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Nick Clarke
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Geographer, social scientist, student of politics

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Nick Clarke @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social · 4d
Lone Sorensen was also interviewed on the programme. Here is some of the nice research behind what she had to say about political authenticity.

academic.oup.com/ct/article/3...
The shift to authenticity: a framework for analysis of political truth claims
Abstract. It is often claimed that political disinformation is more abundant than ever, that populists are particularly prone to lying, and that we live in
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Nick Clarke @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social · 4d
In this paper we showed that distrusting voters especially value political authenticity and find inauthentic politicians (extraordinary, out of touch) to be untrustworthy – so a perceived lack of political authenticity might be driving current political distrust

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Nick Clarke @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social · 4d
In this article we showed that British politics is characterised by an authenticity gap between citizens (who value authenticity in their politicians) and elites (with politicians valuing integrity more highly, and journalists valuing competence more highly)

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Nick Clarke @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social · 4d
In The Good Politician, we showed that British citizens have always been interested in the integrity and competence of politicians, but have recently become more interested in politicians' authenticity (the extent to which they are ordinary, in touch, at ease)

www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
The Good Politician
Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - The Good Politician
www.cambridge.org

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Nick Clarke @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social · 4d
I was on BBCR4’s Rethink today talking with @benansell.bsky.social about

political authenticity

Research links to follow. With co-authors @viktorv.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social, @jmoss88.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... authenticity
Is authenticity in the modern age in the eye of the beholder?
www.bbc.co.uk

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LSE British Politics and Policy blog @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · 4d
Do incidents of Westminster “sleaze” damage trust in politicians? by @drjennings.bsky.social and @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social

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Do incidents of Westminster “sleaze” damage trust in politicians? | LSE British Politics
Trust in politicians has never been high, and even though the global trend is towards people trusting governments less, not every event of corruption will contribute to that trend.
blogs.lse.ac.uk

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LSE British Politics and Policy blog @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · 4d
Some of our older pieces have suddenly become very relevant again. A 🧵 👇

After recurring sleaze scandals, can Labour regain the public’s lost trust? by @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
After recurring sleaze scandals, can Labour regain the public’s lost trust? | LSE British Politics
Controversies over "malversation" and abuses of office have contributed to the Starmer government’s and the PM’s plunging unpopularity. Patrick Dunleavy outlines the never-ending sequences of "bad gov...
blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 4d
I haven't posted our documentary *The Trust Crisis* here for a while... so here you go if you have 35 minutes.
The Trust Crisis: Full Documentary
YouTube video by TrustGov Project
www.youtube.com

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Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social · 5d
For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social

www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Jacob Price Fellowship in British Studies (18 month FTC):London Senate House - Hybrid
The University of London is both the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 renowned higher education institutions.
www.jobs.london.ac.uk

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Nick Clarke @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social · 7d
New paper on luck, geography, and politics

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Right place, right time: Luck, geography, and politics
On 12th May 2020, Mass Observation collected c5,000 diaries from people across the UK. Many of these diaries mention luck and many of these luck stori…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12d
Read the full report here -> www.southampton.ac.uk/publicpolicy...

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Geoffrey DeVerteuil @urbanicity.bsky.social · 17d
New social geography textbook out next week - paperback and hardbound

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Nick Clarke @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social · 17d
Some good charts in this

www.ft.com/content/b4d2...
Is liberal democracy in terminal decline?
The old system worked under a set of conditions that are no longer present
www.ft.com

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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 18d
We're hosting a very special roundtable in Cambridge and online on Friday 6th Feb featuring Alissa Klots, Christina von Hodenberg, Catriona Kelly & myself in conversation about work, gender & ageing in post-war Europe. To attend in person or via Zoom register here: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/49412/
Twentieth-Century histories of aging, gender and work - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 19d
Support for the Greens is highest among the youngest voters, while older Britons largely favour the Conservatives and Reform UK

18-24 year olds
Green: 37%
Labour: 21%
Lib Dem: 18%
Conservative: 10%
Reform UK: 9%

70+ year olds
Reform UK: 33%
Conservative: 32%
Lib Dem: 14%
Labour: 11%
Green: 5%

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David S. Moon @daimoon.bsky.social · 24d
. @peterallen.bsky.social and I wrote about this approach to politics - an excited, fan-like focus on Westminster gossip, to the exclusion of the material impact of political decision - in our paper “‘Huge fan of the drama’: Politics as an object of fandom” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 26d
A postdoc is available at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social in a Horizon project on 'the emotional expressions of grievance politics and implications for democratic governance':

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQD118/r...
Research Fellow in Emotions and Grievance Politics at University of Southampton
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Fellow in Emotions and Grievance Politics on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 27d
What do people in England think about their local area? In this short report I take a look at surveys we conducted with @yougov.co.uk in 2022, 2024 and 2025 to gain some insights...

