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Abby Innes

@abbyinnes.bsky.social

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Assoc. Prof. at the European Institute, LSE. Research and teach the political economy of the state. Optimist. Alarmed by people who lack self-doubt...

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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · Jun 9

Governments ignore the science and prefer to just focus on climate change as an energy transition: as a spur to kick start a still completely unsustainable capitalism. We’re in breach of multiple planetary boundaries and they - and we - are deeply interdependent. It’s one hell of a category error.

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Jun 9

‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study

- Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study

Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding

www.theguardian.com

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 5h

Ooh. Toothless political revolving-door regulator ACOBA is being abolished on Monday.

Here's hoping the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and the Civil Service Commission show more genuine anti-corruption grit
www.gov.uk/government/n...

ACOBA’s closure: the new process and contact details for applications under the Business Appointments Rules as of Monday 13 October 2025

ACOBA is no longer in operation. Applications for ministers should be sent to the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards. Applications for Crown servants should be sent to the Civil service Comm...

www.gov.uk

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 15h

Why do I have this extraordinary sense of relief that finally, finally - a politician is challenging Reform? www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Farage's top aide in furious BBC Question Time clash over Russian bribe MEP

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf clashed with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time over the conviction of ex-Reform Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who took Russian bribes

www.mirror.co.uk

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 11h

Bank of England Andrew Bailey also warns about the the possibility of a 'sudden correction' in global markets ie a crash because AI tech firms are soaring ahead and the dollar may weaken further bit.ly/46M7KhV

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 9h

👌🌻appropriately terrifying!

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 13h

This is a timely, excellent and important report on how "arms length" bodies in UK are vulnerable to political manipulation.

Kudos @chrischirp.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social for putting this together.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 10h

Wonderful! Thanks for writing this! 💐🌻

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Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social · 17h

My hero is a farmer, not a duck. Which will only make sense if you read this new piece by me, the start of a new substack which I am bravely calling How To Run A Country.

howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/its-the-de...

It’s the despair that’s going to kill us

Time to cheer up

howtorunacountry.substack.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 11h

Nobel-winning economists to move from US to Zurich.

Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee moving from MIT to create new research centre on development.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Nobel-winning economists to move from US to Zurich - Research Professional News

Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee moving from MIT to create new research centre on development

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 11h

Insightful, but can I ask that we avoid euphemisms about a ‘traditionalist’ view of women’s rights. What’s on the table here is the rolling back of the most basic rights for women that took centuries to achieve. Theirs is not a preference for Sunday lunch, it’s an agenda to subordinate women to men.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h

Is British politics drifting to the far right? You can see that in the obsession with new Tory leaders about erasing the entire social and political legacy of Tony Blair. www.ft.com/content/49ec...

The battle to dismantle Blair’s Britain

Conservatives’ biggest mistake was the adoption of the liberal agenda, the new right believes

www.ft.com

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Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social · 14h

"Universities ... collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 1d

Eg…https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171/farming-climate-change-looks-england-endures-worst-harvest-record

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

www.businessgreen.com

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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 1d

Quite, but in an ecological crisis it’s probably the case that all countries need to support if not enhance their own capacity, no? The space between self-sufficiency and collapsing existing capacity is quite important, surely…

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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 1d

It’s why the tax debate was so problematic: food is not a ‘commodity’ just like any other and neither is water… There’s a reason farming was a protected profession in the Second World War…

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 1d

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

www.businessgreen.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Pape: "Violent populism—a phase of politics characterized by high levels of political violence and broad support for it—now represents a greater risk to American democracy than any competition with another country or any menace by a foreign terrorist group."

America’s New Age of Political Violence

What happens when the threat comes from both left and right.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 1d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

"The Trump administration is building its case for authoritarian action on a fictional idea of America’s cities [as] wastelands of murder and despair, covered over with a patina of liberal decadence."

Good @aselrod.bsky.social on centrality of fiction to MAGA
www.liberalcurrents.com/all-in-our-h...

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

I really don't know what to do about a situation where a plurality of the group that (rightly!) takes up most government spending thinks that it is unrepresented in politics.

Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 1d

Hollow laughter

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 1d

A real sign of what's wrong with this country is that I thought this might be an indie band

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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 1d

I see the All Mod Cons sold out…

Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I though he was familiar …💐

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 1d

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

I see Reform UK are on #BBCQT again tonight, would one of the other panelists kindly ask

Is it fiscally responsible for Nathan Gill to make anti EU, pro Russia statements in exchange for bribes

But for Nigel Farage to make anti EU, pro Russia statements, without bribes?

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