇

This sounds fantastic - congrats!

New paper out in @thejop.bsky.social : "Immigration, Public Housing, and Support for the French National Front."

How does expanding public housing affect far-right support? The answer depends heavily on local conditions, and specifically on local immigrant shares.

Paper: doi.org/10.1086/736361

Finally done (for now). If you study elections, want to use the Constituency-Levels Election Archive, but don't like bugs, then say hello to `clean_clea`, now on GitHub: github.com/jackobailey/...

Four weeks to go! 🗳️

We'll be publishing analysis on our blog every Thurs + Tues, looking at data beyond the immediate horse-race 🏇📊

First up, @cjcarman.bsky.social on what Scots think about changes to voting rights in recent years!

scottishelections.ac.uk/2026/04/09/e...

Some research-intensive universities have been hoovering up students from other institutions, even if they don’t have enough accommodation to house them.

Read my new @hepi-news.bsky.social report on the financial sustainability of the HE sector:
bit.ly/4mBraMN

🚨 New paper accepted at the @bjpols.bsky.social: we were in the field while Brexit dominated British politics.

Do MPs respond differently when constituents disagree with the party line?

What we find surprised us: a null!

url: osf.io/preprints/os...

We published a report that used web archives, email digests, and university staff statistics to track the UK academic job market in political science and IR since 2012. It’s part of a broader problem we need to address w/ structural solutions without losing sight of its personal impacts. #polisky

Great articulation of my main worry about AI use among researchers (including myself!)

Among current students, a hugely beneficial trait will be the ability to force oneself to sometimes do hard stuff on their own to really understand it even when AI is faster.

ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

49% of Britons say they would turn down an opportunity to visit the Moon, if they were given a chance where their safe return could be guaranteed Among these people, a simple lack of interest is the most common reason given when asked why they would not want to go Not interested: 23% No point: 8% Reject idea of safe return: 8% Would be scared or anxious: 7% Nothing to do: 6% Too old: 6% Places on Earth I want to visit first: 5% Happy on Earth: 4% Claustrophobic: 3% Would damage environment: 3% Waste of money: 3% Fear of flying/heights: 3% Health issues: 3%

yougov did their poll on going to the moon again. rejecting going to the moon cause there's "nothing to do" is so good

Ros holding the book and smiling

Cover of book. It's purple with a picture of a woman's hand holding a smartphone with a black and white starburst behind it. The title and author name appear in white writing

In 2015, a story emerged alleging that then- Prime Minister David Cameron had placed 'a private part of his anatomy' into the mouth of a dead pig's head during an initiation ceremony at the University of Oxford. Upor this allegation breaking, social media eruptec with a plethora of memes and iokes about the incident, which became known as Piggate'. Although there had been a move towards iovial talk of politics on social media prior to this, the episode seemed to distil the practice and precipitate a new era of near- constant humorous online reaction to political events. Considering this context, this book assesses how memetic practices have shaped political communication and culture in the past decade-plus, and the consequences thereof. It does so from four perspectives, encompassing a focus or ordinary citizens, a group of online activists a key social media satirist and, finally, focusing on how elites have deployed these practices

"This landmark book is the first to fully explain how memes have become a critical part of UK politics. Through rich and convincing empirical analysis, Southern reveals how digital humour is transforming citizen participation, elite communication, and the very nature of political discourse. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the evolution of digital political culture and its profound impact on democracy." - James Dennis, Researcher at Lusófona University, Portuga "From 'shitposts' to 'Karen memes', political communication is changing and Rosalynd Southern is a lively guide to the pithy worlo of memes. A cutting-edge study that deserves to be read. - Stephen Coleman, Emeritus Professor of Political Communication, University of Leeds UK

Auspicious day to post this so here it is!

'Memes and politics in the UK: from piggate to partygate and beyond' is out now!

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

I loved writing this and I hope you'll all love reading it. Check out the cover, description and endorsements here! 📖 Buy it!! 😅

Thrilled that my paper (w/@sarahobolt.bsky.social,@catherinedevries.bsky.social,@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) was accepted at the American Political Science Review!

