Simon Robinson
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Does home ownership and not class now drive voting patterns?
New from my phd student @joshgoddard98.bsky.social: he shows, using many election and panel studies across the advanced democracies, that housing status has replaced occupational class as a key predictor of voting. Class voting is now about assets, not income www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Housing and electoral behaviour: The changing face of class voting in advanced democracies
Scholarship on the relationship between social structure and electoral behaviour has traditionally operationalised voters’ economic or class situation…
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November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Does home ownership and not class now drive voting patterns?
Trump promised retribution. He delivered. - www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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“Dozens of men… launched an attack, beating people with sticks and repeatedly striking Reuters photographer Raneen Sawafta as she tried to protect herself, witnesses said.
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#Israel #WestBank #Journalism
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#Israel #WestBank #Journalism
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November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“Dozens of men… launched an attack, beating people with sticks and repeatedly striking Reuters photographer Raneen Sawafta as she tried to protect herself, witnesses said.
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#Israel #WestBank #Journalism
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#Israel #WestBank #Journalism
Track Typhoon Fung-wong here: www.reuters.com/data/typhoon...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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"Elizabeth Bagley, then U.S. ambassador to Brazil, objected to the deal, according to a 2024 State Department memo. That memo describes BOPE as "among the most notorious police units in Brazil in regard to killings of civilians."
#US #Brazil #Police #Humanrights
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#US #Brazil #Police #Humanrights
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November 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"Elizabeth Bagley, then U.S. ambassador to Brazil, objected to the deal, according to a 2024 State Department memo. That memo describes BOPE as "among the most notorious police units in Brazil in regard to killings of civilians."
#US #Brazil #Police #Humanrights
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#US #Brazil #Police #Humanrights
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Meta itself estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. That's 15,000,000,000.
#Meta #Advertising #Scams
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#Meta #Advertising #Scams
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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Meta itself estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. That's 15,000,000,000.
#Meta #Advertising #Scams
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#Meta #Advertising #Scams
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
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Join our live coverage of Reuters NEXT Gulf for conversations with world leaders on the challenges and opportunities in the Middle East and beyond.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Join our live coverage of Reuters NEXT Gulf for conversations with world leaders on the challenges and opportunities in the Middle East and beyond.
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Buenos Aires like a local reut.rs/4ogfzTn
Buenos Aires like a local
Our correspondent’s tips on tango halls, theaters and asado barbecue.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs reut.rs/4ocv79X
How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs
U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.
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October 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs reut.rs/4ocv79X
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Live: France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigns, sparking fresh political chaos
France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, just hours after appointing his new cabinet, after allies and foes alike threatened to topple his government.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Takaichi has shattered the highest glass ceiling of public office in Japan by becoming the first female leader of the male-dominated and patriarchal Asian nation. But she is not known to be an advocate of gender equality.
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October 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Takaichi has shattered the highest glass ceiling of public office in Japan by becoming the first female leader of the male-dominated and patriarchal Asian nation. But she is not known to be an advocate of gender equality.
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NEW: Reuters took a closer look at violent crime in D.C. after President Trump began a show of force here. Despite the big investment of federal resources, it's really hard at this point to see any dramatic changes.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
NEW: Reuters took a closer look at violent crime in D.C. after President Trump began a show of force here. Despite the big investment of federal resources, it's really hard at this point to see any dramatic changes.
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'ChatGPT, what stocks should I buy?' AI fuels boom in robo-advisory market reut.rs/46ktSzA
'ChatGPT, what stocks should I buy?' AI fuels boom in robo-advisory market
As ChatGPT nears its third birthday, at least one in 10 retail investors is using a chatbot to pick stocks, fuelling a boom in the robo-advisory market, but even fans say it is a high-risk strategy that cannot replace traditional advisors just yet.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
'ChatGPT, what stocks should I buy?' AI fuels boom in robo-advisory market reut.rs/46ktSzA
@reuters.com has just launched an Arabic language site. See it here: reuters.com/ar/
Big thanks to Muhammad Yamany and the Reuters Arabic language service team. Tremendous work! #News #Arabic #Mideast
Big thanks to Muhammad Yamany and the Reuters Arabic language service team. Tremendous work! #News #Arabic #Mideast
September 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@reuters.com has just launched an Arabic language site. See it here: reuters.com/ar/
Big thanks to Muhammad Yamany and the Reuters Arabic language service team. Tremendous work! #News #Arabic #Mideast
Big thanks to Muhammad Yamany and the Reuters Arabic language service team. Tremendous work! #News #Arabic #Mideast
At a time of loss, a well-written obit can be a gift, a kind of literary laying on of hands.
Thanks to Giulia Segreti, Keith Weir, Claudia Cristoferi, Elisa Anzolin. And to Olivier Holmey, who is infusing @reuters.com obits with new verve
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Thanks to Giulia Segreti, Keith Weir, Claudia Cristoferi, Elisa Anzolin. And to Olivier Holmey, who is infusing @reuters.com obits with new verve
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Obituary: Giorgio Armani the 'king' of Italian fashion who revolutionised menswear
It all began with the jacket. Giorgio Armani twisted and bruised the angular piece of clothing - tearing out the padding, adjusting the proportions, moving the buttons - until he was left with something supple as a cardigan, light as a shirt.
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September 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
At a time of loss, a well-written obit can be a gift, a kind of literary laying on of hands.
