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Ben Worthy @benworthy.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder of our great event with Professor @chrischirp.bsky.social about her Trump Action Tracker. Watch the video below
bbkbritpol.substack.com/p/watch-what...

Watch: What Is Trump Doing to Democracy? In conversation with Professor Christina Pagel, creator of the Trump Action Tracker

Recorded 30th October 2025

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 2d

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.

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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani

It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

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Ben Worthy @benworthy.bsky.social · 2d

Revolution by @quantick.bsky.social is one of the best books on the Beatles, and is, conveniently, about my favourite Beatles album.

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 3d

The news is out.

Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · 2d

@jonilo.bsky.social @politicalquarterly.bsky.social what would it take for a women to become President of the United States? A series of unlikely events. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

What Will it Take for a Woman to Become President of the United States?

In this article we consider what it will take for a woman to be elected President of the United States. We examine the available data from the 2024 election, in comparison to previous elections; we i....

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 3d

The news is out.

mySociety @mysociety.org · 3d

Yesterday @alexparsons.bsky.social spoke at the Scottish Parliament about our views on the Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Catch up on the evidence session and find out why we're really keen on the proposed proactive publication measures👇

www.mysociety.org/2025/11/07/a...

A key moment to strengthen Scotland’s Freedom of Information law

We gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament on how to make Scotland's already good FOI system even better.

www.mysociety.org

Ben Worthy @benworthy.bsky.social · 4d

This is an invaluable, and extraordinary, bit of local government reporting from Kent County Council by @edjennings.bsky.social

Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 4d

Kent County Council is getting underway.

Slightly odd arrangements in place where usual press seats have been closed, leaving us in the public gallery, which has 14 seats. Far more than 14 people are here, leading to several journalists and others being left outside of the room.

But we’re in.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote this now to warning everyone about what to expect next from Trump and the GOP and how we can fight back. I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Ben Worthy @benworthy.bsky.social · 5d

A huge thank you to @eileenirvin.bsky.social and Ben Roff @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social for their great insights about British voters. Watch again below
bbkbritpol.substack.com/p/watch-list...

Watch / listen: What do we (really) know about British Voters?

In-conversation with Ipsos' Eileen Irvin & Ben Roff, hosted by Birkbeck Centre for British Political Life

bbkbritpol.substack.com

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 5d

🔴 MPs are banned from been paid to give 'political advice' - but Lords can.

And guess what? Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid by the industries they’re meant to scrutinise.

New on Democracy for Sale

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-lords-...

The Lords’ Work? How Tory Shadow Ministers Are Cashing In

Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise.

democracyforsale.substack.com

Ben Worthy @benworthy.bsky.social · 9d

This discussion with @profafinlayson.bsky.social clarifies many things I'd only ever half understood. The concept (and fluidity) of Reactionary Digital Politics is very important.

Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 9d

Really enjoyed this thought-provoking in conversation with @profafinlayson.bsky.social renewal.org.uk/articles/the... which is very timely as we start to organise the first Society for Hopeful Technologists community events

The left (still) doesn't understand the internet

Renewal 33.2_Finlayson & JeffreyRenewal 33.2_Finlayson & Jeffrey.pdf161 KBdownload-circle In June 2025, Nigel Farage boasted on Facebook and X that he had more TikTok subscribers than all other 649...

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 9d

Really enjoyed this thought-provoking in conversation with @profafinlayson.bsky.social renewal.org.uk/articles/the... which is very timely as we start to organise the first Society for Hopeful Technologists community events

The left (still) doesn't understand the internet

Renewal 33.2_Finlayson & JeffreyRenewal 33.2_Finlayson & Jeffrey.pdf161 KBdownload-circle In June 2025, Nigel Farage boasted on Facebook and X that he had more TikTok subscribers than all other 649...

renewal.org.uk

Ben Worthy @benworthy.bsky.social · 10d

This is excellent...as are all of these

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 10d

I'd never really thought explicitly about writing, how I do it, and why I do it, til this conversation with @catherinedevries.bsky.social Who makes it sound like I've thought it all through much better than I have... catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Etched in Marble: Anand Menon on Clear Thinking, Public Writing, and the Joy of Being Useful

Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

Ben Worthy @benworthy.bsky.social · 10d

Watch @chrischirp.bsky.social discussing her Trump Action Tracker in our event, and reflect on what it tells us about democracy in Trump's America
bbkbritpol.substack.com/p/watch-what...

