Danny Rye
@dannyrye.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Politics. Londoner in Liverpool. Writing a book about power. Also researching activism, political organisation, UK parties (esp. Labour Party). Otherwise, walking, cricket, music. Views are either mine or someone else's.
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“What prompted a promising academic to throw it all away in the name of becoming a propagandist for the radical right?” @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social on the political journey of Matthew Goodwin .
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Matthew Goodwin, Reform and the politics of resentment
The ‘heterodox intellectual’ turned populist is a morbid symptom of the digital age
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“What prompted a promising academic to throw it all away in the name of becoming a propagandist for the radical right?” @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social on the political journey of Matthew Goodwin .
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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At the next election, Farage could carry into Parliament hundreds of MPs whose views are *vastly* more radical even than his own.
He'll assume that doesn't matter, because he's essentially an autocrat.
But once elected, they'll have votes and seats for five years - however they choose to use them.
He'll assume that doesn't matter, because he's essentially an autocrat.
But once elected, they'll have votes and seats for five years - however they choose to use them.
Two of the five Reform MPs elected last year back a policy on migration that is effectively more extreme than the former BNP position.
Independent MP James McMurdock declares that he now has a rather more extreme position than the Reform Party - and also favours deporting a very large share of legal and settled migeants
(The MP has left Reform to avoid the party looking into serious allegations about financial fraud during Covid)
(The MP has left Reform to avoid the party looking into serious allegations about financial fraud during Covid)
July 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
At the next election, Farage could carry into Parliament hundreds of MPs whose views are *vastly* more radical even than his own.
He'll assume that doesn't matter, because he's essentially an autocrat.
But once elected, they'll have votes and seats for five years - however they choose to use them.
He'll assume that doesn't matter, because he's essentially an autocrat.
But once elected, they'll have votes and seats for five years - however they choose to use them.
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It turns out Reform's newest MP Sarah Pochin is full of shit.
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It turns out Reform's newest MP Sarah Pochin is full of shit.
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David Goodhart gets the chronology wrong re both the "five minutes" pejorative reference [he misses the role of birthplace over 3-5 decades] + the 10-15 years [which is demonstrably wrong] as when this began. This is a reasonable claim if turn 10-15 years into 30-50 years, which is v different
July 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
David Goodhart gets the chronology wrong re both the "five minutes" pejorative reference [he misses the role of birthplace over 3-5 decades] + the 10-15 years [which is demonstrably wrong] as when this began. This is a reasonable claim if turn 10-15 years into 30-50 years, which is v different
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if one of our students went on to become a lead curator in the Second World War material at the IWM, we would be so proud of them as a department -- and the government would look at the starting salary and concede that we had not really 'added' any 'value' with our degree at all
July 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
if one of our students went on to become a lead curator in the Second World War material at the IWM, we would be so proud of them as a department -- and the government would look at the starting salary and concede that we had not really 'added' any 'value' with our degree at all
I think this is a fantastic idea. Park Singalong anyone?
I think in this slightly terrible world people are desperate for communal singing
July 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I think this is a fantastic idea. Park Singalong anyone?
*Ouch*
July 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
*Ouch*
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The academic’s mid-summer crisis is a mid-life crisis in miniature:
You realize summer is half gone, & not only that: you see that the longest & least burdened days came early, & they are well past. You compare all you thought you’d do against the days remaining & grieve for what never will be
You realize summer is half gone, & not only that: you see that the longest & least burdened days came early, & they are well past. You compare all you thought you’d do against the days remaining & grieve for what never will be
July 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The academic’s mid-summer crisis is a mid-life crisis in miniature:
You realize summer is half gone, & not only that: you see that the longest & least burdened days came early, & they are well past. You compare all you thought you’d do against the days remaining & grieve for what never will be
You realize summer is half gone, & not only that: you see that the longest & least burdened days came early, & they are well past. You compare all you thought you’d do against the days remaining & grieve for what never will be
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Indiana Jones will be played by a rotating cast of three adjuncts who answer to two different associate deans
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
It looks like Indiana Jones might actually be headed for the reboot treatment. According to a recent report from DisInsider , Disney and Lucasfilm are considering a full relaunch of the iconic adventure...
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July 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Indiana Jones will be played by a rotating cast of three adjuncts who answer to two different associate deans
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Either this is the most elaborate comedy sketch or people were just much more fabulously eccentric in the 1970s.
BBC Archive 1978: Balls the pet fruit bat
Kieran Prendiville meets zoologist and pterodactyl expert Cherrie Bramwell, and her pet, Balls the fruit bat.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Either this is the most elaborate comedy sketch or people were just much more fabulously eccentric in the 1970s.
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Breaking news – Redundancy notice (Section 188) removed
The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened.
