Jennie Jordan
@jenniewren.bsky.social
Certified ADHD-affirming positive intelligence coach, facilitator & trainer. Creative industries researcher. Love to help others thrive. Let’s talk:
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📢 🆕 NEW article in Local Government Studies Journal: Eun Young Kim finds that decentralization without fiscal independence of local governments weakens the link between local governments and citizens
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Decentralisation and electoral participation: does fiscal independence affect voter turnout in local elections?
After the third wave of democratisation, many countries underwent reforms of decentralisation to consider the heterogeneous preferences of voters across different localities. However, contrary to t...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 🆕 NEW article in Local Government Studies Journal: Eun Young Kim finds that decentralization without fiscal independence of local governments weakens the link between local governments and citizens
doi.org/10.1080/0300...
doi.org/10.1080/0300...
Can someone explain to me like in five how Mahmoud’s plans to solve illegal migration by making legal migration harder are going to work?
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Can someone explain to me like in five how Mahmoud’s plans to solve illegal migration by making legal migration harder are going to work?
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Oh the grand old Duke of York
He had 10, 000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again
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@labourpartyuk.bsky.social
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Oh the grand old Duke of York
He had 10, 000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again
#subtweet
@labourpartyuk.bsky.social
youtu.be/KGvEQTQaTbQ?...
The Grand Old Duke Of York | Nursery Rhymes for Babies by LittleBabyBum - ABCs and 123s
YouTube video by Little Baby Bum - Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs
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November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Appropro nothing
Oh the grand old Duke of York
He had 10, 000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again
#subtweet
@labourpartyuk.bsky.social
youtu.be/KGvEQTQaTbQ?...
Oh the grand old Duke of York
He had 10, 000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again
#subtweet
@labourpartyuk.bsky.social
youtu.be/KGvEQTQaTbQ?...
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From Patrick Maguire's sub stack. Says an awful lot, and none of it good.
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
From Patrick Maguire's sub stack. Says an awful lot, and none of it good.
The pint of Trump’s action against the BBC is to make it seconf guess every critique of the right. It is currently a scared organisation that suspects this government won’t support it. A confident BBC would provide the national pride that Starmer says he wants though… www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC chair apologises for 'error of judgement' over Trump speech edit in documentary
Donald Trump has sent a letter threatening legal action, which the BBC will respond to
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The pint of Trump’s action against the BBC is to make it seconf guess every critique of the right. It is currently a scared organisation that suspects this government won’t support it. A confident BBC would provide the national pride that Starmer says he wants though… www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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Interesting paper - a reminder that instability of hours worked poses real challenges for low earners. Challenges higher earners would never put up with christinahydepatterson.com/_files/ugd/322…
https://christinahydepatterson.com/_files/ugd/322…
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Interesting paper - a reminder that instability of hours worked poses real challenges for low earners. Challenges higher earners would never put up with christinahydepatterson.com/_files/ugd/322…
Loads of police having to put themselves in harm’s way to deal a situation that should never have happened. When is Starmer going to publicly apologise for stoking this mess?
Good #AstonVilla fans sticking up for their city! 👇
Massive pro-Palestine protest held outside Villa Park ahead of tonight’s Aston Villa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv match as demonstrators demand the match be cancelled and Israel banned from football competitions.
Via @presstv.bsky.social
Massive pro-Palestine protest held outside Villa Park ahead of tonight’s Aston Villa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv match as demonstrators demand the match be cancelled and Israel banned from football competitions.
Via @presstv.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Loads of police having to put themselves in harm’s way to deal a situation that should never have happened. When is Starmer going to publicly apologise for stoking this mess?
We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology.
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
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📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Wow, now this is saying something, coming from the former Tory Prime Minister John Major. Shame that some people just carried on voting for The Tories throughout those 14 terrible and unforgivable years, and also wanted the disaster Brexit to go through.....
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Wow, now this is saying something, coming from the former Tory Prime Minister John Major. Shame that some people just carried on voting for The Tories throughout those 14 terrible and unforgivable years, and also wanted the disaster Brexit to go through.....
And that is entirely the fault of a ruling class that has ruled for London and the SE not the citizens of the country wherever they live.
"The Parliamentary seats containing England’s 50 poorest neighborhoods are turning almost wholesale to Nigel Farage’s insurgent Reform UK, with nine out of 10 of those sited in constituencies the party would capture if an election were held today"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
UK’s Poorest Areas Turn En Masse Toward Nigel Farage’s Reform
Economic insecurity is hastening the death of the two-party system that’s dominated UK politics for a century, detailed polling and deprivation data suggest.
www.bloomberg.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
And that is entirely the fault of a ruling class that has ruled for London and the SE not the citizens of the country wherever they live.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Wed 5th Nov @cperguom.bsky.social Cities, Politics, & Economies Research Group in the Department of Geography & MUI @uomseed.bsky.social will host a talk by Dr Rakib Akhtar on: Neoliberalism and Hindutva in the making of an Indian smart city, chaired by @mehebubsahana.bsky.social 3pm in HBS G33.
