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For some pre-Budget reading (open access) about fiscal dilemmas, economic restraint, and the politics of tax:
bsky.app/profile/bjpi...
bsky.app/profile/bjpi...
📝 New BJPIR article out now!
'Prudence from the left: Economic restraint and UK social democracy since 1945' by Colm Murphy (@colmpm.bsky.social) & Patrick Diamond
⬇️ Find the article in #OpenAccess here: buff.ly/QV4liQE
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
'Prudence from the left: Economic restraint and UK social democracy since 1945' by Colm Murphy (@colmpm.bsky.social) & Patrick Diamond
⬇️ Find the article in #OpenAccess here: buff.ly/QV4liQE
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Prudence from the left: Economic restraint and UK social democracy since 1945
Available in #OpenAccess
journals.sagepub.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For some pre-Budget reading (open access) about fiscal dilemmas, economic restraint, and the politics of tax:
bsky.app/profile/bjpi...
bsky.app/profile/bjpi...
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I enjoyed a rare privilege today: seeing one of my new journal articles in print.
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I enjoyed a rare privilege today: seeing one of my new journal articles in print.
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The Tories are plumbing such depths these days that my whole business model is in severe danger, so thought I better go back to talking about Labour now and then! Here's me on CNN just now on the trouble they (and Keir Starmer) are in.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The Tories are plumbing such depths these days that my whole business model is in severe danger, so thought I better go back to talking about Labour now and then! Here's me on CNN just now on the trouble they (and Keir Starmer) are in.
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"As a new generation of Labour MPs grapple with their unease...Taverne’s example reminds us of the importance of having independently minded MPs with the shrewdness and elegance of the 'Victor of Lincoln'."
Words by our Manager Tom Chidwick in the latest @thehousemag.bsky.social!
shorturl.at/BeTPd
Words by our Manager Tom Chidwick in the latest @thehousemag.bsky.social!
shorturl.at/BeTPd
Tribute to Lord Taverne: the resilient rebel who was 'too hot to handle'
In becoming the first post-war independent victor of an English by-election, Dick Taverne helped break the dominance of the main parties in 1973. W...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"As a new generation of Labour MPs grapple with their unease...Taverne’s example reminds us of the importance of having independently minded MPs with the shrewdness and elegance of the 'Victor of Lincoln'."
Words by our Manager Tom Chidwick in the latest @thehousemag.bsky.social!
shorturl.at/BeTPd
Words by our Manager Tom Chidwick in the latest @thehousemag.bsky.social!
shorturl.at/BeTPd
Excellent new podcast
Enjoyable podcast by my colleagues Richard Johnson, Lee Evans and Tom Chidwick on Dick Taverne, who recently died at 97.
Deselected as Lincoln's Labour MP in 1972 for the unforgivable crime of pro-Europeanism, he won a by election as an independent: very rare then!
open.spotify.com/episode/662g...
Deselected as Lincoln's Labour MP in 1972 for the unforgivable crime of pro-Europeanism, he won a by election as an independent: very rare then!
open.spotify.com/episode/662g...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Excellent new podcast
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BTW, any UK outlets that want a British based Chilean (party and electoral) politics expert, need look no further than our fab @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague @sajuria.com
“An iron fist! That’s what we need! Like a Bukele!”: the ultra-conservative politician José Antonio Kast closes in on the presidency in Chile with a Trumpian pitch on crime & immigration www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘We need an iron fist’: the Trump-inspired favourite to win Chile’s election
José Antonio Kast, 59, is appealing to voters with a hard-right pitch on crime and immigration
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
BTW, any UK outlets that want a British based Chilean (party and electoral) politics expert, need look no further than our fab @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague @sajuria.com
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Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
If Labour want a fairer society, they must argue for it
Labour must make the political argument: taxes are the critical downpayment we all pay to live in a fairer society.
It now seems all but certain that direct taxes will rise in the forthcoming Budget...
renewal.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
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ft. our @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague Sofia Collignon.
Why did Nigel Farage's Ten Minute Rule Bill fail?
YouTube video by Hansard Society
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
ft. our @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague Sofia Collignon.
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One observation re. the Dutch election is the enduring strength of the far right (I am not fully subscribing to the 'shift back to the centre' narrative). I should be on ABC Australia News channel at around 11 CET to talk about this and to show my plants (again). www.youtube.com/live/vOTiJkg...
