Graham Scambler
@grahamscambler.bsky.social
Sociologist with interests in philosophy, theory, politics, health and sport. #sociology #health
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, UK
Latest book: ‘Healthy Societies’ (Policy Press, 2024)
www.grahamscambler.com
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, UK
Latest book: ‘Healthy Societies’ (Policy Press, 2024)
www.grahamscambler.com
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The improvement in the employment rate of non-EU migrants to the UK over the past 15 years is remarkable, especially since the pandemic.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The improvement in the employment rate of non-EU migrants to the UK over the past 15 years is remarkable, especially since the pandemic.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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The Ashes: Joe Root branded 'average' by West Australian newspaper after arriving for England's Test series. The Aussies are getting worried. 😊
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Ashes: Joe Root branded 'average' by West Australian newspaper after arriving for England's Test series. The Aussies are getting worried. 😊
news.sky.com/story/ex-lab... Still a mess!
Ex-Labour MP Zarah Sultana at centre of new party row over £800k in donations
Ms Sultana has sole control of Your Party donations - the party she set up with Jeremy Corbyn in July. She has agreed to transfer £600k in tranches - but party sources say they want the full amount.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
news.sky.com/story/ex-lab... Still a mess!
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Most people think the BBC is biased but in different directions (or they're not sure).
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Most people think the BBC is biased but in different directions (or they're not sure).
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Did you know that government levies have driven more than half of the rise in electricity bills in recent years?
@jonnymarshall.bsky.social explains a better way of doing things ⤵️
Read 'Splitting the bill' to find out how to cut costs for three-in-four households 👉 buff.ly/sHhw6L1
@jonnymarshall.bsky.social explains a better way of doing things ⤵️
Read 'Splitting the bill' to find out how to cut costs for three-in-four households 👉 buff.ly/sHhw6L1
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Did you know that government levies have driven more than half of the rise in electricity bills in recent years?
@jonnymarshall.bsky.social explains a better way of doing things ⤵️
Read 'Splitting the bill' to find out how to cut costs for three-in-four households 👉 buff.ly/sHhw6L1
@jonnymarshall.bsky.social explains a better way of doing things ⤵️
Read 'Splitting the bill' to find out how to cut costs for three-in-four households 👉 buff.ly/sHhw6L1
www.grahamscambler.com/classes-elit... I wrote this in 2016. C. Wright Mills still well worth reading.
Classes, Elites, Mills & 21st Century UK
The Power Elite Since the publication of C Wright Mills (1956) seminal The Power Elite times have changed: the elite-versus-mass industrial society of the USA in the 1950s differs in many ways from…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
www.grahamscambler.com/classes-elit... I wrote this in 2016. C. Wright Mills still well worth reading.
So the BBC is too left wing. Trump says as much, so heads have rolled. Never mind the biases in favour of Israeli genocide, gender identity ideology, Farage and Reform, plus the organised smearing of Corbyn etc etc. etc. Worrying times.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So the BBC is too left wing. Trump says as much, so heads have rolled. Never mind the biases in favour of Israeli genocide, gender identity ideology, Farage and Reform, plus the organised smearing of Corbyn etc etc. etc. Worrying times.
Wales 28 Argentina 52. Wales remain a work in progress but long way to go. They didn’t give up but …
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Wales 28 Argentina 52. Wales remain a work in progress but long way to go. They didn’t give up but …
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Poverty and death in the wealthiest of nations
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2 studies are reminders of interplay between poverty, economic policy snd heealth outcomes
Swift
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Colvin
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2 studies are reminders of interplay between poverty, economic policy snd heealth outcomes
Swift
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Colvin
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Poverty and death in the wealthiest of nations
The USA is a rich nation in poor health. Until about 1980, the mortality rate differed
little from other high-income nations; by 2019, it was 24% higher than peer nations.1
What happened in the interi...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Poverty and death in the wealthiest of nations
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
2 studies are reminders of interplay between poverty, economic policy snd heealth outcomes
Swift
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Colvin
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
2 studies are reminders of interplay between poverty, economic policy snd heealth outcomes
Swift
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Colvin
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Promoting Health Equity in an Era of Growing Contradictions Between Capital Accumulation and Social Reproduction in Capitalist Economies
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Promoting Health Equity in an Era of Growing Contradictions Between Capital Accumulation and Social Reproduction in Capitalist Economies - Dennis Raphael, Toba Bryant, Rozhin Amin, 2025
Background: Despite a robust literature on the importance of promoting health equity, actual progress in doing so is flagging and this is especially the case in...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Promoting Health Equity in an Era of Growing Contradictions Between Capital Accumulation and Social Reproduction in Capitalist Economies
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
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Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
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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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November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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As a percentage of the overall UK working-age population, the number of “economically inactive” people is very close to a record low. Yes, low, not high. There were more people not working in the 1970s.
The inactivity rate for people aged 16 to 64 in July 2025 was 21%, lower than at any point before Nov 2018. Since 1971, there has been only one 15-month period – Dec 2018 to Feb 2020 – when inactivity was lower than today.
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As a percentage of the overall UK working-age population, the number of “economically inactive” people is very close to a record low. Yes, low, not high. There were more people not working in the 1970s.
England 38 Fiji 18. Difficult match. Borthwick has a strong squad, but what is his best team. Maybe we’ll find out against the All Blacks next week.
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
England 38 Fiji 18. Difficult match. Borthwick has a strong squad, but what is his best team. Maybe we’ll find out against the All Blacks next week.
Scotland 17 All Blacks 25. Good match and great battling spirit shown by Scotland who recovered from 17 points down at the end of the first half.
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Scotland 17 All Blacks 25. Good match and great battling spirit shown by Scotland who recovered from 17 points down at the end of the first half.
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Is imagined immigration is shaping UK politics?
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Imagined immigration is shaping our politics | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Immigration has become the number one political priority for the public. But there is one problem: this immigration is imagined, it doesn't really exist.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Is imagined immigration is shaping UK politics?
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@lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
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Borrowing would be £14 billion higher in 2029-30 as a result of u-turns and changes in the economy forecast.
While smaller than the £20 billion expected by some, this is still a very large hit to the public finances.
While smaller than the £20 billion expected by some, this is still a very large hit to the public finances.
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Borrowing would be £14 billion higher in 2029-30 as a result of u-turns and changes in the economy forecast.
While smaller than the £20 billion expected by some, this is still a very large hit to the public finances.
While smaller than the £20 billion expected by some, this is still a very large hit to the public finances.
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📢 THANK YOU for engaging with our #Inequality Graph of the Week series. We've now come to the end of the graphs in the main report of 'The Spirit Level at 15' but there are more graphs and evidence to see in the Technical Appendix for those interested. ♥️
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November 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
📢 THANK YOU for engaging with our #Inequality Graph of the Week series. We've now come to the end of the graphs in the main report of 'The Spirit Level at 15' but there are more graphs and evidence to see in the Technical Appendix for those interested. ♥️
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Autumn Nations Series: Steve Borthwick's England increasingly building quality and depth ahead of Fiji Test. Looking forward to more progress after last weeks excellent win vs Australia.
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Autumn Nations Series: Steve Borthwick's England increasingly building quality and depth ahead of Fiji Test. Looking forward to more progress after last weeks excellent win vs Australia.
