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Ben Ansell
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Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). .. more

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Ben W. Ansell is Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College, University of Oxford and, with David Samuels, editor of Comparative Political Studies.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 9h
Yep or possibly I. I used to be in I10 and i think that would be my view from then

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 9h
"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"

"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d
makes you think…

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 1d
I've been told that the other site is toxic but this one is not

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d
Meh

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d
Goodwill to all and all that.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d
I dunno it’s also full of people having meltdowns about mild criticism of the site so…

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d
Perhaps not everything has to be about ‘the moral high ground’

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 1d
I don't think you can explain people staying on X without saying something about their discomfort or lack of it with the use of the platform to promote racism and fascism in the US and elsewhere. Not mentioning the topic is very revealing.
itaisher.bsky.social Itai Sher @itaisher.bsky.social · 1d
I saw someone ask why anyone would still use X when Bluesky is available.

I think the explanation is:

1 Experience on a platform depends far more on who you interact with there than on the platform overall.

2 The experience you get on academic adjacent Bluesky is not a good fit for everyone.

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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 2d
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
Great second half performance and great hustle from Justin to win that free kick

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
Let me tell you about Daniel Munoz and Daichi Kamada…

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
Is the position of the Atlantic Monthly really that one cannot rule out treachery by Canadians? Are you not just a wee bit embarrassed by that wording?

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
It’s inspiring in a way

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
Graeme Wood, who wrote this inanity, is a lecturer in political science at Yale. So this one is on us, guys.
jacobtlevy.bsky.social Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 3d
From the Atlantic attempt to justify Bari Weiss' decision. What's Canadian for "perfidious Albion?"

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Nancy M. Wingfield, Aviel Roshwald

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 3d
From the Atlantic attempt to justify Bari Weiss' decision. What's Canadian for "perfidious Albion?"

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
hahahahahaha amazing

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 3d
Hard to explain how scared Jewish people are right now

“The IS supporters discussed poisoning children before deciding on a gun and knife attack and "wept with joy" at the thought of killing innocent people.”

www.itv.com/news/granada...
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
Labour-Reform coalition sealed over the right for British ICE to unionise.

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 3d
“Who would move to here from the US, Canada, Europe, South Korea or Australia for potentially lower wages, exorbitant visa fees and no certainty of being able to stay very long?” asks @benansell.bsky.social.
Labour’s Mr Micawber politics
The government hopes that ‘something will turn up’ to produce growth, but curbing immigration will only harm the economy
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
An amusing number of previous candidates also fit this set of criteria

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
Closer to 320 I think

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
Got to give HMT credit for their commitment to the bit of emphatically ignoring all other departments.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
What if we try to reinsert the feathers into the goose? Wait, why are they still honking?

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
Tories could have done a very good triumvirate with Cameron (Pompey), Sunak (Crassus) and Johnson (Caesar). No, I will not be taking questions.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
Would almost certainly need SNP rather than Greens given they will win more seats

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
I think the chances of the leadership not changing are under ten percent...

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d
Tories still might do better in long run by keeping 90 odd seats but preventing Reform from outdoing them by much and then coming back in 2034. So splitting the vote could make more sense for them than the purposeful suicide of merging.