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Fabio Votta📊🐧 @favstats.eu · 3h

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 22h

Italian govt keener than the UK, though. Both Meloni & Foreign Minister Tajani say Italy is available to send troops to monitor peace process, as part of multinational force.

BBC News - No plans to send UK troops to monitor Gaza ceasefire, says Cooper
www.bbc.com/news/article...

No plans to send UK troops to help monitor Gaza ceasefire, says Cooper

The foreign secretary says the UK will continue to support the peace process through diplomacy.

www.bbc.com

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like a pretty cool PhD project to me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 2d

Meloni's ECR group again split on vote of confidence,as Poles & Romanians are very critical of Von der Leyen, while Belgians and especially Italians want to remain on good terms.

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Von der Leyen survives far-right and far-left no-confidence motions

The two motions of censure, up for a vote Thursday, shared one key point of criticism: the lopsided terms of the EU-US trade deal. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 2d

Replace "the interests of its own people" with "the long standing strategy of the parties' political leaders" and you get the picture here.
Meloni has been very consistent on this. She will only distance herself fro Von der Leyen when she feels she has no other choice. Otherwise, it is all smiles..

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 2d

"Each national delegation (within ECR) will be free to decide how to vote according to the reasons and interests of its own people," ECR's co-chair Nicola Procaccini (from Meloni's Brothers of Italy) announced during the debate... ;-)

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 2d

Meloni's ECR group again split on vote of confidence,as Poles & Romanians are very critical of Von der Leyen, while Belgians and especially Italians want to remain on good terms.

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Von der Leyen survives far-right and far-left no-confidence motions

The two motions of censure, up for a vote Thursday, shared one key point of criticism: the lopsided terms of the EU-US trade deal. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 2d

Join me, @stijntvankessel.bsky.social & Isabelle Hertner next week as we present "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action" (Oxford University Press), available Open Access here:

academic.oup.com/book/60532

If you or your library prefer a printed copy, you can find a discounted code below.

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 2d

Join me, @stijntvankessel.bsky.social & Isabelle Hertner next week as we present "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action" (Oxford University Press), available Open Access here:

academic.oup.com/book/60532

If you or your library prefer a printed copy, you can find a discounted code below.

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 3d

The Department of Politics & IR at the University of Surrey invites applications for fully funded ESRC SEDarc studentships for PhD study, starting in October 2026.

They cover fees and stipend for UK & international students
Deadline: 19 January 2026

www.surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-fun...

South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDarc) studentship | University of Surrey

Apply now for our SEDarc Studentship

www.surrey.ac.uk

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 3d

You can contact members of staff informally whenever your project aligns with their specialism.

As for myself, I very much welcome ideas for projects on populism, authoritarianism, the radical right, party organisation, political communication, social media and politics.

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 3d

We are a very friendly dept with a very strong reputation for looking after our students and doctoral candidates. You can find info about our specialism here:

www.surrey.ac.uk/department-p...

Politics and International Relations taff | University of Surrey

Find out more about staff within Politics and International Relations

www.surrey.ac.uk

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 3d

The Department of Politics & IR at the University of Surrey invites applications for fully funded ESRC SEDarc studentships for PhD study, starting in October 2026.

They cover fees and stipend for UK & international students
Deadline: 19 January 2026

www.surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-fun...

South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDarc) studentship | University of Surrey

Apply now for our SEDarc Studentship

www.surrey.ac.uk

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 3d

Gosh, the age of "Believe in Britain you fools! We are going to be better off because of Brexit" didn't last long, Richard...

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3d

We must emulate the United Arab Emirates, apparently.

Where to even start...?

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 3d

auch

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 3d

That is unlikely with these polling figures...

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 3d

How is Badenoch's version distinguishable, apart from "l am going to announce a review before making an announcement"?

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 3d

It betrays a desperation to reassert stratified class, racial and gender hierarchies through something like UAE's authoritarian structures in the assumption that Conservative and Reform leaders or voters would always be at the top of such a new order

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 3d

I was on a panel at Conservative conference today where the UAE model was seriously proposed as a direction to take Britain’s immigration system.

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 3d

Or the maid, with the employer with grabby hands and nothing to eat but bread and noodles, no bedroom, and no way to leave.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 3d

Gosh, the age of "Believe in Britain you fools! We are going to be better off because of Brexit" didn't last long, Richard...

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3d

We must emulate the United Arab Emirates, apparently.

Where to even start...?

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 3d

Shocked to hear that a populist radical right party is threatening judicial independence in the UK.

If only there were a little academic literature on this topic.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Jenrick waves wig at Tory conference and attacks judges as ‘open borders activists’

Robert Jenrick said judges have spent their entire lives fighting to keep illegal migrants in the UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 6d

Meloni weighing in today by claiming that Trump's plan is "a light that pierces the darkness". If a ceasefire can be established this would also make it less likely that massive demonstrations, like the one that has taken place in Rome today, will continue to take place.

Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 7d

[email protected] of the @financialtimes.com on the many protests & strikes in Italy to put pressure on Meloni over Gaza.

As l say in my comments for this article, ultimately l do not think she will shift her position.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 7d

Italy paralysed as Gaza protests mount pressure on Meloni on.ft.com/433zjAJ

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 5d

Spare a thought for Northern Ireland, the hostage of successive Conservative leaders trying to impress their members without a second thought for the consequences of their actions.

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 5d

Much is changing in UK politics, but of this we can still be certain: plenty of people that matter in England would be hard pressed to even find Armagh on a map.

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 5d

Spare a thought for Northern Ireland, the hostage of successive Conservative leaders trying to impress their members without a second thought for the consequences of their actions.

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 6d

I'd love to see the survey data Badenoch and Salvini are basing their strategic communication on, suggesting there is such great appetite in their countries to be "more like Trump's America"...

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