Heinz Brandenburg
@heinzbrandenburg.bsky.social
Political scientist, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
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Empires will come and go, mountains will become dust, great cities will rise from ruins… but British voters will always want Scandinavian public services for American tax rates.
Hiking tax is much more than merely the breach of a manifesto commitment. It is the death of the idea at the heart of Starmer’s project: that Labour would leave its comfort zone and govern by reform and growth, not tax and spend.
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Empires will come and go, mountains will become dust, great cities will rise from ruins… but British voters will always want Scandinavian public services for American tax rates.
This is someone who the BBC labels an academic when inviting him onto their programmes.
November 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is someone who the BBC labels an academic when inviting him onto their programmes.
First Glühwein of the season.
It's not all bad.
It's not all bad.
November 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
First Glühwein of the season.
It's not all bad.
It's not all bad.
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Disabled children are having to wait for nearly four months to receive benefit payments due to government delays, with hardly any applications being processed on time according to the latest figures.
By me, for the Big Issue: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
By me, for the Big Issue: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Disabled children left waiting months for benefits due to DWP delays
Single mother Maryam had to wait three months to get child disability allowance for her seven-year-old daughter, who has kidney cancer.
www.bigissue.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Disabled children are having to wait for nearly four months to receive benefit payments due to government delays, with hardly any applications being processed on time according to the latest figures.
By me, for the Big Issue: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
By me, for the Big Issue: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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Wikipedia says Shaheen is an academic. BBCQT implies you can’t trust what she says b/c she’s an ‘activist’. Someone who Wikipedia calls ‘a former academic’ who now campaigns for Reform & wants to be its first Home Secretary is an ‘academic & author’ who you can trust. Maybe they use Grokipedia now.
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Wikipedia says Shaheen is an academic. BBCQT implies you can’t trust what she says b/c she’s an ‘activist’. Someone who Wikipedia calls ‘a former academic’ who now campaigns for Reform & wants to be its first Home Secretary is an ‘academic & author’ who you can trust. Maybe they use Grokipedia now.
Imagine being the most despised party in the country and winning a stonking majority with only just over a quarter of the vote.
There is only one ingenious electoral system that could make that happen.
There is only one ingenious electoral system that could make that happen.
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Imagine being the most despised party in the country and winning a stonking majority with only just over a quarter of the vote.
There is only one ingenious electoral system that could make that happen.
There is only one ingenious electoral system that could make that happen.
My first (forced) foray onto Instragram.
And somehow I look like I have blond highlights in my hair, which I don't. Grey patches, more likely.
Also, yes, do come and study Political Communication with us at @strathpolir.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/strathclydeh...
And somehow I look like I have blond highlights in my hair, which I don't. Grey patches, more likely.
Also, yes, do come and study Political Communication with us at @strathpolir.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/strathclydeh...
Strathclyde HaSS on Instagram: "New course Jan 2026 📣 MSc Politcal Communications and Media🗣️
Hear from programme leader Heinz, who tells us more details about the course and its key focus!
#media ...
strathclydehass on October 16, 2025: "New course Jan 2026 📣 MSc Politcal Communications and Media🗣️
Hear from programme leader Heinz, who tells us more details about the course and its key focus!
#...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My first (forced) foray onto Instragram.
And somehow I look like I have blond highlights in my hair, which I don't. Grey patches, more likely.
Also, yes, do come and study Political Communication with us at @strathpolir.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/strathclydeh...
And somehow I look like I have blond highlights in my hair, which I don't. Grey patches, more likely.
Also, yes, do come and study Political Communication with us at @strathpolir.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/strathclydeh...
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Napoleon’s assault and retreat is immortalized in the greatest data visualization of all time (h/t Edward Tufte). Minard’s map shows the march on Moscow in brown, and the retreat in black. The width of these lines is the size of the army. They were already decimated before they reached Moscow.
October 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Napoleon’s assault and retreat is immortalized in the greatest data visualization of all time (h/t Edward Tufte). Minard’s map shows the march on Moscow in brown, and the retreat in black. The width of these lines is the size of the army. They were already decimated before they reached Moscow.
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"Within a seminar series, women are interrupted more than men... Interruptions that are negative in tenor or tone, or cutoff the presenter mid-sentence, increase for women presenters"
Forthcoming in the AER: "Gender Differences in Economics Seminars" by Pascaline Dupas, Amy Handlan, Alicia Sasser Modestino, Muriel Niederle, Mateo Seré, Haoyu Sheng, Justin Wolfers, and Seminar Dynamics Collective. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Gender Differences in Economics Seminars
(Forthcoming Article) - We assess whether men and women are treated differently when presenting their economics research. We collected data across thousands of seminars, job market talks and conferenc...
www.aeaweb.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"Within a seminar series, women are interrupted more than men... Interruptions that are negative in tenor or tone, or cutoff the presenter mid-sentence, increase for women presenters"
Dispiriting stuff.
But also enjoyable read. 89-year old with strong energy, opinions and language.
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
But also enjoyable read. 89-year old with strong energy, opinions and language.
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Dispiriting stuff.
But also enjoyable read. 89-year old with strong energy, opinions and language.
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
But also enjoyable read. 89-year old with strong energy, opinions and language.
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
Neither Putin nor Hamas will probably even take note of their small victory today.
Connolly and Humphreys cast votes as early turnout figures emerge in presidential election
Connolly and Humphreys cast votes as early turnout figures emerge in presidential election
Connolly overwhelming favourite to become the country’s next president
www.irishtimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Neither Putin nor Hamas will probably even take note of their small victory today.
If you want to understand why the not always but sometimes smart Bavarians call what you know to be red cabbage "Blaukraut", just shred it, salt it and later wash it in the sink and look at the quite undeniable colour of the water that comes out.