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
One observation re. the Dutch election is the enduring strength of the far right (I am not fully subscribing to the 'shift back to the centre' narrative). I should be on ABC Australia News channel at around 11 CET to talk about this and to show my plants (again). www.youtube.com/live/vOTiJkg...
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Latest @thehousemag.bsky.social column, on the politics of pints.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The Professor Will See You Now: Having A Pint
Lessons in political science. This week: having a pint
www.politicshome.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Latest @thehousemag.bsky.social column, on the politics of pints.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Who joins and why? Does it matter? QMUL colleague @timbale.bsky.social sharing insight in party membership in fragmented party system.
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Who joins and why? Does it matter? QMUL colleague @timbale.bsky.social sharing insight in party membership in fragmented party system.
Another excellent edition of an essential text book from the ever excellent @timbale.bsky.social - well worth a look in these ever fragmentary times!!
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Another excellent edition of an essential text book from the ever excellent @timbale.bsky.social - well worth a look in these ever fragmentary times!!
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Just arrived. Look at all those lovely Babybels!
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Just arrived. Look at all those lovely Babybels!
👏👏👏👏👏👏😂
Labour needs to do so much better, Nothing Lasts Forever
October 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
👏👏👏👏👏👏😂
Keir Starmer needs to give voters short-term gain to persuade them he can deliver long-term renewal
theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
Keir Starmer needs to give voters short-term gain to persuade them he can deliver long-term renewal
Keir Starmer says painful decisions are needed now to fix the country for the future. But voters may not stick around to find out if he’s right.
theconversation.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Keir Starmer needs to give voters short-term gain to persuade them he can deliver long-term renewal
theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
“I want it now, I want it now
Not the promises of what tomorrow brings”
Impatient to read more from the excellent research here from @mbarnfield.bsky.social @karlpike.bsky.social and @philipjcowley.bsky.social - wonderful colleagues from
@qmulsse.bsky.social
Not the promises of what tomorrow brings”
Impatient to read more from the excellent research here from @mbarnfield.bsky.social @karlpike.bsky.social and @philipjcowley.bsky.social - wonderful colleagues from
@qmulsse.bsky.social
Great to speak to @greenmirandahere.bsky.social for today's FT Inside Politics about the latest finding from our politics of (im)patience project, w/ @karlpike.bsky.social and @philipjcowley.bsky.social.
www.ft.com/content/e984...
www.ft.com/content/e984...
Labour sheds support from impatient Britons
Research shows party losing voters who want results now, with women more likely to prioritise short-term gains
www.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“I want it now, I want it now
Not the promises of what tomorrow brings”
Impatient to read more from the excellent research here from @mbarnfield.bsky.social @karlpike.bsky.social and @philipjcowley.bsky.social - wonderful colleagues from
@qmulsse.bsky.social
Not the promises of what tomorrow brings”
Impatient to read more from the excellent research here from @mbarnfield.bsky.social @karlpike.bsky.social and @philipjcowley.bsky.social - wonderful colleagues from
@qmulsse.bsky.social
Words of wisdom from the excellent @ProfTimBale @QMPoliticsIR colleague and party membership guru!!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Liberal Democrat membership has halved in 5 years, figures show
Analysis of available figures shows the number of party members has fallen by 49% since August 2020.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Words of wisdom from the excellent @ProfTimBale @QMPoliticsIR colleague and party membership guru!!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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With Andrej Zaslove, I wrote a piece on the recent extreme-right riots in the Netherlands, and what should be learned from them 👇
New piece! Stijn van Kessel and Andrej Zaslove on the far-right riots in The Hague, the reaction from political leaders, and lessons for preserving liberal democracy and liberal democratic principles. Check it out!
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
@stijntvankessel.bsky.social
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
@stijntvankessel.bsky.social
What Mainstream Parties and Media Should Learn from the Dutch Extreme-Right Riots illiberalism.org |
Stijn van Kessel and Andrej Zaslove on the far-right riots in The Hague, the reaction from political leaders, and lessons for preserving liberal democracy and liberal democratic principles.
www.illiberalism.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
With Andrej Zaslove, I wrote a piece on the recent extreme-right riots in the Netherlands, and what should be learned from them 👇
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Nice to be quoted in this excellent piece by @philipjcowley.bsky.social on the role of "ethos" in politics - what it is, and why we should pay it much more attention
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The professor will see you now: ethos
Lessons in political science. This week: ethos
www.politicshome.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Nice to be quoted in this excellent piece by @philipjcowley.bsky.social on the role of "ethos" in politics - what it is, and why we should pay it much more attention
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Very happy to be back on the Parliament Matters podcast, discussing the latest developments on the assisted dying bill with @ruthfox.bsky.social & @matthewengland.bsky.social. Thank you for having me!
