Lewis Miller
@lewgmiller.bsky.social
Politics lecturer in Dundee. Public Policy oriented - Teaching Scottish, British and EU Politics.
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Lewis Miller
@lewgmiller.bsky.social
· Nov 2
Respond with how long you think Badenoch will remain leader of the Conservatives so we can all look back at how bad we are at predicting things.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Not long until we get to watch a dodgy referee decision in the 93rd minute ruin everything (yes I am still upset about that Italy free kick from 20-odd years ago).
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Not long until we get to watch a dodgy referee decision in the 93rd minute ruin everything (yes I am still upset about that Italy free kick from 20-odd years ago).
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Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
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“Polls suggest the most probable result is a loss for the party’s candidate, a former government minister understood to have been handpicked by the PM.
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“Polls suggest the most probable result is a loss for the party’s candidate, a former government minister understood to have been handpicked by the PM.
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
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Labour’s contribution to the field of “least surprising opinion poll results” continues to to be very strong.
Those who hold more restrictive views on refugees are more likely to see Labour as pro-immigration, while those who hold more liberal views tend to see Labour as anti-immigration
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Labour’s contribution to the field of “least surprising opinion poll results” continues to to be very strong.
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Not sure how am going to teach on rights and citizenship and immigration and refugee policies tomorrow. UK government just dropped policy that is way outside the parameters of the global surveys we read.
What has happened here?
I literally do not know.
What has happened here?
I literally do not know.
It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Not sure how am going to teach on rights and citizenship and immigration and refugee policies tomorrow. UK government just dropped policy that is way outside the parameters of the global surveys we read.
What has happened here?
I literally do not know.
What has happened here?
I literally do not know.
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🤔 Is it possible to leave the ECHR? If so, how? And, less radically, can these conventions be reformed?
With the UK's membership in the European Convention on Human Rights and what that means under increasing scrutiny, @cbarnard.bsky.social has the answers👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
With the UK's membership in the European Convention on Human Rights and what that means under increasing scrutiny, @cbarnard.bsky.social has the answers👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
Leaving the ECHR and the Refugee Convention - UK in a changing Europe
Catherine Barnard explains the political and legal consequences of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Refugee Convention.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🤔 Is it possible to leave the ECHR? If so, how? And, less radically, can these conventions be reformed?
With the UK's membership in the European Convention on Human Rights and what that means under increasing scrutiny, @cbarnard.bsky.social has the answers👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
With the UK's membership in the European Convention on Human Rights and what that means under increasing scrutiny, @cbarnard.bsky.social has the answers👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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Labour's fear of Reform, 'the election is tomorrow' attitude means that they are completely incapable of going 'okay, but what are *actually* the consequences of refugee and asylum policy that people don't like?'
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Labour's fear of Reform, 'the election is tomorrow' attitude means that they are completely incapable of going 'okay, but what are *actually* the consequences of refugee and asylum policy that people don't like?'
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Absolute bombshell report in the FT tonight that Reeves has effectively ripped up her entire Budget and abandoning plans to raise income tax.
Means a lot of disparate, smaller measures now on the table.
Just yesterday morning I was told they were desperate to avoid that.
Means a lot of disparate, smaller measures now on the table.
Just yesterday morning I was told they were desperate to avoid that.
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Absolute bombshell report in the FT tonight that Reeves has effectively ripped up her entire Budget and abandoning plans to raise income tax.
Means a lot of disparate, smaller measures now on the table.
Just yesterday morning I was told they were desperate to avoid that.
Means a lot of disparate, smaller measures now on the table.
Just yesterday morning I was told they were desperate to avoid that.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Political Scandals and Vertical Contagion in Multilevel Systems - cup.org/47wHeJB
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November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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#OpenAccess
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- @jaclarner.bsky.social, Robert Johns, @ailsahenderson.bsky.social, @frasmcm.bsky.social & @cjcarman.bsky.social
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Also, this is a low turnout off-year election in a city where the population is overwhelming Democratic and from progressive demographics, and in a country with an unpopular right wing incumbent. I would be wary of generalising from this to contexts where some or all of these things aren't true.
Perhaps it worked for him (don't know enough about US politics to know) but it's an all too familiar hope on the part of the British left - one that, time and time again, is sadly dashed when the results are counted and the analysis is done.
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of mobilizing non-voters | Ben Davis
Mamdani reshaped the electorate, bringing hundreds of thousands of non-voters out to the polls, from young people to left-behind immigrant communities
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Also, this is a low turnout off-year election in a city where the population is overwhelming Democratic and from progressive demographics, and in a country with an unpopular right wing incumbent. I would be wary of generalising from this to contexts where some or all of these things aren't true.
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News that further job cuts are coming is just another shocking revelation in a year when staff have been told one thing only to be told something different over the number of jobs to be cut and the need for compulsory redundancies.
DUCU co-president, Melissa D’Ascenzio
news.stv.tv/north/dundee...
DUCU co-president, Melissa D’Ascenzio
news.stv.tv/north/dundee...
