Andreas Busch
@abusch.bsky.social
Prof. of political science @ Uni Goettingen, fellow of @NAWGoe.bsky.social, advisory council @WiltonPark.bsky.social. Works on regulation; privacy; pol. economy; religion; UK & German political systems. Interested in many things. Recovering bibliomaniac.
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"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
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Rachel Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises
Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap
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November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
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One of the most precious things about Remembrance is that it sets no political tests.
It asks only that we "remember", and that we do so in the silence of our own thoughts.
It doesn't dictate what we remember, how we remember or what lessons we draw.
That's between ourselves and our conscience.🧵
It asks only that we "remember", and that we do so in the silence of our own thoughts.
It doesn't dictate what we remember, how we remember or what lessons we draw.
That's between ourselves and our conscience.🧵
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Ein komplexes Datum, der 9. November: Erinnern, Scham und Hoffnung mischen sich aus deutscher Perspektive:
1918 - Waffenstillstand / armistice
1938 - Pogrom
1989 - Mauerfall / fall of the wall
The 9th of November is a complex mix of remembrance, shame, and hope from a German perspective.
1918 - Waffenstillstand / armistice
1938 - Pogrom
1989 - Mauerfall / fall of the wall
The 9th of November is a complex mix of remembrance, shame, and hope from a German perspective.
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Ein komplexes Datum, der 9. November: Erinnern, Scham und Hoffnung mischen sich aus deutscher Perspektive:
1918 - Waffenstillstand / armistice
1938 - Pogrom
1989 - Mauerfall / fall of the wall
The 9th of November is a complex mix of remembrance, shame, and hope from a German perspective.
1918 - Waffenstillstand / armistice
1938 - Pogrom
1989 - Mauerfall / fall of the wall
The 9th of November is a complex mix of remembrance, shame, and hope from a German perspective.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
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We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Das neue #DHV #Besoldungsbarometer ist in der aktuellen Ausgabe von Forschung & Lehre.
Ob man W3-Professor in #Sachsen oder in #Niedersachsen ist, macht
im Monat € 1050,- und
im Jahr € 12.600,- Unterschied.
Ob man W3-Professor in #Sachsen oder in #Niedersachsen ist, macht
im Monat € 1050,- und
im Jahr € 12.600,- Unterschied.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Das neue #DHV #Besoldungsbarometer ist in der aktuellen Ausgabe von Forschung & Lehre.
Ob man W3-Professor in #Sachsen oder in #Niedersachsen ist, macht
im Monat € 1050,- und
im Jahr € 12.600,- Unterschied.
Ob man W3-Professor in #Sachsen oder in #Niedersachsen ist, macht
im Monat € 1050,- und
im Jahr € 12.600,- Unterschied.
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Funny thing is we've seen this pattern so many times before. Republicans win White House. Democrats said to be out of touch and leaderless. First elections, a recovery, because that's the process that drives finding new positions when you don't have permanent leaders.
A 15-point win for VA gov. A 5-point win for VA AG in a race he was expected to lose. A 13-point win for NJ gov, in a race that was expected to be close. An outright majority in NYC in a three-way race. A 30-point win for Prop 50 in CA. #BlueWave #Election2025
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Funny thing is we've seen this pattern so many times before. Republicans win White House. Democrats said to be out of touch and leaderless. First elections, a recovery, because that's the process that drives finding new positions when you don't have permanent leaders.
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Huge Democratic party win across the board, but a lot of European newspapers are just reporting on Mamdami
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Huge Democratic party win across the board, but a lot of European newspapers are just reporting on Mamdami
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Wie geht es das eigentlich nochmal, mit guten politischen Nachrichten umzugehen? Solche disorder Gefühle
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Wie geht es das eigentlich nochmal, mit guten politischen Nachrichten umzugehen? Solche disorder Gefühle
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Great reflections on Brexit from @anandmenon.bsky.social
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
Reflections on the Brexit Revolution: 2025-26 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture
YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Great reflections on Brexit from @anandmenon.bsky.social
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
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Yesterday's 6.3 magnitude earthquake in northern #Afghanistan left at least 25 people killed and hundreds injured.
We are on the ground helping affected families.
We are on the ground helping affected families.
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yesterday's 6.3 magnitude earthquake in northern #Afghanistan left at least 25 people killed and hundreds injured.
We are on the ground helping affected families.
We are on the ground helping affected families.
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Wait what.
Trump Demanded CBS Cut a Clip From 60 Minutes Interview—and It Did
#Trump
#Trump
Trump Demanded CBS Cut a Clip From 60 Minutes Interview—and It Did
Donald Trump apparently feels he can now dictate CBS News’s content.
newrepublic.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Wait what.
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Ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their property across the West Bank continue.
Impunity cannot prevail.
Latest update: bit.ly/3JIro5u
Impunity cannot prevail.
Latest update: bit.ly/3JIro5u
November 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their property across the West Bank continue.
