Fran Boait
@franboait.bsky.social
Trying to change things https://www.franboait.org.uk/
Since I spent a significant amount of time listening to people on the doorstep in the run up to the 2019 election, I've thought a lot about fatalism as a barrier for progressive politics, and a gift for the far right.
Thanks to @renewaljournal.bsky.social
renewal.org.uk/blog/overcom...
Thanks to @renewaljournal.bsky.social
renewal.org.uk/blog/overcom...
Overcoming fatalism
The rise of Reform has seen Nigel Farage’s party win five seats in parliament, control of numerous councils, and their first elected Mayors. Reform’s success is due to a number of factors, not least L...
renewal.org.uk
June 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Since I spent a significant amount of time listening to people on the doorstep in the run up to the 2019 election, I've thought a lot about fatalism as a barrier for progressive politics, and a gift for the far right.
Thanks to @renewaljournal.bsky.social
renewal.org.uk/blog/overcom...
Thanks to @renewaljournal.bsky.social
renewal.org.uk/blog/overcom...
Reposted by Fran Boait
We've got a packed room for our panel on Breaking the (Fiscal) Rules!
With @franboait.bsky.social , @macrodosepod.bsky.social's James Meadway, Guardian journo @pollytoynbee.bsky.social, @neweconomics.bsky.social's @dhnnjyn.bsky.social and @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social #RadicalRenewal
With @franboait.bsky.social , @macrodosepod.bsky.social's James Meadway, Guardian journo @pollytoynbee.bsky.social, @neweconomics.bsky.social's @dhnnjyn.bsky.social and @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social #RadicalRenewal
May 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
We've got a packed room for our panel on Breaking the (Fiscal) Rules!
With @franboait.bsky.social , @macrodosepod.bsky.social's James Meadway, Guardian journo @pollytoynbee.bsky.social, @neweconomics.bsky.social's @dhnnjyn.bsky.social and @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social #RadicalRenewal
With @franboait.bsky.social , @macrodosepod.bsky.social's James Meadway, Guardian journo @pollytoynbee.bsky.social, @neweconomics.bsky.social's @dhnnjyn.bsky.social and @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social #RadicalRenewal
Never been early enough to the British Library to join the queue to get in! Like a theme park but we are just queuing up to start work...
February 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Never been early enough to the British Library to join the queue to get in! Like a theme park but we are just queuing up to start work...
If you, like me, are trying to make sense of Trump's second inauguration I can highly recommend Wendy Brown's Nihilistic Times, seems like we are gonna have to understand nihilism to come out the other side of this collapsing system....
(alongside capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy)
(alongside capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy)
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you, like me, are trying to make sense of Trump's second inauguration I can highly recommend Wendy Brown's Nihilistic Times, seems like we are gonna have to understand nihilism to come out the other side of this collapsing system....
(alongside capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy)
(alongside capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy)
Want to know about how we move beyond the dollar, and towards a future of money and payments for economic and climate justice?
I'm looking forward to Chairing this event tonight! There is still time to sign up and listen to the fantastic line up of leading scholars in the field
I'm looking forward to Chairing this event tonight! There is still time to sign up and listen to the fantastic line up of leading scholars in the field
Our unjust international monetary & financial system is driving inequality between the Global South and Global North - but there is an alternative.
Join online to discuss Beyond the Dollar: Changing Money and Payments for Economic and Climate Justice
bit.ly/Beyond-Dollar
Join online to discuss Beyond the Dollar: Changing Money and Payments for Economic and Climate Justice
bit.ly/Beyond-Dollar
Beyond the Dollar
Changing Money and Payments for Economic and Climate Justice - join us to discuss Positive Money's new report
bit.ly
December 11, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Want to know about how we move beyond the dollar, and towards a future of money and payments for economic and climate justice?