We find that declining public services fuel support for the populist right — and show why the right benefits more than other parties 🧵

Collapse in politics researcher jobs paints ‘troubling picture’ - Research Professional News Amid university financial crisis, ageing discipline could face “lost generation” of academics, report warns

New report spotlights collapse in politics researcher jobs and risk of "lost generation" for discipline.

"While we knew the current situation was bad, the most surprising thing is just how bad," says @ralphscott.bsky.social, one of the authors.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

That’s a v nice service to the discipline.

Unsurprisingly, the numbers are brutal. Too many things have gone wrong in the past decade. If only we had the institutions with the willingness to change them.

Rough reading, but great work by @ralphscott.bsky.social, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social, and @williamlallen.bsky.social. Things are not ok out there!

www.psa.ac.uk/resources/ac...

Academic Job Market Trends in Politics and International Relations - Political Studies Association Academic Job Market Trends in Politics and International Relations: Evidence from the UK, 2012-25 Authored by: Dr Ralph Scott, Dr Lawrence McKay, and Dr William Allen Read the full report here   Execu...

🚨 NEW REPORT! 🚨

What is the state of the UK academic job market in politics, and what does this mean for the field and #highered?

In a new @psaecn.bsky.social report, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social @williamlallen.bsky.social and I find worrying trends in job adverts and HESA data from 2012-25

#PSA26

Tomorrow we (@ralphscott.bsky.social @lawrencemckay.bsky.social) are launching a report at @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #psa26 examining the UK politics & IR academic job market since 2012, using a mix of web archive data, email digests, and public staff statistics. 12.30, Exam Schools (East School)

🚨 New POAL brief from @victoraraujo.bsky.social & @miriamsorace.bsky.social out now: how to properly evaluate the causal impact of shocks, debates, and political crises on public opinion.

Diagnostics, pitfalls, examples … all in three pages!

Read here: www.poal.co.uk/POAL_brief_U...

photo of Billy Bragg looking weirdly like Jeremy Corbyn - same white beard, same dark rimmed glasses, same facial look and expression, similar flatcap

the left is so factional that even Jeremy Corbyn has split into two Jeremy Corbyns

We're launching this report at PSA conference next Tuesday!

Come along if you're in Oxford and want to hear more/vent about just how bad the current academic job market in politics is

Iran war lacks strategy, goals, legitimacy and support – in the US and around the world The US and Israel have taken a huge risk by attacking Iran. This war will make the world a more dangerous place.

Here is my new piece about public opinion and the Iran War. Decades of political science research has examined what factors generate and maintain public support for military action. In the case of Iran, the U.S. lacks all of them.

theconversation.com/iran-war-lac...

to walk the road of peace sometimes we need to be ready to climb the mountain of conflict

Feeling very March 2020 today. Beautiful day outside. Sounds of kids playing happily. Looking at terrifying projections on my computer...

Record-breaking council by-election trends means candidates more likely to win with less voter support, study warns The growing trend of record-breaking council by-election results will mean more close contests and more candidates winning with little voter support, a new report warns. Last year saw an increasing nu...

New analysis from the University of Exeter’s Elections Centre by @hannahbunting.bsky.social and Michael Thrasher shows dramatic shifts in local council by-elections, with more parties than ever contesting seats and far fewer votes required to win @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social

Two-child limit scrapped as historic Bill to lift 450,000 children out of poverty becomes law Historic legislation to end the two-child limit has become law, putting 450,000 children on a pathway out of poverty in the final year of this Parliament.

While this Labour government has had plenty of disappointing moments, this really is huge. Campaigners and experts have always told me this is the quickest and most effective way to immediately reduce child poverty. It took too long to get here but this is big.

'Load of b******s': Labour Red Wall MPs angered by Rayner's migration attack Sources close to the former deputy prime minister deny she is making a leadership pitch

One of Labour's big problems right there: a whole bunch of MPs who are convinced that the only reason they won in 2024 and might hold on to their seats in 2028/9 is because they persuaded Reform-curious voters to back them. The research doesn't really support their belief. But hey, 'the doorstep'. 🙄

The Royal Liver Building, Liverpool

The call for papers for #EPOP2026 in Liverpool (17–19 September) is now open!

We welcome submissions across all areas of research on elections, public opinion and parties.

Deadline: 26 April

Submit your proposals here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/eve...

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social