Watch: What Is Trump Doing to Democracy? In conversation with Professor Christina Pagel, creator of the Trump Action Tracker

Recorded 30th October 2025

bbkbritpol.substack.com

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 10d

I'd never really thought explicitly about writing, how I do it, and why I do it, til this conversation with @catherinedevries.bsky.social Who makes it sound like I've thought it all through much better than I have... catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Etched in Marble: Anand Menon on Clear Thinking, Public Writing, and the Joy of Being Useful

Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

Ben Worthy @benworthy.bsky.social · 11d

A huge thank you to @chrischirp.bsky.social for speaking to us about her Trump Action Tracker www.trumpactiontracker.info

www.trumpactiontracker.info

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11d

I've written a couple of things over the last days about how the government and much of Westminster remaining on X as the platform becomes increasingly toxic is having consequences for our politics...

Our politics is increasingly normalised to racism – because politicians are addicted to X

The platform has quietly dragged British politics into a dark place

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 12d

Yet center-right seems incapable of learning the lesson…

Laura Jacobs @lcjacobs89.bsky.social · 17d

Now out in Party Politics 🎉

Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 12d

Europe is the elephant in the room in the Dutch elections - as in many other national elections, @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social says at election night at Dutch embassy in Berlin tonight

Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 12d

If you want evidence that Reform thought they were going to win in Caerphilly then look no further than the fact the had arranged a "countdown to victory" event in the area for the day after the result.

Full analysis in my newsletter:
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/wales-watc...

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 12d

A true "instant classic"

APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 12d

Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior

Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior By Jack Lucas, University of Calgary, Lior Sheffer, Tel Aviv University, Peter John Loewen, Cornell University, Stefaan Walgrave, University of Antwerp, Karolin Soontjens, University of Antwerp, Eran Amsalem, Hebrew…

Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior

Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior By Jack Lucas, University of Calgary, Lior Sheffer, Tel Aviv University, Peter John Loewen, Cornell University, Stefaan Walgrave, University of Antwerp, Karolin Soontjens, University of Antwerp, Eran Amsalem, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Stefanie Bailer, University of Basel, Nathalie Brack, Université Libre de Bruxelles…

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Claire Miller @clairemiller.bsky.social · 12d

Reform's claims about the terrible state of Derbyshire's roads may have overstated the pothole problem.

And an #FOI response misunderstanding seems to be to blame:

Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 24/10/2025 – #FOIFriday - Words + Numbers

Complain to the ICO about your overdue Freedom of Information request! Because it actually works. A man who waited four years to get an answer to a Freedom of Information request from his local council described the delay as a "lack of accountability". Kevin Robinson-Hale asked what he said was a "simple" set of questions

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Alexander Fanta @alexfanta.bsky.social · 13d

One top official told his staff explicitly not to write down too much, and to destroy handwritten notes after. But no public administration can function without records of important meetings. I suspect the Commission has simply created a new type of doc it pretends does not fall under FOI.

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 13d

The European Ombudsman "has opened an inquiry into whether the European Commission acted secretively in its dealings with industry before launching a series of business-friendly initiatives".

The Ombudsman was acting on a complaint by the Corporate Europe Observatory
www.politico.eu/article/ombu...

Ben Worthy @benworthy.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks Tim! It will be recorded, so you can listen as you recover from your celebrations!

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