Thanks to Giulia Segreti, Keith Weir, Claudia Cristoferi, Elisa Anzolin. And to Olivier Holmey, who is infusing @reuters.com obits with new verve
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Thanks to Giulia Segreti, Keith Weir, Claudia Cristoferi, Elisa Anzolin. And to Olivier Holmey, who is infusing @reuters.com obits with new verve
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🔊 In sweltering US prisons, suicide rates increase nearly 23% in the days following extreme heat. @Disha_RC goes On Assignment with @CWalljasper. Listen now reut.rs/46K4Quk
The heat inside America's prisons
Race and justice reporter Disha Raychaudhuri and host Christopher Walljasper examine the challenge of extreme temperatures inside crammed U.S. prisons.
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August 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🔊 In sweltering US prisons, suicide rates increase nearly 23% in the days following extreme heat. @Disha_RC goes On Assignment with @CWalljasper. Listen now reut.rs/46K4Quk
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Argentines grill up more beef in first half of 2025 as wages soar
Argentines are once again chowing down on beef, as an economic turnaround has allowed them to fork over more for steaks, a report from the Rosario exchange said on Friday.
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August 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Argentines grill up more beef in first half of 2025 as wages soar reut.rs/4myC2cU
This is a terrific episode of the Econ World podcast. Join Carmel Crimmins, Dan Burns and Karin Strohecker as they dissect last week’s U.S. job numbers. Is U.S. data still reliable?
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#Economics #Trump #BLS #Jobs #Statistics
Here it is on Apple. Also on Spotify: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
#Economics #Trump #BLS #Jobs #Statistics
Reuters Econ World
Business Podcast · Updated weekly · Join Reuters journalist Carmel Crimmins every week as she and her guests pick apart a key economic principle behind the world’s news. Get beyond buzzwords and techn...
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August 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is a terrific episode of the Econ World podcast. Join Carmel Crimmins, Dan Burns and Karin Strohecker as they dissect last week’s U.S. job numbers. Is U.S. data still reliable?
Here it is on Apple. Also on Spotify: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
#Economics #Trump #BLS #Jobs #Statistics
Here it is on Apple. Also on Spotify: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
#Economics #Trump #BLS #Jobs #Statistics
“It’s definitely a case of shooting the messenger. Firing the head of BLS is not going to improve data collection and dissemination … it’s going to undermine confidence in the data going forward.”
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Data credibility fears fueled after Trump orders firing of labor official
Sharp downward revisions to past jobs data on Friday, followed by Trump’s sudden order to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, stoked investor fears about the integrity of economic data and the Fed’s ability to read the true state of the economy.
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August 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“It’s definitely a case of shooting the messenger. Firing the head of BLS is not going to improve data collection and dissemination … it’s going to undermine confidence in the data going forward.”
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Trump's firing of labor official fuels data credibility fears - www.reuters.com/business/dat...
“Air Chief Mshl. Zaheer Sidhu had been sleeping on a mattress for days in anticipation of an Indian assault.”
Inside Pakistan’s air superiority in Islamabad’s recent conflict with India. Big implications for Washington + Beijing
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Inside Pakistan’s air superiority in Islamabad’s recent conflict with India. Big implications for Washington + Beijing
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Insight: How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
Just after midnight on May 7, the screen in the Pakistan Air Force's operations room lit up in red with the positions of dozens of active enemy planes across the border in India.
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August 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“Air Chief Mshl. Zaheer Sidhu had been sleeping on a mattress for days in anticipation of an Indian assault.”
Inside Pakistan’s air superiority in Islamabad’s recent conflict with India. Big implications for Washington + Beijing
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Inside Pakistan’s air superiority in Islamabad’s recent conflict with India. Big implications for Washington + Beijing
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British-born Nigerian poet and musician Joshua Idehen on working across formats, the risks of political art, and the lesson he's taking from Dolly Parton.
Joshua Idehen on ‘Mum Does the Washing’ and the –isms that shape us - www.reuters.com/lifestyle/jo...
Joshua Idehen on ‘Mum Does the Washing’ and the –isms that shape us - www.reuters.com/lifestyle/jo...
Joshua Idehen on ‘Mum Does the Washing’ and the –isms that shape us
The British-born Nigerian poet and musician discusses working across formats, the risks of political art, and the lesson he's taking from Dolly Parton.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
British-born Nigerian poet and musician Joshua Idehen on working across formats, the risks of political art, and the lesson he's taking from Dolly Parton.
Joshua Idehen on ‘Mum Does the Washing’ and the –isms that shape us - www.reuters.com/lifestyle/jo...
Joshua Idehen on ‘Mum Does the Washing’ and the –isms that shape us - www.reuters.com/lifestyle/jo...
Wrapping up 3 days in @reuters.com Tokyo bureau with our fantastic journalistic team here. Talked parliamentary elections (watch for a jump in populist right wing support), inflation (yes, really), autos + tariffs, digital plans + AI. Arigatōgozaimasu. The Baron would be proud
July 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Wrapping up 3 days in @reuters.com Tokyo bureau with our fantastic journalistic team here. Talked parliamentary elections (watch for a jump in populist right wing support), inflation (yes, really), autos + tariffs, digital plans + AI. Arigatōgozaimasu. The Baron would be proud
“People often say Karachi is too big, too crowded, too messy. But get to know it, and you’ll discover a different city, where strangers change your flat tire, where chai is served at midnight, and where allowing women to cut the line is an unspoken rule.”
July 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“People often say Karachi is too big, too crowded, too messy. But get to know it, and you’ll discover a different city, where strangers change your flat tire, where chai is served at midnight, and where allowing women to cut the line is an unspoken rule.”