I'm looking forward to Chairing this event tonight! There is still time to sign up and listen to the fantastic line up of leading scholars in the field
I'm looking forward to Chairing this event tonight! There is still time to sign up and listen to the fantastic line up of leading scholars in the field
Reposted by Fran Boait
Critical from @keeanga.bsky.social about the economic and social pain that the Dems completely misunderstood: "https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-pain-creating-a-new-coalition-for-trump
The Pain Creating a New Coalition for Trump
Despair permeates white, Black, and Latino working-class life. Democrats will have to find a new way to speak to it.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Critical from @keeanga.bsky.social about the economic and social pain that the Dems completely misunderstood: "https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-pain-creating-a-new-coalition-for-trump
a bit embarrassing 😅
December 6, 2024 at 12:13 PM
a bit embarrassing 😅
“Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call: this is genocide and it must stop now”
David Lammy, Keir Starmer over to you.....
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
David Lammy, Keir Starmer over to you.....
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report finds
Human rights group says Israel ‘brazenly, continuously and with total impunity … unleashed hell’ on strip’s 2.3m population
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:44 AM
“Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call: this is genocide and it must stop now”
David Lammy, Keir Starmer over to you.....
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
David Lammy, Keir Starmer over to you.....
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
“I’ve been wondering why artists are required to dream up liberation in the gallery, but when that dream means life, we are shut down” ❤️https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/dec/03/jasleen-kaur-38-wins-the-turner-prize-2024
Jasleen Kaur, 38, wins the Turner prize 2024
The competition’s youngest contestant scoops the award for animating everyday objects to reflect the pluralities of identity and community
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:10 AM
“I’ve been wondering why artists are required to dream up liberation in the gallery, but when that dream means life, we are shut down” ❤️https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/dec/03/jasleen-kaur-38-wins-the-turner-prize-2024
The problem is Starmer saying he wants “nothing less than the complete re-wiring of the British state,” is a bit like Gregg Wallace saying 'he wants nothing less than to dismantle patriarchy', he can say it but it doesn't mean he knows what it means
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Starmer Appoints Chris Wormald to Head UK’s Civil Service
Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Chris Wormald as the country’s top civil servant, promoting the veteran official in a move designed to bring stability to the top of government after a rocky first fi...
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:28 PM
The problem is Starmer saying he wants “nothing less than the complete re-wiring of the British state,” is a bit like Gregg Wallace saying 'he wants nothing less than to dismantle patriarchy', he can say it but it doesn't mean he knows what it means
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Reposted by Fran Boait
“Elon Musk has been radicalised by his own platform,” said a British tech lobbyist, referring to the algorithms on X which have been feeding him a skewed and distorted view of British politics.
Elon Musk is attacking Britain. Former PMs are building ties
A London-based VC has connected Boris Johnson and the Tesla chief, who Tony Blair has praised as ‘an extraordinary innovator’
www.ft.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:39 PM
“Elon Musk has been radicalised by his own platform,” said a British tech lobbyist, referring to the algorithms on X which have been feeding him a skewed and distorted view of British politics.
Whatever happens in today's vote, most people would agree citizens assemblies or participatory democracy could have helped national conversation, as pointed out below 👇
Pity Keir Starmer got rid of Sue Gray who was going to champion such democractic processes 🤔
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pity Keir Starmer got rid of Sue Gray who was going to champion such democractic processes 🤔
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
MPs will vote, but there is a better way to decide who has the right to die | Rafael Behr
In an age of cynicism and mistrust, politicians must work harder to involve the public in difficult decisions, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Whatever happens in today's vote, most people would agree citizens assemblies or participatory democracy could have helped national conversation, as pointed out below 👇
Pity Keir Starmer got rid of Sue Gray who was going to champion such democractic processes 🤔
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pity Keir Starmer got rid of Sue Gray who was going to champion such democractic processes 🤔
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wintery morning on the heath
November 28, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Wintery morning on the heath
Reposted by Fran Boait
Glorious five-minute musical tour of how the Klamath got damned and undammed.
youtu.be/J9TTgV3wzQ8?...
youtu.be/J9TTgV3wzQ8?...
