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Kenn Rushworth

@kennrushworth.bsky.social

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Politics lecturer and researcher specialising in comparative Voter Registration. Also found writing on Politics of Football and Icelandic Politics. Occasional drummer, very occasional poet, very very occasional midfielder.

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · Jul 3

Mine and @profsob.bsky.social paper
Comparing registration systems using the International Difficulty of Registration Index (IDORI). How difficult is electoral registration in the UK?
has been published. Please read it here,
url: academic.oup.com/pa/article/d...

Comparing registration systems using the International Difficulty of Registration Index (IDORI). How difficult is electoral registration in the UK?

Abstract. Electoral registration in the UK is often critiqued for making it hard for voters to participate in elections. However, without a tool for a syst

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 2h

Writing this, I am also aware that this may be speaking to a psychological issue where maybe I only value myself through the things I do for others 🤔 - this took a deeper turn than expected

Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 2h

This is over generalising, but it's how I feel on the matter in the first year out of my PhD.

Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 2h

Academia is teaching and research. I've realised over the past year that I much prefer the former.
Teaching feels like you are doing something for others, making a difference.
Research/publishing too often feels like it is just for you. Something just to be hidden behind a pay wall or put on a cv

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 23h

Made this point briefly in my britpol lecture last week. Can I have permission to us your last two comments for next week (covering fragmentation and 'other' parties) ?

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 5d

2nd week of suggesting 3 political songs to go with the lectures. Very much enjoying this

Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 15d

Every year around this time, I get requests from students doing their Baccalauréat Francais International for help with their projects on sport and soft power.

All started from a conversation with @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social which led to me quickly writing this short blog a few years ago.

Football as a weapon of soft power: The beautiful game hiding the ugly truth

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 15d

What Chris said

(Also what one of my thesis chapters eventually said)

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 15d

I admit it's not a concern with the public so much but I have to say my view has long been that they solve all sorts of problems from a democracy POV too. Like a well functioning universal ID card system can basically makes the need for an electoral register obsolete. It deals with voter ID...

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 15d

ID (including a phsyical copy) that link to your health info, voter registration, etc would be a positive step.

There are years of evidence of UK citizens actively Not opposing ID (it is just a very loud, and well funded, minority)

However, if anyone can mess this up, Labour & Starmer can

Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 15d

Many countries have IDs, and have done for a long time without issue. UK though seems to piss itself with faux rage whenever anyone mentions anything relating to them.

Should have been introduced to tackle disenfranchisement and address electoral fraud years ago.

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Rainbow Murray @rainbowmurray.bsky.social · 23d

I'm looking for someone UK-based with web-scraping skills who can scrape a substantial amount of data for me from the French parliamentary website in exchange for a fixed (negotiable) one-off fee. French language skills are not essential as full instructions will be provided. 1/2

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 27d

Godspeed to anyone else about to embark on a semester of teaching British politics.

a man wearing a big ben clock costume is running on a track

ALT: a man wearing a big ben clock costume is running on a track

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 28d

My whole life has been pretty much based around music and politics. I owe it almost entirely to Manic Street Preachers. Only just started the new book on them, but it is excellent so far.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · Sep 10

It is because voters associate anti-racism with Labour that Labour has a central responsibility to uphold anti-racism norms. Shirking that responsibility erodes those norms. It is a choice with consequences.

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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · Sep 6

🚨DATA RELEASE 🚨

The BES team are pleased to announce the release of Wave 30 of the British Election Study Internet Panel.

Please follow the link below, and we look forward to seeing your research!

www.britishelectionstudy.com/bes-resource...

Release Note: British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 30 - The British Election Study

www.britishelectionstudy.com

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · Sep 5

Training here is not exactly helpful

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · Sep 3

The wonderful @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social and the @britishelectionstudy.com team have just released this great write up on where Labour's lost voters are going

www.britishelectionstudy.com/uncategorize...

Looking for Labour’s lost voters - The British Election Study

www.britishelectionstudy.com

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James David Griffiths @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social · Sep 3

Interested in Labour's lost voters since the 2024 UK GE?

Want to get a sneak peak at some of the results from wave 30 of the BESIP before it is released?

Then we have a new blog for you! 👇👇

The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · Sep 3

🚨New Research 🚨

Ahead of the release of Wave 30 of the BES Internet Panel, the team has examined Labour's decline since the 2024 GE.

Labour's support has splintered into mostly indecision or left-liberal parties, but they've also lost their few right-wing voters.

🧵⬇️

tinyurl.com/3m62exph

Looking for Labour’s lost voters - The British Election Study

www.britishelectionstudy.com

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · Sep 1

Gracias!

Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks mate!

Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · Sep 1

Job stuff: I will be the Comparative and British Politics lecturer at Liverpool John Moores for the upcoming semester. Looking forward to the challenge. (Sadly, all my lectures will not be in this converted chapel)

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · Sep 1

a group of people are sitting in a car and one of them has a gun on his back

ALT: a group of people are sitting in a car and one of them has a gun on his back

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · Aug 29

You have to scan your face to access messaging on this app? Getting ridiculous this

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · Aug 23

Starmer Stans should listen to what their own MPs like Clive Lewis are saying about their beloved leader who is very much in danger of becoming the British Giolitti unless he starts attacking the far right and racist anti migrant rhetoric instead of parroting it

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · Aug 23

Italian Renaissance Army?

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · Aug 23

LGBTQIRA+

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