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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 1d

There has been plenty analysis of the Tory crisis at a journalistic level but @philbc3.bsky.social explains the longer term historical and sociological challenges facing the party of Britain’s ruling class. Essential listening from @poltheoryother.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/0BCp...

When the party's over w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 3d

"There is a quote often attributed to Chico Mendes... “ecology without class struggle is gardening.” In the case of the current Brazilian government, it is not only the class struggle that is absent, but also the gardening." - @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social

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Lula’s Dilemma

In Brazil, big agribusiness holds the reins of political power. Without confronting this head-on, Lula’s ecological promises will remain just that—promises.

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 3d

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 4d

"Staring down the path of existential destruction..." - @philbc3 on how the Conservatives' voter coalition is breaking apart as they lose their Gen X voters to Reform:

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 4d

📢💥NEW EPISODE📢💥 - @philbc3.bsky.social on the ongoing crisis of the Conservative Party and whether there is a way back* for the party that has dominated British politics for two centuries.

*spoiler: there isn't.

When the party's over w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge

Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 08/10/2025 · 56m

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 4d

"Staring down the path of existential destruction..." - @philbc3 on how the Conservatives' voter coalition is breaking apart as they lose their Gen X voters to Reform:

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 3d

I sat down with @poltheoryother.bsky.social to talk about
the demise of the Tories and how a comeback is exceedingly unlikely.

Tory Watching at the End of the Conservatives

What do you mean you didn't watch Kemi Badenoch's keynote speech at Conservative Party conference? Why, what a treat you missed out on. Th...

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 3d

I sat down with @poltheoryother.bsky.social to talk about the demise of the Tories and how a comeback is exceedingly unlikely.

Tory Watching at the End of the Conservatives

What do you mean you didn't watch Kemi Badenoch's keynote speech at Conservative Party conference? Why, what a treat you missed out on. Th...

averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 4d

Listen to the full episode here, or on all the usual podcast apps:

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

When the party's over w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge

Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 08/10/2025 · 56m

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 4d

"Staring down the path of existential destruction..." - @philbc3 on how the Conservatives' voter coalition is breaking apart as they lose their Gen X voters to Reform:

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 4d

📢💥NEW EPISODE📢💥 - @philbc3.bsky.social on the ongoing crisis of the Conservative Party and whether there is a way back* for the party that has dominated British politics for two centuries.

*spoiler: there isn't.

When the party's over w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge

Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 08/10/2025 · 56m

podcasts.apple.com

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 10d

"In France, Emmanuel Macron is absolutely detested. With a virulence that is perhaps difficult to imagine..." - Sebastian Budgen

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 8d

"Reform is making inroads with business. The most recent Electoral Commission filings show new cash donors from the financial world, once the Tories’ preserve."

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Peter Geoghegan · Short Cuts: Reform’s Disaster Capitalism

Reform has been accused of lacking policy: its critics say it’s a party of Farage and his epigones, with few firm...

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 10d

"In France, Emmanuel Macron is absolutely detested. With a virulence that is perhaps difficult to imagine..." - Sebastian Budgen

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 10d

🇫🇷 NEW EPISODE 🇫🇷 - Sebastian Budgen on the political crisis in France where Emmanuel Macron has appointed his third prime minister in a year.

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France's political impasse and Macron's legacy w/ Sebastian Budgen

Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 01/10/2025 · 46m

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 11d

"Very erratic, very unprincipled, very opportunistic on just about every, every level." - Sebastian Budgen on Emmanuel Macron's vacillating position on Gaza:

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 11d

"Very erratic, very unprincipled, very opportunistic on just about every, every level." - Sebastian Budgen on Emmanuel Macron's vacillating position on Gaza:

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 11d

Sebastian Budgen on Emmanuel Macron's failed economic programme and unimpressive domestic legacy:

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Anna Secor @ajsecor.bsky.social · 12d

London people come discuss and celebrate with us! A launch event for The Politics of Feeling on 25th November at the October Gallery, with @will-davies.bsky.social and @jemgilbert.bsky.social. Eventbrite link below! 🥂
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The Politics of Feeling and this Conjunctural Crisis

A workshop on the politics of feeling in this conjunctural crisis, with Anna Secor, Ben Anderson, Will Davies, Jeremy Gilbert.

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 12d

You can also see how well suited they are to the age of platforms, with meme-like visual 'icons' that hold their shape in a torrent of imagery, like emojis: the logo, that haircut, the bucket hats, the Adidas logo. Oasis 2025 is what an LLM might come up with if you fed it Oasis 1994-95.

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 12d

A factor in this triumphant return is how platforms (Spotify) dissolve historical time, with the effect that a) nobody needs to remember that this was a band whose 'good' patch lasted circa 18 months and b) they provide the backdrop for inter-generational bonding

Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 12d

Oasis stadium jaunt ends (for now), it has been odd seeing how massively they’re loved, and also odd that it is seen as churlish to critique it. For me, they inescapably represent the worst of the 90s, the banterous homophobia, the conservatism. It made life miserable & I struggle to get over that.

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 12d

"My abiding feeling reading was: oh God, this was all just as bad as it looked." - @nesrinemalik.bsky.social on the Kamala Harris book:

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 12d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are | Nesrine Malik

This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 12d

"My abiding feeling reading was: oh God, this was all just as bad as it looked." - @nesrinemalik.bsky.social on the Kamala Harris book:

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 15d

"While Trump’s first term looked like an aberration, a morbid symptom of a dying world, his second looks more like an attempt to enforce a new paradigm." - @will-davies.bsky.social

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

William Davies · Repeal the 20th Century: Pre-MAGA

To understand the intellectual coordinates of Trumpism requires us to look in less conventional places and to pay more...

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 15d

"While Trump’s first term looked like an aberration, a morbid symptom of a dying world, his second looks more like an attempt to enforce a new paradigm." - @will-davies.bsky.social

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

William Davies · Repeal the 20th Century: Pre-MAGA

To understand the intellectual coordinates of Trumpism requires us to look in less conventional places and to pay more...

www.lrb.co.uk

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