Eunice Goes
@eunicegoes.bsky.social
Political scientist at @RichmondUniLdn. Interested in parties and ideologies and quite a few other things. More of a fox than a hedgehog.
For a change it would be nice if train companies like Thameslink and EMR would be committed to transport passengers from place to place.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For a change it would be nice if train companies like Thameslink and EMR would be committed to transport passengers from place to place.
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The Heritage Foundation, the intellectual engine behind the 922-page blueprint that has become the key policy manual for Donald Trump’s second term, is partnering with a constellation of European nationalist far-right movements to export its playbook.
The Heritage Foundation goes from MAGA to MEGA — Make Europe Great Again
On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The Heritage Foundation, the intellectual engine behind the 922-page blueprint that has become the key policy manual for Donald Trump’s second term, is partnering with a constellation of European nationalist far-right movements to export its playbook.
Great piece by @colmpm.bsky.social and Patrick Diamond on Labour’s need to make a strong and cogent social democratic case for tax rises.
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
If Labour want a fairer society, they must argue for it
Labour must make the political argument: taxes are the critical downpayment we all pay to live in a fairer society.
It now seems all but certain that direct taxes will rise in the forthcoming Budget...
renewal.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Great piece by @colmpm.bsky.social and Patrick Diamond on Labour’s need to make a strong and cogent social democratic case for tax rises.
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Really interesting reflection on the politics of Mamdani’s smile. the.ink/p/essay-zohr...
ESSAY: Zohran's smile
The meaning of a facial expression and the making of a new New York
the.ink
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Really interesting reflection on the politics of Mamdani’s smile. the.ink/p/essay-zohr...
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The Danish Social Democrats whose immigration policy the Labour Party wants to copy are the red line that starts at 35% in 2019 and ends at 21% in 2025
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Danish Social Democrats whose immigration policy the Labour Party wants to copy are the red line that starts at 35% in 2019 and ends at 21% in 2025
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Aside from the crucial voting system difference, the Social Democrats over this period have haemorrhaged votes to progressive parties and are currently on course for their worst result in 110yrs, while the Green Left are set for their best ever.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
what are the odds that the people in Downing Street briefing this out would also break out in hives at the mere mention of proportional representation?
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Aside from the crucial voting system difference, the Social Democrats over this period have haemorrhaged votes to progressive parties and are currently on course for their worst result in 110yrs, while the Green Left are set for their best ever.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
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"I'm making billions, and, if it fails, taxpayers will bail me out"
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"I'm making billions, and, if it fails, taxpayers will bail me out"
Interesting that the office of the Prime Minister of Lithuania proudly and prominently displays NATO flags (I’ve counted 3 flags in one floor), something rarely seen in other European countries
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Interesting that the office of the Prime Minister of Lithuania proudly and prominently displays NATO flags (I’ve counted 3 flags in one floor), something rarely seen in other European countries
Fabulous Soviet architectural features in Lithuania’s Parliament (minus the red flags with horses with their tails pointing upwards).
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Fabulous Soviet architectural features in Lithuania’s Parliament (minus the red flags with horses with their tails pointing upwards).
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Today's crazy world, data point #473: My mom helps out in a food pantry in rural Germany. And they now got contacted by American soldiers and civil servants from a nearby US-army base, because people have not received salaries for months because of the government shutdown...
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Today's crazy world, data point #473: My mom helps out in a food pantry in rural Germany. And they now got contacted by American soldiers and civil servants from a nearby US-army base, because people have not received salaries for months because of the government shutdown...
Thomas Piketty is absolutely spot-on (great interview in the FT btw) about how the ill-defined concept of populism is being instrumentalised. As he put it, this
Is “too often a strategy of the very privileged, self-proclaimed pro-business centre to disqualify everybody that is not like them”
Is “too often a strategy of the very privileged, self-proclaimed pro-business centre to disqualify everybody that is not like them”
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Thomas Piketty is absolutely spot-on (great interview in the FT btw) about how the ill-defined concept of populism is being instrumentalised. As he put it, this
Is “too often a strategy of the very privileged, self-proclaimed pro-business centre to disqualify everybody that is not like them”
Is “too often a strategy of the very privileged, self-proclaimed pro-business centre to disqualify everybody that is not like them”
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The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
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Grok and Google AI falsely claim fake images of UK train attack are real - via @fullfact.org fullfact.org/crime/grok-g...
