Hannah Bulmer
@hmsbulmer.bsky.social
Channeling a mid-life crisis into an MSc in Politics & Communication. Also a fan of rugby, cooking, books and children (my own specifically).
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Hannah Bulmer
@hmsbulmer.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Might as well just give me a fuck off big sign saying "has imposter syndrome"...
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Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
First day of school holidays. The kids have invented a complicated game involving jobs, shopping, a postal service and apparently fiscal policy.
My son is currently running around shouting "Twenty minutes until taxes! We need to pay for things!"
Strong early preparation for next month's budget.
My son is currently running around shouting "Twenty minutes until taxes! We need to pay for things!"
Strong early preparation for next month's budget.
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
First day of school holidays. The kids have invented a complicated game involving jobs, shopping, a postal service and apparently fiscal policy.
My son is currently running around shouting "Twenty minutes until taxes! We need to pay for things!"
Strong early preparation for next month's budget.
My son is currently running around shouting "Twenty minutes until taxes! We need to pay for things!"
Strong early preparation for next month's budget.
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Nigel Farage is “endangering women’s health” by failing to condemn l claims that using paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism, Bridget Phillipson has said in an interview with the Guardian.
She had used the painkiller throughout her second pregnancy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
She had used the painkiller throughout her second pregnancy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage endangering women by failing to condemn paracetamol claims, says Bridget Phillipson
Labour deputy leader candidate criticises ‘scaremongering’ on autism and says party must be firmer in tackling Reform
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Nigel Farage is “endangering women’s health” by failing to condemn l claims that using paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism, Bridget Phillipson has said in an interview with the Guardian.
She had used the painkiller throughout her second pregnancy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
She had used the painkiller throughout her second pregnancy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Found this in an old notebook. Surely always an instruction worth following. Unclear why I felt I needed to write this down for future me though.
September 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Found this in an old notebook. Surely always an instruction worth following. Unclear why I felt I needed to write this down for future me though.
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Delighted to be welcoming Baroness Mary Bousted as guest speaker at our online FEPG meeting Monday 29th September 7.00-9.00pm. Members will receive the zoom link. Anyone else wishing to join see the contact emails below.
@brianhudson.bsky.social @debouthwaite.bsky.social @joedromey.bsky.social
@brianhudson.bsky.social @debouthwaite.bsky.social @joedromey.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Delighted to be welcoming Baroness Mary Bousted as guest speaker at our online FEPG meeting Monday 29th September 7.00-9.00pm. Members will receive the zoom link. Anyone else wishing to join see the contact emails below.
@brianhudson.bsky.social @debouthwaite.bsky.social @joedromey.bsky.social
@brianhudson.bsky.social @debouthwaite.bsky.social @joedromey.bsky.social
Online retailers : if you're selling storage containers with multiple internal compartments, an interior photo would probably be really helpful...
August 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Online retailers : if you're selling storage containers with multiple internal compartments, an interior photo would probably be really helpful...
I may be slightly biased (having contributed slightly to the early stages) but this research on Reform voters is well worth reading
Good politics demands good political strategy. And good political strategy requires clarity about who we’re talking to & delivering for
So! Here’s the headline summary of our work revealing the five different groups of 'Reform-curious voters': open.substack.com/pub/liambyrn...
So! Here’s the headline summary of our work revealing the five different groups of 'Reform-curious voters': open.substack.com/pub/liambyrn...
August 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I may be slightly biased (having contributed slightly to the early stages) but this research on Reform voters is well worth reading
2006 : when academic feedback arrived by post, on headed notepaper, written by fountain pen. Found this amongst some old papers and can't decide if it's charming or wildly anachronistic...
August 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
2006 : when academic feedback arrived by post, on headed notepaper, written by fountain pen. Found this amongst some old papers and can't decide if it's charming or wildly anachronistic...
Who wants to tell @decathlonfrance.bsky.social what's wrong with this picture....?
August 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Who wants to tell @decathlonfrance.bsky.social what's wrong with this picture....?
Reading about the history of parental surveillance of children in a chair deliberately positioned so I can still see both my children's tennis lessons...
July 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Reading about the history of parental surveillance of children in a chair deliberately positioned so I can still see both my children's tennis lessons...
I've seen this view in all weathers, at more life stages than I care to think about and yet it still makes me pause and appreciate it.
June 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I've seen this view in all weathers, at more life stages than I care to think about and yet it still makes me pause and appreciate it.
Me : I'm going to take my summer reading very seriously
Also me :
Also me :
June 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Me : I'm going to take my summer reading very seriously
Also me :
Also me :
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Think there is a danger in basing too much strategy off this. For all parties.