Listen to the episode here: pod.link/1714627828/e...
Listen to the episode here: pod.link/1714627828/e...
September 20, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Very happy to be back on the Parliament Matters podcast, discussing the latest developments on the assisted dying bill with @ruthfox.bsky.social & @matthewengland.bsky.social. Thank you for having me!
Listen to the episode here: pod.link/1714627828/e...
Listen to the episode here: pod.link/1714627828/e...
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Latest piece for the @thehousemag.bsky.social, beginning with this:
"One electoral change has been unrelenting: the growing – in fact accelerating – refusal of the electorate to cast a ballot for either of the two governing parties".
When was that sentence first published? 1977...
"One electoral change has been unrelenting: the growing – in fact accelerating – refusal of the electorate to cast a ballot for either of the two governing parties".
When was that sentence first published? 1977...
The professor will see you now: tribalism
Lessons in political science. This week: blocs
www.politicshome.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Latest piece for the @thehousemag.bsky.social, beginning with this:
"One electoral change has been unrelenting: the growing – in fact accelerating – refusal of the electorate to cast a ballot for either of the two governing parties".
When was that sentence first published? 1977...
"One electoral change has been unrelenting: the growing – in fact accelerating – refusal of the electorate to cast a ballot for either of the two governing parties".
When was that sentence first published? 1977...
But you can't run a country on storytelling.
The core problem for Starmer is that what made him Labour leader and prime minister was his ability to judge what the audience in front of him wanted to hear - to work out which narrative would get him to the next step on the board. But you can't run a country on storytelling.
Good enough at politics to become PM. Not good enough at politics to be PM. The election campaign was either dishonest or deluded. Presented with any chance of wiggle room over taxes or Brexit, he went out of his way to remove it. Failed to take multiple opportunities since and ignores the PLP.
September 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
But you can't run a country on storytelling.
Great news from @mileendinstitute.bsky.social supremo Tom Chidwick
“Last month, I finally finished the draft manuscript of “Now or Never!” – the book I’ve been working on about Scotland’s first devolution referendum in March 1979.
Published next year by @BloomsburyAcad! - @atifajiwa.bsky.social ”
“Last month, I finally finished the draft manuscript of “Now or Never!” – the book I’ve been working on about Scotland’s first devolution referendum in March 1979.
Published next year by @BloomsburyAcad! - @atifajiwa.bsky.social ”
September 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Great news from @mileendinstitute.bsky.social supremo Tom Chidwick
“Last month, I finally finished the draft manuscript of “Now or Never!” – the book I’ve been working on about Scotland’s first devolution referendum in March 1979.
Published next year by @BloomsburyAcad! - @atifajiwa.bsky.social ”
“Last month, I finally finished the draft manuscript of “Now or Never!” – the book I’ve been working on about Scotland’s first devolution referendum in March 1979.
Published next year by @BloomsburyAcad! - @atifajiwa.bsky.social ”
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The assisted dying bill begins its substantive Lords scrutiny this Friday.
Re-posting my piece on what we should expect now that the Lords has the bill. theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...
#assisteddyingbill
Re-posting my piece on what we should expect now that the Lords has the bill. theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...
#assisteddyingbill
Assisted dying: what happens now the House of Lords has the bill?
Peers would be on dicey political ground if they tried to stop the bill passed by MPs – but they may run into problems over timing.
theconversation.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The assisted dying bill begins its substantive Lords scrutiny this Friday.
Re-posting my piece on what we should expect now that the Lords has the bill. theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...
#assisteddyingbill
Re-posting my piece on what we should expect now that the Lords has the bill. theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...
#assisteddyingbill
@markfergusonmp.bsky.social Well done on the Whips Office - enjoy every minute of your time there, it’ll be a good grounding for when you inevitably move on. Best.
September 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
@markfergusonmp.bsky.social Well done on the Whips Office - enjoy every minute of your time there, it’ll be a good grounding for when you inevitably move on. Best.