Grok and Google Lens AI overviews claim fake imagery shows Huntingdon train attack – Full Fact
Grok told users one AI-generated image “appears to be a genuine photo”, while a Google Lens AI overview linked a video which does not show real footage of the incident to Saturday’s stabbings.
fullfact.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Grok and Google AI falsely claim fake images of UK train attack are real - via @fullfact.org fullfact.org/crime/grok-g...
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There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Another one?!
Police ‘urgently’ looking for prisoner freed by mistake in London
Police ‘urgently’ looking for prisoner freed by mistake in London
Algerian man, 24, ‘released in error’ from HMP Wandsworth two days after stronger checks for jails were brought in
Police have launched an urgent manhunt for a second asylum-seeking prisoner mistakenly freed, two days after the justice secretary, David Lammy, brought in stronger checks for jails.
The 24-year-old Algerian was wrongly released from Wandsworth prison in south London last Wednesday, with the Metropolitan police only informed this week. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Another one?!
As the FT notes, Mamdani’s victory in New York is very significant. It signals ‘a radical shift in policy in the city that sits at the heart of global capitalism’. I would say that’s more than a shift in policy: it’s a shift in worldviews,
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
As the FT notes, Mamdani’s victory in New York is very significant. It signals ‘a radical shift in policy in the city that sits at the heart of global capitalism’. I would say that’s more than a shift in policy: it’s a shift in worldviews,
Such amazing news! Mandani’s hopeful and radical message triumphed over the dirty tricks of a tired l, out-of-touch and corrupt political establishment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani challenges Donald Trump in victory speech as Democrats win key US election races – live
Mamdani condemns ‘oligarchy and authoritarianism’ in speech directly talking to Trump as Democrats win California redistricting vote and New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such amazing news! Mandani’s hopeful and radical message triumphed over the dirty tricks of a tired l, out-of-touch and corrupt political establishment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Larry Diamond sounding the alarm about the threat to free and fair elections in 2026 www.persuasion.community/p/taking-sto...
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Larry Diamond sounding the alarm about the threat to free and fair elections in 2026 www.persuasion.community/p/taking-sto...
Superb production of Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty at the Almeida Theatre. It does not fully capture the elegance of Hollinghurst’s prose but it captures really well its themes of class, privilege in the midst of an AIDS’s crisis and get-rich-quicky (via asset-stripping) culture.
November 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Superb production of Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty at the Almeida Theatre. It does not fully capture the elegance of Hollinghurst’s prose but it captures really well its themes of class, privilege in the midst of an AIDS’s crisis and get-rich-quicky (via asset-stripping) culture.
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NEW: An Aberdeen-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558734...
www.thenational.scot/news/2558734...
Scottish-based oil firm blasted for 'helping Israel extract Palestinian gas'
A SCOTTISH-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters.
www.thenational.scot
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
NEW: An Aberdeen-based oil firm has been condemned for working with Israel to extract gas from Palestinian waters.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558734...
www.thenational.scot/news/2558734...
‘Take on the unions’ is such a lazy framing, designed to please the right-wing press who will never support Labour.
And yes, children in England and Wales do not need more tests. No other education system in Europe tests children like the E&W and the results are not excellent.
And yes, children in England and Wales do not need more tests. No other education system in Europe tests children like the E&W and the results are not excellent.
November 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
‘Take on the unions’ is such a lazy framing, designed to please the right-wing press who will never support Labour.
And yes, children in England and Wales do not need more tests. No other education system in Europe tests children like the E&W and the results are not excellent.
And yes, children in England and Wales do not need more tests. No other education system in Europe tests children like the E&W and the results are not excellent.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
This is what happens when two incompetent and inefficient agencies of the state start to share information in a too clever by half way.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’
Exclusive: HMRC told Lisa Morris-Almond there was no record of her return to UK, but she did not take the trip
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
This is what happens when two incompetent and inefficient agencies of the state start to share information in a too clever by half way.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
academic.oup.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...