Allan Gillies
@allangillies.bsky.social
Lecturer in Global Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow | Political Economy of Illicit Commodities in Latin America
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No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.
Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.
Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.
That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.
Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.
That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.
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"God will ask us if we have cultivated and cared for the world that he created for the benefit of all and for future generations, and if we have taken care of our brothers and sisters - what will be our answer, my dear friends?"
Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming
In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.
www.bbc.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"God will ask us if we have cultivated and cared for the world that he created for the benefit of all and for future generations, and if we have taken care of our brothers and sisters - what will be our answer, my dear friends?"
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The US designated transnational gang Barrio 18 as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
This is big news because there's a large *US-based* component of the gang in Los Angeles. (All other FTOs are, uh, foreign.)
Prediction: this will be used to imprison and/or deport even more people in LA.
This is big news because there's a large *US-based* component of the gang in Los Angeles. (All other FTOs are, uh, foreign.)
Prediction: this will be used to imprison and/or deport even more people in LA.
September 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The US designated transnational gang Barrio 18 as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
This is big news because there's a large *US-based* component of the gang in Los Angeles. (All other FTOs are, uh, foreign.)
Prediction: this will be used to imprison and/or deport even more people in LA.
This is big news because there's a large *US-based* component of the gang in Los Angeles. (All other FTOs are, uh, foreign.)
Prediction: this will be used to imprison and/or deport even more people in LA.
So it’s not just about the small boats and asylum seekers in hotels? Who’d have thought it?!
September 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
So it’s not just about the small boats and asylum seekers in hotels? Who’d have thought it?!
We have amazing international students, many of whom already feel targeted by the Home Office’s hostile environment. Further damage to the higher education sector to placate the far-right. Pathetic.
September 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
We have amazing international students, many of whom already feel targeted by the Home Office’s hostile environment. Further damage to the higher education sector to placate the far-right. Pathetic.
@anandmenon.bsky.social is spot on. Farage can write stuff like this in the Telegraph with no pushback: “Is Starmer on the side of the British people, national security and protecting women and girls?” The mainstreaming of far-right narratives is disturbing.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La...
As I wrote these words last autumn: “We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did I realise just how ...
observer.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
@anandmenon.bsky.social is spot on. Farage can write stuff like this in the Telegraph with no pushback: “Is Starmer on the side of the British people, national security and protecting women and girls?” The mainstreaming of far-right narratives is disturbing.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Ella Barron in the Guardian today.
August 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Ella Barron in the Guardian today.
Enjoying the Nazi Cartel on Sky? Then pre-order my book Narco-Democratization:
tinyurl.com/y62a6jyf
The book explains how drug bosses like Suarez helped shaped Bolivian politics. Maybe not quite as salacious as the doc, but a good read nevertheless!
tinyurl.com/y62a6jyf
The book explains how drug bosses like Suarez helped shaped Bolivian politics. Maybe not quite as salacious as the doc, but a good read nevertheless!
July 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Enjoying the Nazi Cartel on Sky? Then pre-order my book Narco-Democratization:
tinyurl.com/y62a6jyf
The book explains how drug bosses like Suarez helped shaped Bolivian politics. Maybe not quite as salacious as the doc, but a good read nevertheless!
tinyurl.com/y62a6jyf
The book explains how drug bosses like Suarez helped shaped Bolivian politics. Maybe not quite as salacious as the doc, but a good read nevertheless!
Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz ✅
Finished in 10:59. Snapped chain on the bike and stomach cramps on the run cost me a big chunk of time, but happy to come in under 11hrs. Crowds were amazing!
Finished in 10:59. Snapped chain on the bike and stomach cramps on the run cost me a big chunk of time, but happy to come in under 11hrs. Crowds were amazing!
July 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz ✅
Finished in 10:59. Snapped chain on the bike and stomach cramps on the run cost me a big chunk of time, but happy to come in under 11hrs. Crowds were amazing!
Finished in 10:59. Snapped chain on the bike and stomach cramps on the run cost me a big chunk of time, but happy to come in under 11hrs. Crowds were amazing!