University staff strikes set to continue amid job cut threats
Further strike action is expected from UCU members from November 10 next week amid a long running dispute with university bosses.
news.stv.tv
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
News that further job cuts are coming is just another shocking revelation in a year when staff have been told one thing only to be told something different over the number of jobs to be cut and the need for compulsory redundancies.
DUCU co-president, Melissa D’Ascenzio
news.stv.tv/north/dundee...
DUCU co-president, Melissa D’Ascenzio
news.stv.tv/north/dundee...
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To adapt that Jean-Claude Junker quote “We all know what to do, but we don’t know how to get elected if we tell people.”
She is telling an accurate story of recent history - the triple punch of austerity, Brexit and covid. It's spot on. But it is terribly strange to say it now in government when you were not prepared to say it in opposition.
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
To adapt that Jean-Claude Junker quote “We all know what to do, but we don’t know how to get elected if we tell people.”
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David Gow, former Guardian Germany correspondent, dies aged 80
David Gow, former Guardian Germany correspondent, dies aged 80
‘Impressively professional journalist’ with a commitment to social justice was also European business editor
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David Gow obituary
David Gow, a former Germany correspondent and European business editor of the Guardian whose strong commitment to social justice and to the EU project continued long after he left the paper, has died of a heart attack aged 80.
Gow joined the Scotsman as a graduate trainee in 1969 before becoming the paper’s first Europe correspondent, then labour correspondent and finally its London editor. After nearly 20 years there Gow moved to the Guardian in 1989. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
David Gow, former Guardian Germany correspondent, dies aged 80
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The US remains the most popular destination among educated young adults worldwide, but its lead over #2 has narrowed from 20pts to 9pts, while the UK has plummeted from a consistent #2 ranking to #7, again with a steep fall after 2016.
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The US remains the most popular destination among educated young adults worldwide, but its lead over #2 has narrowed from 20pts to 9pts, while the UK has plummeted from a consistent #2 ranking to #7, again with a steep fall after 2016.
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Pumpkim carving is for cheats and cowards who like having the same number of fingers they started with
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Pumpkim carving is for cheats and cowards who like having the same number of fingers they started with
It is that time of year where I have to remind people that Halloween is a Celtic thing and is one of our major cultural exports. Stop calling something that was celebrated in Scotland and Ireland first an American thing.
Among the major cultural changes of my lifetime... Halloween just wasn't much of a thing growing up (known as mischief night)... a vulgar Americanism when we had good old British Bonfire Night on 5th November.
October 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It is that time of year where I have to remind people that Halloween is a Celtic thing and is one of our major cultural exports. Stop calling something that was celebrated in Scotland and Ireland first an American thing.
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Our latest Westminster voting intention (26-27 Oct) has Labour on their lowest figure ever recorded by YouGov, with the Greens on their highest
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Our latest Westminster voting intention (26-27 Oct) has Labour on their lowest figure ever recorded by YouGov, with the Greens on their highest
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
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From our @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague @karlpike.bsky.social
Lucy Powell becomes Labour’s deputy leader – what that means for the party and Keir Starmer
Powell beat Keir Starmer’s preferred candidate, Bridget Phillipson, in a ballot of members.
theconversation.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
From our @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague @karlpike.bsky.social
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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Important read from @reporterrwright.ft.com on why changing the immigration rules — the terms of an informal contract, really — after someone arrives is unfair. on.ft.com/47fYDVt
October 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Important read from @reporterrwright.ft.com on why changing the immigration rules — the terms of an informal contract, really — after someone arrives is unfair. on.ft.com/47fYDVt
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Excellent @stephenkb.bsky.social column this morning skewering the Conservatives' extreme deportation plan and making clear just how many people it would threaten. One small corrective - the 3% support he cites actually refers to support for the (much less extreme) idea of abolishing ILR status
October 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Excellent @stephenkb.bsky.social column this morning skewering the Conservatives' extreme deportation plan and making clear just how many people it would threaten. One small corrective - the 3% support he cites actually refers to support for the (much less extreme) idea of abolishing ILR status
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Far be it from me to say it’s men who are the problem, but…
A J L Partners poll of 5,000 16-40 year olds shows a widening gender divide in the UK.
Men aged 16-25:
Reform: 31%
Labour: 24%
Green: 14%
Women aged 16-25:
Labour: 27%
Green: 25%
Reform: 18%
A J L Partners poll of 5,000 16-40 year olds shows a widening gender divide in the UK.
Men aged 16-25:
Reform: 31%
Labour: 24%
Green: 14%
Women aged 16-25:
Labour: 27%
Green: 25%
Reform: 18%
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Far be it from me to say it’s men who are the problem, but…
A J L Partners poll of 5,000 16-40 year olds shows a widening gender divide in the UK.
Men aged 16-25:
Reform: 31%
Labour: 24%
Green: 14%
Women aged 16-25:
Labour: 27%
Green: 25%
Reform: 18%
A J L Partners poll of 5,000 16-40 year olds shows a widening gender divide in the UK.
Men aged 16-25:
Reform: 31%
Labour: 24%
Green: 14%
Women aged 16-25:
Labour: 27%
Green: 25%
Reform: 18%