Some key findings...
Perspectives on Place: what the English think about their local area
www.southampton.ac.uk

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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · Jan 6
Prior to the winter break the MO team tallied up our end of year stats! 🧮 In 2025 we sent out 9 different directive themes, covering everything from feelings about your hands, to reflections on Covid five years on to how you feel the temperature 🌡️

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Dec 31
Government/Starmer/Reeves' unpopularity isn't so surprising imo.
- pervasive mood of discontent
- voters are increasingly volatile and dealigned from parties
- economic stagnation/cost of living
- polarised/toxic information environment
- weak govt/PM comms
- flawed strategy (alienating core vote)
duncanweldon.bsky.social Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · Dec 31
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.

www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Dec 15
For the historical polling nerds out there, an article about our project with @ropercenter.bsky.social that digitised ~800 surveys by Gallup poll in Britain between 1955 and 1991 has been published in JEPOP. The merged dataset contains over three-quarters of a million respondents.
Revealing long-term trajectories of public opinion and polling in Britain: a new resource of historical data from the Gallup Poll in Britain, 1955–1991
From the 1930s to early 2000s, the British affiliate and later subsidiary of the Gallup Organization conducted around three thousand surveys of public opinion in Great Britain. While the records of...
www.tandfonline.com

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Geoffrey DeVerteuil @urbanicity.bsky.social · Dec 15
New textbook on social geography coming out 30th January:

www.routledge.com/Social-Geogr...
Social Geographies: Relationalities, Encounters and Hope
This timely exploration of social geography reveals how inequality and justice unfold across interconnected scales around the globe. Through embodied, relational encounters, the book unpacks how every...
www.routledge.com

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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · Dec 14
A Christmas poll result from 1964:

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · Dec 9
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
A flow chart shows 17.4 million leave voters in 2016, vs 16.1m remain. In 2025, 5 million of those people have died, and 3 million new voters have come of age. The result (plus some people changing their mind) is 19.8 million voters now back rejoin, versus just 11.7 million wanting to stay out.

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Rishika @rishika-m.bsky.social · Dec 2
Interested in starting your PhD on migrant enterprises with Maria Villares-Varela,@silkeroth.bsky.social & me? See below opportunity @unisouthampton.bsky.social supported by Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme for Interdisciplinary Resilience Studies. Pl Share www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Migrant Creative Enterprises and Post-Growth Futures in the UK at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Migrant Creative Enterprises and Post-Growth Futures in the UK at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com

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David Harvey @davidharvey.org · Nov 27
Harvey at 90: A @versobooks.bsky.social series of short essays

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Harvey at 90: A Verso Series
From the Verso website: This month, in honour of David Harvey’s ninetieth birthday, we’re publishing a series of short essays on David’s unparalleled contribution on urban ge…
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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · Nov 27
Cover reveal. Culture Wars in Britain. Coming out May 2026 (but the kindle edition will be available earlier). Currently £16.99 to preorder on Amazon.
Cover of Culture Wars in Britain: The Myth of Exceptionalism and the Reality of Division by Nick Hubble. This is in Emerald Press's Society Now series. Cover is red with white circle in middle and black lettering. There is a repeating motif of masks, which is a symbol for culture.

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Adam Standring @adamstandring.bsky.social · Nov 27
I'm still incredibly proud of this book. The idea to do an edited collection came when I was still a baby PhD student and I pushed a group of six colleagues to join me at a (now sadly defunct) ECPR Research Sessions in Essex in 2014. The final book was published 4 years later.

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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · Nov 27
It's only out in March 2026, but I heard pre-orders are now possible 😏 it's a theoretical history of technological refusal that starts in ancient Greece with the earliest machine breakers, and ends in 1980s France with anarchists bombing computer companies.

www.upress.umn.edu/978151791773...

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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · Nov 26
That’s the right way round for a labour budget.