This is our victory! 1/3
The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened.
This is our victory! 1/3
June 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Breaking news – Redundancy notice (Section 188) removed
The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened.
This is our victory! 1/3
The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened.
This is our victory! 1/3
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Budapest Pride! Sent from a friend on site. ❤️
June 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Budapest Pride! Sent from a friend on site. ❤️
What a fantastic test match that was.
Cricket eh. Bloody hell.
June 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What a fantastic test match that was.
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Labour whips are now ringing round rebels on the benefit reform bill to tell them it’s a confidence vote on Starmer.
Which may not go as well as they hope.
Which may not go as well as they hope.
June 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🤦
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It’s stuff like this that makes me think we’re doomed. The media environment is this sort of lazy cowardice plus frenzied online nonsense.
Journalists at the Farage press conference repeating Reform's framing of this policy as "robin hood" because the non-dom fee will be redistributed to poorer workers, whilst missing the fact that it hands tens of billions of pounds in tax cuts to the wealthiest people already living in the UK
June 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
It’s stuff like this that makes me think we’re doomed. The media environment is this sort of lazy cowardice plus frenzied online nonsense.
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The public realm would be much improved if people were to realize that the correct answers to many questions are "don't know" or "none of my business."
June 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The public realm would be much improved if people were to realize that the correct answers to many questions are "don't know" or "none of my business."
😬😱
If England think this is bad, just wait until Bumrah runs through them 🍿 #EngvsInd
June 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
😬😱
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american watching british panel shows: it’s just funnier. and more human. they know how to laugh at themselves
brit watching british panel shows: he’s a terf. everyone here went to cambridge, he’s married to the producer. he should be in jail for tax evasion. the wrong guy on 8 out of 10 cats died
brit watching british panel shows: he’s a terf. everyone here went to cambridge, he’s married to the producer. he should be in jail for tax evasion. the wrong guy on 8 out of 10 cats died
June 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
american watching british panel shows: it’s just funnier. and more human. they know how to laugh at themselves
brit watching british panel shows: he’s a terf. everyone here went to cambridge, he’s married to the producer. he should be in jail for tax evasion. the wrong guy on 8 out of 10 cats died
brit watching british panel shows: he’s a terf. everyone here went to cambridge, he’s married to the producer. he should be in jail for tax evasion. the wrong guy on 8 out of 10 cats died
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🚨BREAKING: Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in Liberty’s legal challenge of anti-protest powers
Liberty won this case in court twice under both Conservative & Labour leadership
Gov should immediately review ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers. Thank you everyone who supported this case🙏
Liberty won this case in court twice under both Conservative & Labour leadership
Gov should immediately review ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers. Thank you everyone who supported this case🙏
🚨BREAKING
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
🚨BREAKING: Liberty wins its case in the Court of Appeal - anti-protest laws ruled UNLAWFUL!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
June 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🚨BREAKING: Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in Liberty’s legal challenge of anti-protest powers
Liberty won this case in court twice under both Conservative & Labour leadership
Gov should immediately review ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers. Thank you everyone who supported this case🙏
Liberty won this case in court twice under both Conservative & Labour leadership
Gov should immediately review ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers. Thank you everyone who supported this case🙏
Unlike my much missed mother, I am not much of a gardener, but I am very happy with how these roses are turning out!
June 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Unlike my much missed mother, I am not much of a gardener, but I am very happy with how these roses are turning out!
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⚡️🏳️🌈After Viktor Orbán’s government passed an anti-LGBT law to ban the Pride march in Hungary, Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony announced the city will officially organize Budapest Pride as a municipal event on June 28.
This means the ban won’t apply: police can’t disperse the crowd or issue fines.
This means the ban won’t apply: police can’t disperse the crowd or issue fines.
June 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
⚡️🏳️🌈After Viktor Orbán’s government passed an anti-LGBT law to ban the Pride march in Hungary, Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony announced the city will officially organize Budapest Pride as a municipal event on June 28.
This means the ban won’t apply: police can’t disperse the crowd or issue fines.
This means the ban won’t apply: police can’t disperse the crowd or issue fines.
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Don’t think I’ve ever muttered the words “fuck me sideways” quite so much reading a story as this one.
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Don’t think I’ve ever muttered the words “fuck me sideways” quite so much reading a story as this one.
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Not sure either would welcome the comparison but said before Ed Miliband has potential to be closest to the Michael Gove in Education of this Government. Actually defining an agenda, knowing how to get a department delivering it, while being lightening rod with the other side.
June 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Not sure either would welcome the comparison but said before Ed Miliband has potential to be closest to the Michael Gove in Education of this Government. Actually defining an agenda, knowing how to get a department delivering it, while being lightening rod with the other side.