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Associate Professor of Politics, University of Leeds. Editor, BJPIR

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · 11d
Listening to the ghosts of Tories past - and moving to the 'centre' - is not a great idea for Kemi.

If you track how Tory voters in each GE have voted in other elections, it's not clear that the Cameronite coalition has fled the Tories for centrist parties.
A grid of horizontal stacked bar charts titled “How Former Conservative Voters Have Voted Over Time.” Each panel represents a group of voters defined by the election year in which they voted Conservative (e.g. 2005 Tory Voters through 2025 Tory Voters). Within each panel, bars show the proportional distribution (0–100%) of how those voters reported voting in other general elections (2005 to 2025). Bars are colour-coded by party: Conservative (blue), UKIP/BXP/Reform (teal), Liberal Democrat (yellow), Labour (red), Green (green), Other (light grey), and Don’t Know/Would Not Vote (dark grey). Across all panels, Conservative remains the largest share in most years, with noticeable variation over time in support for UKIP/BXP/Reform, Labour, and other parties. The x-axis shows proportion, the y-axis lists election years, and the legend appears at the bottom. Source: British Election Study Waves 1–30.

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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · 13d
In an era of populism, universities make an easy political target. Public opinion reflects a growing suspicion, with research-intensive universities distant from ‘left behind places’ .

A solid base of citizen support is urgently needed to survive.
Attacking Universities Is Now a Populist Position. We Must Redefine Their Moral Purpose
Britain's universities face an acute financial and moral crisis.
politicalquarterly.org.uk

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ProfAFinlayson @profafinlayson.bsky.social · 13d
At least we already have the analysis of Goodwin-ism: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/the-vic...
The Vices of Values: Matthew Goodwin and the Politics of Motivation
Matthew Goodwin's Values, Voice and Virtue received considerable attention from across the political spectrum. But the concept of ‘values’ on which Goodwin bases his argument is never precisely explic...
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Richard Hayton @richardhayton.com · 17d
Might you be able to email me a copy of this? (Paywalled). Thanks so much.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20d
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 24d
📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!

'No more Mr nice guy? A leadership trait analysis of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer' by @consuelothiers.bsky.social, Benjamin Martill & Alan Convery

🔗 buff.ly/zW78fKh

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 24d
Brilliant by @bjennings90.bsky.social (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
Cartoon showing Robert Jenrick stuck with a Union Flag at the top of a lamppost as Kemi Badenoch walks away with the ladder that got him up there.

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Richard Hayton @richardhayton.com · 28d
A new year, another Tory defection to Reform, another opportunity to repost my paper from this time last year on the ideological and electoral interrelationship between the Conservatives and Farage's party. Free to access.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Abstract of academic article, 'To conserve or to reform? The reshaping of the right in British politics'

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Dec 15
📣 @polstudies.bsky.social now publishes research notes that make big points, weigh in on critical debates, and provide novel empirical contributions in under 5k words. This week, read the latest cutting-edge research contributions in this new format that we've published in 2025

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Anna-Sophie Heinze @asheinze.bsky.social · Nov 22
🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · Nov 20
damn. rip, mani
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · Nov 11
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
Clear out toys now!

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Richard Hayton @richardhayton.com · Nov 4
Guess that Labour won't be reviving this 2024 poster for a little while then. #budget
Labour poster from April 2024: 'Tory Tax double whammy'

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Viktoria Spaiser @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social · Oct 13
The second Global Tipping Points Report has been launched today. Please see our press release here: www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
Find the full report here: global-tipping-points.org @gsiexeter.bsky.social #TippingPoints #COP30
‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point
Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
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Richard Hayton @richardhayton.com · Oct 7
And here: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli.... Don’t think he promised to eat any books if proved wrong though.
Lib Dems will ‘almost undoubtedly’ win more seats than Tories, says top pollster
Sir John Curtice made the stark warning at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference
www.independent.co.uk

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Richard Hayton @richardhayton.com · Oct 7
It’s being reported as a direct quote here: www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/ar...
Sir John Curtice thinks the Tories are new Lib Dems – politicalbetting.com
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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · Oct 7
New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
Abstract

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Sep 21
Britain’s zombie universities should put Schumpeter on the syllabus on.ft.com/46tIQC1 | opinion
Britain’s zombie universities should put Schumpeter on the syllabus
It’s time to borrow from the corporate crib sheets — and if all else fails, creative destruction is a force for good
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Axel Gelfert @agelfert.bsky.social · Sep 19
Just deleted my academia.edu account after 17 (!) years -- the company's exploitative new terms of use are outrageous, and it's a shame such a blatant commercial sell-out is able to operate under the .edu top-level domain. If you are still on academia.edu, please consider deleting your account too.
Screenshot of account deletion process on academia.edu

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Richard Hayton @richardhayton.com · Sep 18
Realise I'm late to this, but this really is an excellent piece of writing by Ian Dunt.
iandunt.bsky.social Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Sep 14
The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.

iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Sep 14
The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.

iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · Sep 9
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #BJPIR John Peterson Best Article Prize for 2024 is Johanna Rodehau-Noack for her article ‘Counting bodies, preventing war: Future conflict and the ethics of fatality numbers’.

🎉 Congratulations to Johanna!
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · Aug 7
Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.
epssnet.bsky.social EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · Jul 16
📣 Have you heard? The BJPIR has achieved a new Impact Factor of 3.4!

This achievement is also reflected in our rankings:
📌 14th out of 169 in International Relations
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Thank you for your support!

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Richard Hayton @richardhayton.com · Jul 15
I didn’t have a great deal of hope for this column, but it turned out to be a damn good read.
j-amesmarriott.bsky.social James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · Jul 14
The Times have allowed me to print the distilled essence of my life philosophy - I wrote this about why everyone should be a pessimist.

www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · Jul 14
The Times have allowed me to print the distilled essence of my life philosophy - I wrote this about why everyone should be a pessimist.

www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Jul 9
Seven years since this gem on BBC News

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Jul 8
On taking my Dad to the cricket - and the public hitting the Tebbit test for six (2012)
www.britishfuture.org/how-the-tebb...

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · Jul 7
Martin Wolf: According to the IMF, the trend growth of GDP per head in the UK had been 2.5 per cent a year from 1990 to 2007: then, between 2008 and 2025, it was just 0.7 per cent. on.ft.com/4lf4OyV The roots of the British malaise lie in a sick economy
The roots of the British malaise lie in a sick economy
Political responses to a bad situation tend towards either charlatanism or timidity
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