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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 19d

This week on @cleaninguppod.bsky.social I was joined for a 2nd time by @hannahritchie.bsky.social. She's got a new book called Clearing the Air. 50 common questions about climate solutions? 50 little misinformation demons laid to rest! Hannah's is such a valuable voice. youtu.be/voLbbuPEWY4?...

The Truth About Renewables, EVs & Lab-Grown Meat | Ep223: Hannah Ritchie

YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 20d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you can see past Angela Rayner, PMQs, that Father Ted bloke, and Kim and Vlad, etc. etc., this, just out in @theconversation.com, on @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk and its membership, might be of interest. 1/n 🧵

Our survey of Green party members suggests Zack Polanski has the mandate to take his party in a more radical direction

The new leader wants to be radical and a profile of his members suggests they will follow him.

theconversation.com

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Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · Aug 29

The lovely people @britishelectionstudy.com released the random probaility data which means we can begin to unravel some unanswered questions about turnout in 2024.

A substack to follow but a starter of social class and vote/non-vote. Which party represents the working class? None of the above.

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Steve Fisher @stevefisher.bsky.social · Aug 28

The 11 point drop in the first year of the 1992 to 1997 Major government comes close to the 12 point drop the current Labour government suffered in their first year. But Major's 1997 lost doesn't mean Labour can't recover. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion...

Opinion polling for the 1997 United Kingdom general election - Wikipedia

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Yes, an incoming illiberal and radical UK government would have absolute constitutional power

By me

Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/yes-an-inc...

Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/08/yes-...

Yes, an incoming illiberal and radical UK government would have absolute constitutional power

27th August 2025 Only good fortune has prevented previous governments from misusing our constitutional arrangements more than they did * The constitution of the United Kingdom provides for two &#82…

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · Aug 26

Excited to share our new paper in Political Analysis co-authored with Neil Ketchley, @aasiegel.bsky.social and Mossaab Bagdouri! 📢

We introduce an open-source, computationally light method for measuring media criticism—a key marker of media freedom and democratization.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · Aug 25

Hundreds of words from the BBC attempting to provide context to Reform’s plans to revive fracking and not once does it mention greenhouse gas emissions or climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms

The party is serious about going after shale gas - but critics argue it's too difficult and costly.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Firth @firthstat.bsky.social · Aug 26

At next week's RSS conference I'll be presenting a poster (a first for me...it's about time!)

"Tetraplot displays of UK General Election results" shows how to graph GE 2024 vote shares across 4 parties in a useful way.

Full PDF poster at:
github.com/DavidFirth/t...

Image of a poster to be presented at the Royal Statistical Society conference in Edinburgh, September 2025. The main point is to generalize the idea of a ternary plot to handle 4-part compositions, by showing views through the triangular faces of a tetrahedron. The data shown are vote counts from England, Scotland and Wales in the UK General Election of July 2024.

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Local council by-elections, compiled by David Cowling docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Karl Schamotta @karl-schamotta.bsky.social · Aug 26

Apropos of nothing, a reminder that German stock markets kept climbing in an almost uninterrupted fashion in the run-up to WW2. Investors are really, really bad at pricing serious institutional and political risks.

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Aug 26

57% of Britons say immigration is one of the most important issues facing the country, the highest level recorded by YouGov's tracker since December 2015

Immigration: 57% (+3 from 16-18 August)
Economy: 51% (-2)
Health: 30% (-1)
Crime: 22% (-3)
Housing: 20% (+1)
Defence: 17% (-1)

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · Aug 21

If you like local by-elections (and if not, why not?) you should be following @andrewteale.me.uk and reading his Previews, including one on Cranford open.substack.com/pub/andrewsp...

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · Aug 21

💷 'Council Tax is probably the most regressive property tax in the world.'

@inetoxford.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social's Prof John Muellbauer proposes a two-part solution to the fairer taxation of property in the UK ⬇️

Expert Comment: A property wealth tax is now politically feasible |

John Muellbauer, Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, and Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, University of

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

@sarahobolt.bsky.social is EPSS President & @simonhix.bsky.social is EPSS President-Elect.

👉🏽 Neither currently serves on the EPSA Council or holds any official position within EPSA.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

We believe there’s room for multiple poli sci conferences in Europe, just like in the US & other regions.

🔝 But if you’re looking to support a Europe-based not-for-profit member-led organization, submit your work to 1️⃣ EPSS conference:

📍 Belfast
📅 18–20 June 2026
📝 epssnet.org/belfast-2026/

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EPSS 2026 Conference | June 18–20 | ICC Belfast, UK

Join top political scientists for the EPSS 2026 Annual Conference in Belfast. Submit papers, attend panels, and network with fellow researchers.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

EPSS was founded by political scientists who believe that the European political science community deserves a:

▶️ member-driven
▶️ transparent
▶️ non-profit association
▶️ that reinvests surplus funds back into the community.

🙌🏽 Support that vision? Become a member: epssnet.org/sign-up/#join

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Join EPSS | Sign Up for Political Science Network

Create your EPSS account to access events, connect with scholars, and stay updated on political science news and opportunities.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · Jun 3

A solar farm at Stratton Audley, northeast of Bicester, is to go ahead after the developers won an appeal against Cherwell District Council. The Government’s Planning Inspectorate concluded the visual impact of Padbury Brook Solar Farm would not be enough to justify refusal.

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · Jun 3

The percentage of Americans who have perceived global warming as a threat to future generations has grown from 60% in 2008 to 72% in 2024.

Learn more: climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · May 28

The case for using "global majority" by institutions should be rejected unless + until it can be shown
- most people understand what it means (most don't)
- most people it is about would like it used (most don't)

I find it a deeply incoherent fiction + a highly regressive term in some many ways

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social · May 23

Not sure how many people realize that battery storage already supplies 30% of California’s electricity demand at peak.

Batteries aren’t the future — they’re here now.

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Steve Fisher @stevefisher.bsky.social · May 22

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · May 22

Reform UK and Green voters are the most likely to believe a government led by their party would make a "very positive difference" to the UK

Current Reform UK voters: 55% say very positive difference
Green: 49%
Conservative: 28%
Lib Dem: 27%
Labour: 22%

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · May 19

Most Britons (57%) say a drastic change is needed to avert the worst impacts of climate change

For now Britons prioritise reducing consumption to combat climate change (45%) over trying to come up with technological solutions to try and combat its effects (35%)

yougov.co.uk/health/artic...

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · May 19

What geoengineering might Britons support to counter climate change?

Planting forests: 92%
Painting roads and roofs light colours: 62%
Adding carbon-capturing nutrients to the ocean: 43%
Making clouds whiter: 31%
Dimming the sun: 18%
Adding gases into stratosphere: 16%

yougov.co.uk/health/artic...

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