Paul Kelly
@pjthinker.bsky.social
Professor of Political Theory
Former Head of Department of Government and PVC Education
London School of Economics
Author Against Post-liberalism: Why Faith, Family and Flag is a Dead End for the Left, Polity Press 2025
Former Head of Department of Government and PVC Education
London School of Economics
Author Against Post-liberalism: Why Faith, Family and Flag is a Dead End for the Left, Polity Press 2025
And remember @lsepress.bsky.social books are online and open access - that means free …👆👆👆
January 22, 2026 at 10:48 AM
And remember @lsepress.bsky.social books are online and open access - that means free …👆👆👆
But they the BBC have Justin Webb to tell us this is what ordinary Americans want and it’s all really normal. It actually isn’t unless your experience of the US is only derived from X and Truth Social posts…👆👆👆
January 22, 2026 at 9:28 AM
But they the BBC have Justin Webb to tell us this is what ordinary Americans want and it’s all really normal. It actually isn’t unless your experience of the US is only derived from X and Truth Social posts…👆👆👆
No - can’t do the essay length version but point is US domestic politics won’t change much until their is a coalition for change - we are not there yet. For the rest of us the US is no longer a reliable ally and that won’t change even if Trump is stuffed in the mid terms. US will not bounce back👆👆👆
January 22, 2026 at 7:40 AM
No - can’t do the essay length version but point is US domestic politics won’t change much until their is a coalition for change - we are not there yet. For the rest of us the US is no longer a reliable ally and that won’t change even if Trump is stuffed in the mid terms. US will not bounce back👆👆👆
All the caesarists realising that their plan has not delivered the desired cross between Machiavelli and Aristotle but rather the village idiot …👆👆👆
January 22, 2026 at 7:13 AM
All the caesarists realising that their plan has not delivered the desired cross between Machiavelli and Aristotle but rather the village idiot …👆👆👆
I suspect the US Media may well surprise you - the weird ownership structure has made it immune to ordinary viewer/market forces. As for his team - not sure Wiles or Miller much care what happened at Davos…
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 AM
I suspect the US Media may well surprise you - the weird ownership structure has made it immune to ordinary viewer/market forces. As for his team - not sure Wiles or Miller much care what happened at Davos…
He is not the ‘leader of the free world’ he is President of the United States, a very different thing for most of its history. The free world has no leader …(that’s kind of the point)
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
He is not the ‘leader of the free world’ he is President of the United States, a very different thing for most of its history. The free world has no leader …(that’s kind of the point)
Sadly this could be one of a number of BBC presenters 👆👆👆
January 21, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Sadly this could be one of a number of BBC presenters 👆👆👆
The colonists fought a war against a mad king only for the current GOP to impose a mad king. Is that really what all the Caesarist MAGA new right talking heads thought was needed - another mad king?
January 21, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The colonists fought a war against a mad king only for the current GOP to impose a mad king. Is that really what all the Caesarist MAGA new right talking heads thought was needed - another mad king?
You have wonder why with all the ICE guys they haven’t surrounded the headquarters of Antifa and arrested its leadership and staff? Curious the press never ask Trump this question - why would that be…
January 21, 2026 at 1:57 AM
You have wonder why with all the ICE guys they haven’t surrounded the headquarters of Antifa and arrested its leadership and staff? Curious the press never ask Trump this question - why would that be…
Probably not the reasons Trump wants it - but good reasons why he shouldn’t have it…
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Probably not the reasons Trump wants it - but good reasons why he shouldn’t have it…
Writing something along these lines -not particularly original but hey - Lincoln! The best William F Buckley could come up with was Reagan which seems quaint today. Russel Kirk is laughable as is Scruton. The right is radical knows no limits and thinks racism is the answer… conservatism is doomed…
January 21, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Writing something along these lines -not particularly original but hey - Lincoln! The best William F Buckley could come up with was Reagan which seems quaint today. Russel Kirk is laughable as is Scruton. The right is radical knows no limits and thinks racism is the answer… conservatism is doomed…
I suspect it will be more than a generation - there is no quick way back. The world has seen not just Trump but the whole US constitution fail epically.
January 21, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I suspect it will be more than a generation - there is no quick way back. The world has seen not just Trump but the whole US constitution fail epically.
Wasn’t he the one who ….? 👆👆👆
January 18, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Wasn’t he the one who ….? 👆👆👆
The same has been true with Brexit supporters in the UK - it’s been frustrated by remainers so they were not wrong. That is starting to shift a little after 10 years but it hasn’t shifted votes that much. Any change in the US will take a decade at least and an appreciation of real decline..
January 18, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The same has been true with Brexit supporters in the UK - it’s been frustrated by remainers so they were not wrong. That is starting to shift a little after 10 years but it hasn’t shifted votes that much. Any change in the US will take a decade at least and an appreciation of real decline..