Mark Shanahan
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Mark Shanahan
@markshanahan.bsky.social
Political historian into US & UK politics. Associate Professor at the University of Surrey, sometimes on the radio/TV. Follower of the mighty Wycombe Wanderers & the underperforming Middlesex CCC. Into books, theatre & jangly guitars.
What's brown and sticky? The top of Infantino's head. #WorldCupDraw
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Suppose it's worth Bragging about...
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Exhausted yes, but also pretty fed up of consistently poor union leadership.
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
But #Farage is a proponent of the Trump school of politics: deny, deflect and double down. He'll never acknowledge he's done anything wrong, and certainly not in response to a political opponent.
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
You could well be onto something with a Ferguson Window....perhaps with a Goodwin Derivative.
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We need to come up with an equivalent of the Overton Window specifically for academia. Perhaps more nuanced than the general population, but in many ways more brittle and fragile.
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Yes, agreed. So why aren't journalists calling her out on this instead of such a dull, adversarial and non-productive line of questioning.
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
He then paused............................................................................................................................................................
....................................................................................................interminably.
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM