Dave Elder-Vass
@daveev.bsky.social
I write about social theory, social ontology and political economy. Personal capacity etc. Find open access versions of my work at https://eldervass.com/home-3/publications/
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Also a lesson for morally bankrupt, supposedly progressive parties worldwide: if you spend your energy trying to make voters who hate everything about you hate you slightly less, they still won't vote for you.
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Also a lesson for morally bankrupt, supposedly progressive parties worldwide: if you spend your energy trying to make voters who hate everything about you hate you slightly less, they still won't vote for you.
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🌿☕ Green Cafe - Letchworth ☕🍪 - Social drop-in:
📌*Miss Green Fingers*, 2-4 Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3DE
📅 Sat 5th July
🕙 anytime 10:00am - 11:30am
Green curious? New Member? Thinking of making a green lifestyle change e.g. EV, heat pump, recycling tips? Come for a friendly chat🙂
📌*Miss Green Fingers*, 2-4 Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3DE
📅 Sat 5th July
🕙 anytime 10:00am - 11:30am
Green curious? New Member? Thinking of making a green lifestyle change e.g. EV, heat pump, recycling tips? Come for a friendly chat🙂
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🌿☕ Green Cafe - Letchworth ☕🍪 - Social drop-in:
📌*Miss Green Fingers*, 2-4 Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3DE
📅 Sat 5th July
🕙 anytime 10:00am - 11:30am
Green curious? New Member? Thinking of making a green lifestyle change e.g. EV, heat pump, recycling tips? Come for a friendly chat🙂
📌*Miss Green Fingers*, 2-4 Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3DE
📅 Sat 5th July
🕙 anytime 10:00am - 11:30am
Green curious? New Member? Thinking of making a green lifestyle change e.g. EV, heat pump, recycling tips? Come for a friendly chat🙂
Looking for critical realist PhD theses? Or do you have one to share? You need the CR Network's thesis archive! criticalrealismnetwork.org/the-critical...
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Explore our thesis archive featuring critical realist scholars' doctoral theses, aiding your research in social studies and methodology.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Looking for critical realist PhD theses? Or do you have one to share? You need the CR Network's thesis archive! criticalrealismnetwork.org/the-critical...
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🤗 FANTASTIC! Hitchin greens outnumbered by Royston greens💚 at our Cafe social today.
Afterwards we finished leafleting Royston Place ward.
Shout out to Kooky Nomad this #smallbusinessSaturday
Afterwards we finished leafleting Royston Place ward.
Shout out to Kooky Nomad this #smallbusinessSaturday
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🤗 FANTASTIC! Hitchin greens outnumbered by Royston greens💚 at our Cafe social today.
Afterwards we finished leafleting Royston Place ward.
Shout out to Kooky Nomad this #smallbusinessSaturday
Afterwards we finished leafleting Royston Place ward.
Shout out to Kooky Nomad this #smallbusinessSaturday
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October 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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This is how you protect your democracy. The US is a demonstration of what happens when you don't. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
This is how you protect your democracy. The US is a demonstration of what happens when you don't. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
I suspect that prosperous folk will still get them (including most of those driving this change) but guess what? Poor people won't.
Florida planea convertirse en el primer estado de EE. UU. en eliminar todos los requerimientos de vacunación, incluso para los niños en las escuelas. Con ello, estaría rechazando una práctica a la que los expertos en salud pública atribuyen el mérito de limitar la propagación de enfermedades.
Florida planea eliminar la exigencia de vacunar a los niños que van a la escuela
El estado estaría rechazando una práctica a la que los expertos en salud pública han atribuido durante décadas el mérito de limitar la propagación de enfermedades infecciosas.
nyti.ms
September 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I suspect that prosperous folk will still get them (including most of those driving this change) but guess what? Poor people won't.
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♻️Green Cafe ☕🍪🫖🍰 Social drop-in:
📌Wakelin & Son, Carling Building, Market Pl, Hitchin SG5 1AR
📅 Sat 6th Sept 2025
🕙 10:00am - 11:30am
Green Cafe Social drop in - discuss green issues, start a green initiative, green party curious? Come along and support this indy coffee shop #smallbusinesssaturday
📌Wakelin & Son, Carling Building, Market Pl, Hitchin SG5 1AR
📅 Sat 6th Sept 2025
🕙 10:00am - 11:30am
Green Cafe Social drop in - discuss green issues, start a green initiative, green party curious? Come along and support this indy coffee shop #smallbusinesssaturday
September 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
♻️Green Cafe ☕🍪🫖🍰 Social drop-in:
📌Wakelin & Son, Carling Building, Market Pl, Hitchin SG5 1AR
📅 Sat 6th Sept 2025
🕙 10:00am - 11:30am
Green Cafe Social drop in - discuss green issues, start a green initiative, green party curious? Come along and support this indy coffee shop #smallbusinesssaturday
📌Wakelin & Son, Carling Building, Market Pl, Hitchin SG5 1AR
📅 Sat 6th Sept 2025
🕙 10:00am - 11:30am
Green Cafe Social drop in - discuss green issues, start a green initiative, green party curious? Come along and support this indy coffee shop #smallbusinesssaturday
Utterly scandalous. Renationalise without compensation now!
“this £85 billion represents a direct transfer of value from the public to private owners — a sum extracted while storm overflows proliferated, leakage targets were missed, and river health declined”
July 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Utterly scandalous. Renationalise without compensation now!
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Cunliffe's review into the water sector deliberately left out the option of public ownership.
The only way to stop millions of pounds being siphoned off for huge CEO salaries and shareholder dividends is to end the scam of privatised water.
Public ownership now.
greenparty.org.uk/2025/07/21/g...
The only way to stop millions of pounds being siphoned off for huge CEO salaries and shareholder dividends is to end the scam of privatised water.
Public ownership now.
greenparty.org.uk/2025/07/21/g...
July 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Cunliffe's review into the water sector deliberately left out the option of public ownership.
The only way to stop millions of pounds being siphoned off for huge CEO salaries and shareholder dividends is to end the scam of privatised water.
Public ownership now.
greenparty.org.uk/2025/07/21/g...
The only way to stop millions of pounds being siphoned off for huge CEO salaries and shareholder dividends is to end the scam of privatised water.
Public ownership now.
greenparty.org.uk/2025/07/21/g...
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Now to introduce proportional representation for all elections. Give us real representative democracy.
#PR #FPTP
#PR #FPTP
16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election - live updates
Lowering the voting age across the UK means around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Very pleased that my paper 'Segmenting Ontology' is out in Synthese doi.org/10.1007/s112... On the relationship between quantum, material and social reality.
Segmenting ontology - Synthese
Ontological universalism is widespread, but this paper argues that the validity of many ontological claims is bounded, and thus that segmented (though not fragmented) ontologies may represent the worl...
doi.org
July 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Very pleased that my paper 'Segmenting Ontology' is out in Synthese doi.org/10.1007/s112... On the relationship between quantum, material and social reality.
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Interview: The road to Social Ecological Economics: an interview with Clive Spash, part 1, with Clive Spash & Jamie Morgan
doi.org/10.1080/1476...
doi.org/10.1080/1476...
June 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Interview: The road to Social Ecological Economics: an interview with Clive Spash, part 1, with Clive Spash & Jamie Morgan
doi.org/10.1080/1476...
doi.org/10.1080/1476...
We must stop mega-donors from warping our democracy. A ban on annual donations over £5,000 would cut the influence of big donors on our politics and protect the interests of ordinary voters. Sign the petition secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/162623/...
Stop mega-donors from warping our democracy
We must stop mega-donors from warping our democracy. A ban on annual donations over £5,000 would cut the influence of big donors on our politics and protect the interests of ordinary voters.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
May 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
We must stop mega-donors from warping our democracy. A ban on annual donations over £5,000 would cut the influence of big donors on our politics and protect the interests of ordinary voters. Sign the petition secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/162623/...
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Did you miss our webinar on Karin Zotzmann's new book 'Codes of Corruption'? Or was it so good you want to hear it again? You're in luck! You can watch it again here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3YY...
Explaining real cases of corruption with critical realism
YouTube video by Critical Realism Network
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May 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Did you miss our webinar on Karin Zotzmann's new book 'Codes of Corruption'? Or was it so good you want to hear it again? You're in luck! You can watch it again here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3YY...
Great question... eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Why don’t we punish people who break company law?
It is ridiculously easy to create a company, and company law is there to protect us. But nobody is policing it. Why not?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Great question... eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/eco...
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New @shepherdbooks.bsky.social article featuring Oz Hassan out now pn Bisa ! 🎉
'The best books that explain why the West keeps getting the world wrong'
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'The best books that explain why the West keeps getting the world wrong'
inc/ @daveev.bsky.social , Arturo Escobar, Barry Buzan, Susanna P. Campbell & more 🌟
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May 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New @shepherdbooks.bsky.social article featuring Oz Hassan out now pn Bisa ! 🎉
'The best books that explain why the West keeps getting the world wrong'
inc/ @daveev.bsky.social , Arturo Escobar, Barry Buzan, Susanna P. Campbell & more 🌟
Read now - buff.ly/3dBk6EL
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
'The best books that explain why the West keeps getting the world wrong'
inc/ @daveev.bsky.social , Arturo Escobar, Barry Buzan, Susanna P. Campbell & more 🌟
Read now - buff.ly/3dBk6EL
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
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It is clear British Steel must be brought into public hands.
It's also clear that private ownership of public services has failed, with consumers paying billions of pounds over the odds for poor and unreliable services.
Time to take back control of our public services.
It's also clear that private ownership of public services has failed, with consumers paying billions of pounds over the odds for poor and unreliable services.
Time to take back control of our public services.
April 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It is clear British Steel must be brought into public hands.
It's also clear that private ownership of public services has failed, with consumers paying billions of pounds over the odds for poor and unreliable services.
Time to take back control of our public services.
It's also clear that private ownership of public services has failed, with consumers paying billions of pounds over the odds for poor and unreliable services.
Time to take back control of our public services.
This should be fascinating. Karin's book is based on a corpus of real corruption cases from Mexico. Find out more in her blog post: criticalrealismnetwork.org/2025/03/27/c...
March 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This should be fascinating. Karin's book is based on a corpus of real corruption cases from Mexico. Find out more in her blog post: criticalrealismnetwork.org/2025/03/27/c...
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Karin Zotzmann’s 'Codes of Corruption: A Critical Realist Discourse Analysis of Illicit Transactions' is out soon in the Critical Realism book series.
Join us on May 14th 2.30pm BST, where Karin will discuss it with Robert Barrington & Gareth Wiltshire.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Join us on May 14th 2.30pm BST, where Karin will discuss it with Robert Barrington & Gareth Wiltshire.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: Codes of Corruption - Karin Zotzmann
The Centre for Critical Realism is hosting this online book launch on May 14th 2025 at 2.30pm BST.
www.eventbrite.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Karin Zotzmann’s 'Codes of Corruption: A Critical Realist Discourse Analysis of Illicit Transactions' is out soon in the Critical Realism book series.
Join us on May 14th 2.30pm BST, where Karin will discuss it with Robert Barrington & Gareth Wiltshire.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Join us on May 14th 2.30pm BST, where Karin will discuss it with Robert Barrington & Gareth Wiltshire.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
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"Austerity always leads to lower economic growth.
That is what Rachel Reeves is choosing.
In that case, her rhetoric will ring hollow today, and that is so politically inept I do not rate her chances of having many more goes at making such statements."
What Richard said.
That is what Rachel Reeves is choosing.
In that case, her rhetoric will ring hollow today, and that is so politically inept I do not rate her chances of having many more goes at making such statements."
What Richard said.
My prediction is that whatever Rachel Reeves does today, it will be bad news for her, and her days as Chancellor are numbered.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
What will Rachel Reeves do today?
What will Rachel Reeves do today?
I have been reading about, listening to, and then watching budgets since the 1970s, and for all practical purposes, today is yet another in the long history of fisca...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"Austerity always leads to lower economic growth.
That is what Rachel Reeves is choosing.
In that case, her rhetoric will ring hollow today, and that is so politically inept I do not rate her chances of having many more goes at making such statements."
What Richard said.
That is what Rachel Reeves is choosing.
In that case, her rhetoric will ring hollow today, and that is so politically inept I do not rate her chances of having many more goes at making such statements."
What Richard said.
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Balancing the books on the backs of disabled people is not just unfair; it’s cruel. A million disabled people stand to lose vital support, while the wealthiest are protected. This isn’t necessity, it’s a choice—and it’s the wrong one. #SpringStatement
March 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Balancing the books on the backs of disabled people is not just unfair; it’s cruel. A million disabled people stand to lose vital support, while the wealthiest are protected. This isn’t necessity, it’s a choice—and it’s the wrong one. #SpringStatement
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If Labour's chancellor had any progressive principles at all, a wealth tax would be at the heart of the statement she is making right now.
Instead, she is going to hammer the least wealthy and most vulnerable people in our society.
Instead, she is going to hammer the least wealthy and most vulnerable people in our society.
📊Over two-thirds of Scots back our calls to tax the rich, which would raise far more money than any ‘savings’ made through Labour's brutal benefit cuts.
🏴Scotland deserves better than Labour austerity.
🏴Scotland deserves better than Labour austerity.
March 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If Labour's chancellor had any progressive principles at all, a wealth tax would be at the heart of the statement she is making right now.
Instead, she is going to hammer the least wealthy and most vulnerable people in our society.
Instead, she is going to hammer the least wealthy and most vulnerable people in our society.
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Blocking humanitarian aid is a clear breach of international law and will lead to more civilian suffering and deaths. UK must take the lead in condemning Israel's actions and calling for aid to be allowed into Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal
Netanyahu wants Hamas to allow for release of hostages without troop withdrawal, in plan Israel says came from US
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Blocking humanitarian aid is a clear breach of international law and will lead to more civilian suffering and deaths. UK must take the lead in condemning Israel's actions and calling for aid to be allowed into Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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