October 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If you want to understand why the not always but sometimes smart Bavarians call what you know to be red cabbage "Blaukraut", just shred it, salt it and later wash it in the sink and look at the quite undeniable colour of the water that comes out.
October 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
If you have just learned how to pronounce Heidenheim. Next on your list could be Paderborn and/or Elversberg.
The former is the trickier one. Goes something like Pudder-Bourne.
And just like Heidenheim or Hoffenheim, you don't ever want to go there.
The former is the trickier one. Goes something like Pudder-Bourne.
And just like Heidenheim or Hoffenheim, you don't ever want to go there.
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you have just learned how to pronounce Heidenheim. Next on your list could be Paderborn and/or Elversberg.
The former is the trickier one. Goes something like Pudder-Bourne.
And just like Heidenheim or Hoffenheim, you don't ever want to go there.
The former is the trickier one. Goes something like Pudder-Bourne.
And just like Heidenheim or Hoffenheim, you don't ever want to go there.
It's a women's world cup and says so, so why do you have to call each team "... Women"?
October 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It's a women's world cup and says so, so why do you have to call each team "... Women"?
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Isabel Oakshott lives 3500 miles away from Birmingham, in a deeply repressive dictatorship famous as a haven for international organised crime. Her partner is the tax-dodging deputy leader of a racist political party. But do go on Isabel, tell us more about this sinister vision of Britain‘s future.
Feeling a lot of love for Brum at the moment for some reason.
October 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Isabel Oakshott lives 3500 miles away from Birmingham, in a deeply repressive dictatorship famous as a haven for international organised crime. Her partner is the tax-dodging deputy leader of a racist political party. But do go on Isabel, tell us more about this sinister vision of Britain‘s future.
Do kidnap victims have better jawlines?
And if we don't know, why has nobody used this quite abundantly available natural experiment to give a more systematic answer to this apparently important query?
www.gq.com/story/i-tape...
And if we don't know, why has nobody used this quite abundantly available natural experiment to give a more systematic answer to this apparently important query?
www.gq.com/story/i-tape...
I Taped My Mouth Shut for 100 Days to Get a Better Jawline
TikTokers, celebrities, and self-declared health gurus are all touting the benefits of mouth taping. I tried it myself to investigate the hype.
www.gq.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Do kidnap victims have better jawlines?
And if we don't know, why has nobody used this quite abundantly available natural experiment to give a more systematic answer to this apparently important query?
www.gq.com/story/i-tape...
And if we don't know, why has nobody used this quite abundantly available natural experiment to give a more systematic answer to this apparently important query?
www.gq.com/story/i-tape...
This should be taken with a pinch of salt.
Forsa have been one of only two pollsters who have repeatedly had the AfD in the lead while the other six major polling institutes all still tend to record leads for CDU/CSU or at best ties between them and the AfD/
Full data: www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/
Forsa have been one of only two pollsters who have repeatedly had the AfD in the lead while the other six major polling institutes all still tend to record leads for CDU/CSU or at best ties between them and the AfD/
Full data: www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/
October 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This should be taken with a pinch of salt.
Forsa have been one of only two pollsters who have repeatedly had the AfD in the lead while the other six major polling institutes all still tend to record leads for CDU/CSU or at best ties between them and the AfD/
Full data: www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/
Forsa have been one of only two pollsters who have repeatedly had the AfD in the lead while the other six major polling institutes all still tend to record leads for CDU/CSU or at best ties between them and the AfD/
Full data: www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/
This makes one of my best friends, an otherwise impressively umimpressible Swede, intensely happy: his club Mjällby, who have never won any title nor ever qualified for European football before, are almost certain to be Swedish champions, leading the league by 11 points with just 4 games to go.
October 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This makes one of my best friends, an otherwise impressively umimpressible Swede, intensely happy: his club Mjällby, who have never won any title nor ever qualified for European football before, are almost certain to be Swedish champions, leading the league by 11 points with just 4 games to go.
Week in week out, signs of an electorate crying out for electoral reform.
Our latest Westminster voting intention (12-13 Oct) has the Greens on their highest figure ever recorded by YouGov
Reform UK: 27% (no change from 5-6 Oct)
Labour: 20% (=)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Lib Dems: 16% (-1)
Greens: 13% (+1)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 27% (no change from 5-6 Oct)
Labour: 20% (=)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Lib Dems: 16% (-1)
Greens: 13% (+1)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
October 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Week in week out, signs of an electorate crying out for electoral reform.
How do you get a Royal Correspondent to appreciate that this story is not about a bit of a Royal boo-boo but about sexual abuse?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
How do you get a Royal Correspondent to appreciate that this story is not about a bit of a Royal boo-boo but about sexual abuse?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Do these people only ever go back ten years or so to determine their claimed records?
Gerd Mueller scored his first 50 goals for Germany in just 41 games.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Gerd Mueller scored his first 50 goals for Germany in just 41 games.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
October 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Do these people only ever go back ten years or so to determine their claimed records?
Gerd Mueller scored his first 50 goals for Germany in just 41 games.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Gerd Mueller scored his first 50 goals for Germany in just 41 games.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Do these people only ever go back ten years or so to determine their claimed records?
Gerd Mueller scored his first 50 goals for Germany in just 41 games.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Gerd Mueller scored his first 50 goals for Germany in just 41 games.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
October 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Do these people only ever go back ten years or so to determine their claimed records?
Gerd Mueller scored his first 50 goals for Germany in just 41 games.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Gerd Mueller scored his first 50 goals for Germany in just 41 games.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
For all his faults, Gordon Brown has always been a rare exception among Prime Ministers of this country - smart and conscientious.
Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown
Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown
From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
For all his faults, Gordon Brown has always been a rare exception among Prime Ministers of this country - smart and conscientious.