October 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Wed 5th Nov @cperguom.bsky.social Cities, Politics, & Economies Research Group in the Department of Geography & MUI @uomseed.bsky.social will host a talk by Dr Rakib Akhtar on: Neoliberalism and Hindutva in the making of an Indian smart city, chaired by @mehebubsahana.bsky.social 3pm in HBS G33.
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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
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It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
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I've been critical of the Daily Mail in the past, but I think the honesty displayed here is admirable.
October 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I've been critical of the Daily Mail in the past, but I think the honesty displayed here is admirable.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Labours has already survived a local election wipe out. 10 local authorities are run by Reform. Presumably because these are largely rural county councils in the Midlands and North they don’t interest the Westminster bubble.
October 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Labours has already survived a local election wipe out. 10 local authorities are run by Reform. Presumably because these are largely rural county councils in the Midlands and North they don’t interest the Westminster bubble.
Thinking about last year’s local government elections and the Caerphilly election on top of repeated policy failures. At what point will Starmer finally realise his current advisors are neither electoral nor policy masterminds.
October 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thinking about last year’s local government elections and the Caerphilly election on top of repeated policy failures. At what point will Starmer finally realise his current advisors are neither electoral nor policy masterminds.
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Stephen Kinnock explains the Dublin agreement where the UK could send asylum seekers back to the first country they stepped into the EU, when we were members of the EU
With Brexit, when we left the EU, we were no longer able to do that
With Brexit, when we left the EU, we were no longer able to do that
October 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Stephen Kinnock explains the Dublin agreement where the UK could send asylum seekers back to the first country they stepped into the EU, when we were members of the EU
With Brexit, when we left the EU, we were no longer able to do that
With Brexit, when we left the EU, we were no longer able to do that
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Rachel Reeves’ nasty prejudice is coming into play www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Rachel Reeves’ nasty prejudice is coming into play
As the Guardian notes this morning:
Rachel Reeves has said she “can’t leave welfare untouched” this parliament, with the Treasury understood to be considering axing up to £1bn in tax breaks for a sch...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Rachel Reeves’ nasty prejudice is coming into play www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
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'The office of #BenjaminSatanyahu said on Saturday 18 October that HE had DECIDED to keep the #Rafah-Crossing between the #GazaStrip & #Egypt CLOSED until further notice,despite the #Palestinian Embassy's earlier announcement that the crossing would open on Monday.'
www.thecanary.co/global/world...?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...?
BREAKING: Netanyahu refuses to open Rafah crossing - violating the ceasefire agreement
After Israel has already breached the ceasefire at least 47 times, now Netanyahu does it again - by keeping the Rafah Crossing closed
www.thecanary.co
October 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
'The office of #BenjaminSatanyahu said on Saturday 18 October that HE had DECIDED to keep the #Rafah-Crossing between the #GazaStrip & #Egypt CLOSED until further notice,despite the #Palestinian Embassy's earlier announcement that the crossing would open on Monday.'
www.thecanary.co/global/world...?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...?
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We're pleased to share that, from spring 2026, we will take on the care and management of the museums, buildings and monuments that represent the birthplace of the industrial revolution within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in Shropshire.
October 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
We're pleased to share that, from spring 2026, we will take on the care and management of the museums, buildings and monuments that represent the birthplace of the industrial revolution within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in Shropshire.
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Its classic Brit Pol media style that when Priti Patel is invited onto TV to label Palestinian solidarity marches as “hateful” nobody mentions that she was forced to resign from government for holding secret unauthorised meetings with Israel government officials. 🤷🏻 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
Priti Patel quits cabinet over Israel meetings row - BBC News
Priti Patel resigns as UK international development secretary after the row about meeting Israeli politicians.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Its classic Brit Pol media style that when Priti Patel is invited onto TV to label Palestinian solidarity marches as “hateful” nobody mentions that she was forced to resign from government for holding secret unauthorised meetings with Israel government officials. 🤷🏻 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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Rishi Sunak takes advisory roles with Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic. Former UK prime minister told post-ministerial jobs watchdog roles would not involve lobbying or UK policy influence.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rishi Sunak takes advisory roles with Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic
Former UK prime minister told post-ministerial jobs watchdog roles would not involve lobbying or UK policy influence
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Rishi Sunak takes advisory roles with Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic. Former UK prime minister told post-ministerial jobs watchdog roles would not involve lobbying or UK policy influence.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I really don't know what to do about a situation where a plurality of the group that (rightly!) takes up most government spending thinks that it is unrepresented in politics.
October 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I really don't know what to do about a situation where a plurality of the group that (rightly!) takes up most government spending thinks that it is unrepresented in politics.