The battleground isn't the 14.3% who voted Reform in 2024. It's the 15% or so that didn't and are now telling voters they might.
The battleground isn't the 14.3% who voted Reform in 2024. It's the 15% or so that didn't and are now telling voters they might.
From YouGov: Just 4% of 2024 Reform voters say they are likely to consider voting Labour
May 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Think there is a danger in basing too much strategy off this. For all parties.
The battleground isn't the 14.3% who voted Reform in 2024. It's the 15% or so that didn't and are now telling voters they might.
The battleground isn't the 14.3% who voted Reform in 2024. It's the 15% or so that didn't and are now telling voters they might.
You know you've spent too long thinking about research design when your first thought seeing this chart is "oooh I wonder if you could use this for a random discontinuity design...."
May 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
You know you've spent too long thinking about research design when your first thought seeing this chart is "oooh I wonder if you could use this for a random discontinuity design...."
In a week when the 'mum guilt' has kicked in heavily, excited to have received a copy of @hzeavin.bsky.social 's new book Mother Media. Now to wrestle some time to myself to actually read it...
May 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
In a week when the 'mum guilt' has kicked in heavily, excited to have received a copy of @hzeavin.bsky.social 's new book Mother Media. Now to wrestle some time to myself to actually read it...
Request that after the local elections this week we retire the phrase "x-colour wall". No one has a wall anymore. It's just a massive pile of bricks that all parties are scrabbling for.
April 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Request that after the local elections this week we retire the phrase "x-colour wall". No one has a wall anymore. It's just a massive pile of bricks that all parties are scrabbling for.
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🎶You took me for a joke
You took me for a child
You made the world's stock markets crash
And then played golf for a while🎶
You took me for a child
You made the world's stock markets crash
And then played golf for a while🎶
April 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🎶You took me for a joke
You took me for a child
You made the world's stock markets crash
And then played golf for a while🎶
You took me for a child
You made the world's stock markets crash
And then played golf for a while🎶
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Stella Creasy, a Labour MP, says the legislation should give new fathers protected leave or risk reinforcing the idea that ‘it’s ladies who do babies’
Labour’s workers’ bill ‘may increase discrimination against mothers’
Stella Creasy, a Labour MP, says the legislation should give new fathers protected leave or risk reinforcing the idea that ‘it’s ladies who do babies’
www.thetimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Stella Creasy, a Labour MP, says the legislation should give new fathers protected leave or risk reinforcing the idea that ‘it’s ladies who do babies’
A particularly good, if surreal, way to spend a Monday evening.
March 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A particularly good, if surreal, way to spend a Monday evening.
Me to the Student Union : can we do more to support student parents?
Them : Yup, great idea. Please come and propose this policy at 7pm.
Because no parent is ever busy at 7pm...
Them : Yup, great idea. Please come and propose this policy at 7pm.
Because no parent is ever busy at 7pm...
February 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Me to the Student Union : can we do more to support student parents?
Them : Yup, great idea. Please come and propose this policy at 7pm.
Because no parent is ever busy at 7pm...
Them : Yup, great idea. Please come and propose this policy at 7pm.
Because no parent is ever busy at 7pm...
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Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
February 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
Watching the post German election leaders roundtable with the 8 year old. He's suggested that once it's obvious a party hasn't got 5% they're forcibly removed from the studio.
February 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Watching the post German election leaders roundtable with the 8 year old. He's suggested that once it's obvious a party hasn't got 5% they're forcibly removed from the studio.
Interesting article on the state/private school divide in men's rugby from the BBC, but would be interesting to see how this dynamic plays out on the women's team. My instinct is the women's game is far less private school dominated.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
Six Nations: The school divide behind England's rugby team
A potential squeeze on scholarships could put pressure on England's rugby talent pipelines and make scouts look more widely for talent.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Interesting article on the state/private school divide in men's rugby from the BBC, but would be interesting to see how this dynamic plays out on the women's team. My instinct is the women's game is far less private school dominated.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
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If you want to win an election against far right opposition you need to bring together two groups. The activated liberals outraged by the other side and the more moderate groups who want govt to make their lives less difficult. Not by trying to win the enthusiastic supporters of the other side.
February 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
If you want to win an election against far right opposition you need to bring together two groups. The activated liberals outraged by the other side and the more moderate groups who want govt to make their lives less difficult. Not by trying to win the enthusiastic supporters of the other side.
Marry someone who knows that the only appropriate anniversary present for "tin" is some baked beans. Happy 10 years @gbulmer.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Marry someone who knows that the only appropriate anniversary present for "tin" is some baked beans. Happy 10 years @gbulmer.bsky.social