Says a lot about the UK media and political class that there’s more outrage and dissection of a provocative anti-IDF chant at Glastonbury than reported murder of civilians by the IDF
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Says a lot about the UK media and political class that there’s more outrage and dissection of a provocative anti-IDF chant at Glastonbury than reported murder of civilians by the IDF
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Saw Springsteen at Liverpool at the weekend. Music was great, topped off by the appearance of Paul McCartney for the encore. The politics of the evening left me angry, though.
June 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Saw Springsteen at Liverpool at the weekend. Music was great, topped off by the appearance of Paul McCartney for the encore. The politics of the evening left me angry, though.
Southport Olympic Tri ✅
Puncture during the second lap of the cycle done for me, but still finished and ran a PB in the 10k (41:30) out of anger 😂
Puncture during the second lap of the cycle done for me, but still finished and ran a PB in the 10k (41:30) out of anger 😂
May 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Southport Olympic Tri ✅
Puncture during the second lap of the cycle done for me, but still finished and ran a PB in the 10k (41:30) out of anger 😂
Puncture during the second lap of the cycle done for me, but still finished and ran a PB in the 10k (41:30) out of anger 😂
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From Colombia's Atrato River to the River Clyde, communities are sharing how we can protect our rivers from harm to help them thrive.
The UofG & @sciaf.bsky.social talk on the topic included the Atrato River Guardians @mohume.bsky.social @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @allangillies.bsky.social.
The UofG & @sciaf.bsky.social talk on the topic included the Atrato River Guardians @mohume.bsky.social @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @allangillies.bsky.social.
May 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
From Colombia's Atrato River to the River Clyde, communities are sharing how we can protect our rivers from harm to help them thrive.
The UofG & @sciaf.bsky.social talk on the topic included the Atrato River Guardians @mohume.bsky.social @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @allangillies.bsky.social.
The UofG & @sciaf.bsky.social talk on the topic included the Atrato River Guardians @mohume.bsky.social @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @allangillies.bsky.social.
FYI, Saudi Arabia is reported as a major funder of the Tony Blair Institute
April 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
FYI, Saudi Arabia is reported as a major funder of the Tony Blair Institute
This is staggering. Labour say they’re concerned with low growth and productivity, the high number of economically inactive people, yet haven’t made the connection to all that with austerity. Nevermind that they promised they wouldn’t return to austerity
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves to reveal biggest UK spending cuts since austerity in spring statement
Labour MPs uneasy as chancellor prepares even deeper reductions that economists say will harm key services
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This is staggering. Labour say they’re concerned with low growth and productivity, the high number of economically inactive people, yet haven’t made the connection to all that with austerity. Nevermind that they promised they wouldn’t return to austerity
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Enjoying walking in the footsteps of Steinbeck and Kerouac from Cannery Row to Big Sur
March 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Enjoying walking in the footsteps of Steinbeck and Kerouac from Cannery Row to Big Sur
Rough end to the game, but after years of ignominious failure, I can make peace with glorious failure. Great performance from Celtic
February 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Rough end to the game, but after years of ignominious failure, I can make peace with glorious failure. Great performance from Celtic
Cycle through Cuyamaca-Anza Borrego.
Not the route I’d planned. Dumb and Dumber moment when I missed a turn off and ended up in the desert.
Not the route I’d planned. Dumb and Dumber moment when I missed a turn off and ended up in the desert.
February 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Cycle through Cuyamaca-Anza Borrego.
Not the route I’d planned. Dumb and Dumber moment when I missed a turn off and ended up in the desert.
Not the route I’d planned. Dumb and Dumber moment when I missed a turn off and ended up in the desert.
First day at the Center for US-Mexican Studies @ucsandiego.bsky.social, working on socio-environmental conflicts in contexts of criminal governance
February 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
First day at the Center for US-Mexican Studies @ucsandiego.bsky.social, working on socio-environmental conflicts in contexts of criminal governance
Mission Beach, San Diego. Nice place for a run
February 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Mission Beach, San Diego. Nice place for a run