Impunity cannot prevail.
Latest update: bit.ly/3JIro5u
Impunity cannot prevail.
Latest update: bit.ly/3JIro5u
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Trump’s retreat from banking supervision is getting lost in the media circus surrounding his East Wing renovations and National Guard deployments. @dylangyauchl.bsky.social writes the agencies meant to monitor our banks have been reduced to shells of what they once were:
trib.al/PNTDQot
trib.al/PNTDQot
Making Banking Supervision Suck Again - The American Prospect
Bank supervision consists of two main prongs: risk management and compliance. On the compliance side, consumer protection laws are being enforced less than at any time since at least the Great Recession.
trib.al
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump’s retreat from banking supervision is getting lost in the media circus surrounding his East Wing renovations and National Guard deployments. @dylangyauchl.bsky.social writes the agencies meant to monitor our banks have been reduced to shells of what they once were:
trib.al/PNTDQot
trib.al/PNTDQot
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After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future
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Really looking forward to our annual lecture with Prof @anandmenon.bsky.social on Monday at 5.30pm @cambridgelaw.bsky.social
This year's Mackenzie Stuart lecture “Reflections on the Brexit Revolution” will be given by the brilliant Prof @anandmenon.bsky.social on 3 November 2025. Come and join at 5.30pm in the @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @ukandeu.bsky.social chaired by our Director Prof @cbarnard.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Really looking forward to our annual lecture with Prof @anandmenon.bsky.social on Monday at 5.30pm @cambridgelaw.bsky.social
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I’m sure I should know how Private Equity makes people fortunes by wrecking useful businesses, rather than allowing them to continue to make profits, but the details escape me right now.
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I’m sure I should know how Private Equity makes people fortunes by wrecking useful businesses, rather than allowing them to continue to make profits, but the details escape me right now.
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CATO takes a remarkably firm stand on Trump's secret police and their tactics.
If ICE agents believe they have blanket immunity or that citizens have no right to record them, it’s up to the rest of us to disabuse them of that error.
A free society depends on public oversight of government force, and on courts that uphold that freedom. @walterolson.bsky.social
A free society depends on public oversight of government force, and on courts that uphold that freedom. @walterolson.bsky.social
There's a Right To Record ICE Raids--and There's No Blanket Immunity for Raiders
Notwithstanding pronouncements from leading officials of the Trump administration, the consensus of federal courts is that the Constitution protects the right to record immigration raids, and federal ...
www.cato.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
CATO takes a remarkably firm stand on Trump's secret police and their tactics.
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Conservatives have today ditched their Mass Deportation Bill, 5 months after Chris Philip tabled it in the Commons, but a week after it was dubbed the Idi Amin Tribute Act, as it proposed Deportations of settled & legal migrants on a scale never seen since 1972 & never proposed in a democracy before
October 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Conservatives have today ditched their Mass Deportation Bill, 5 months after Chris Philip tabled it in the Commons, but a week after it was dubbed the Idi Amin Tribute Act, as it proposed Deportations of settled & legal migrants on a scale never seen since 1972 & never proposed in a democracy before
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Using data from a long-term survey of senior civil servants (1970-2021), this article by M. Döhler investigates the declining share of jurists in federal ministerial departments in Germany. Link in the comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci
October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Using data from a long-term survey of senior civil servants (1970-2021), this article by M. Döhler investigates the declining share of jurists in federal ministerial departments in Germany. Link in the comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci
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Dutch voters eye return to centre after far-right experiment fails on.ft.com/4hw6fYH
Dutch voters eye return to centre after far-right experiment fails
Greens-Labour and Christian Democrats vow to form coalition without Geert Wilders’ party after elections on Wednesday
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October 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Dutch voters eye return to centre after far-right experiment fails on.ft.com/4hw6fYH
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Ukraine: Kaum jemand argumentiert professioneller, abgewogener und kenntnisreicher als die immer wieder großartige @claudmajor.bsky.social - danke liebe Claudia, immer wieder: Danke!
October 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Ukraine: Kaum jemand argumentiert professioneller, abgewogener und kenntnisreicher als die immer wieder großartige @claudmajor.bsky.social - danke liebe Claudia, immer wieder: Danke!
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Ballroom will ensure greatness, says editorial board of newspaper entirely owned by major donor to the ballroom project... (without mentioning that detail...):
Opinion | In defense of the White House ballroom
Donald Trump vs. the NIMBYs
www.washingtonpost.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ballroom will ensure greatness, says editorial board of newspaper entirely owned by major donor to the ballroom project... (without mentioning that detail...):
Independent candidate with quite extreme views obviously en route to win the Presidential election in #Ireland. A defeat for all parties except Sinn Fein who supported her.
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Independent candidate with quite extreme views obviously en route to win the Presidential election in #Ireland. A defeat for all parties except Sinn Fein who supported her.