KLAMATH (Undammed Music Video!!)
YouTube video by Brett McFarland
youtu.be
November 27, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Glorious five-minute musical tour of how the Klamath got damned and undammed.
youtu.be/J9TTgV3wzQ8?...
youtu.be/J9TTgV3wzQ8?...
'he seemed to have a respect for me that I’d not really experienced before'
Though its a story about severe mental illness its also a universal story about the power of being heard & respected, I'm really proud of my brother Ed's article in Schizophrenia Bulletin
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Though its a story about severe mental illness its also a universal story about the power of being heard & respected, I'm really proud of my brother Ed's article in Schizophrenia Bulletin
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
November 25, 2024 at 2:01 PM
'he seemed to have a respect for me that I’d not really experienced before'
Though its a story about severe mental illness its also a universal story about the power of being heard & respected, I'm really proud of my brother Ed's article in Schizophrenia Bulletin
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Though its a story about severe mental illness its also a universal story about the power of being heard & respected, I'm really proud of my brother Ed's article in Schizophrenia Bulletin
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
First snow swim at the ladies pond...Winter is here ❄️❄️❄️
November 20, 2024 at 9:56 AM
First snow swim at the ladies pond...Winter is here ❄️❄️❄️
'There has been no interest
in the economic profile of British Muslims
and how their material frustrations intersect
with those over foreign policy, giving rise to
protest votes that are profoundly democratic
and integrated, rather than separatist.'
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
in the economic profile of British Muslims
and how their material frustrations intersect
with those over foreign policy, giving rise to
protest votes that are profoundly democratic
and integrated, rather than separatist.'
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
November 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
'There has been no interest
in the economic profile of British Muslims
and how their material frustrations intersect
with those over foreign policy, giving rise to
protest votes that are profoundly democratic
and integrated, rather than separatist.'
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
in the economic profile of British Muslims
and how their material frustrations intersect
with those over foreign policy, giving rise to
protest votes that are profoundly democratic
and integrated, rather than separatist.'
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
Reposted by Fran Boait
It’s always difficult when a group of new friends meet together for the first time to get acquainted. So I'm perfectly prepared to start the ball rolling. I mean, I have absolutely no idea what we're doing here. Or what I'm doing here, or what this place is about, but I am determined to enjoy myself
November 17, 2024 at 9:44 PM
It’s always difficult when a group of new friends meet together for the first time to get acquainted. So I'm perfectly prepared to start the ball rolling. I mean, I have absolutely no idea what we're doing here. Or what I'm doing here, or what this place is about, but I am determined to enjoy myself
I like these lists to speed up following folk on here, but now I'm following 100 FT journalists and no one else....on the look out for the radical green feminist socialist list 👀
November 15, 2024 at 12:38 PM
I like these lists to speed up following folk on here, but now I'm following 100 FT journalists and no one else....on the look out for the radical green feminist socialist list 👀
'Our despair goes beyond Trump. We feel we lost our era, and we have become pointless.'
www.ft.com/content/b713...
www.ft.com/content/b713...
Lamentations of a lost liberal
Liberals have learnt pessimism since 2016. This time, we are neither baffled nor energised by Trump’s win
www.ft.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:53 PM
'Our despair goes beyond Trump. We feel we lost our era, and we have become pointless.'
www.ft.com/content/b713...
www.ft.com/content/b713...
What happened to mastodon? Did everyone decide Bluesky was better? (Realise I'm a bit late to the party)
a man in a suit sits at a table with a menu and says " what happened "
ALT: a man in a suit sits at a table with a menu and says " what happened "
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2024 at 3:05 PM
What happened to mastodon? Did everyone decide Bluesky was better? (Realise I'm a bit late to the party)
Looking forward to delivering a lecture on 'Money, Finance, and the Economy' thank you @cacrisalves.bsky.social for the invite, the last time I gave a lecture to Masters students was Cambridge MScis in 2012 on carbon dioxide storage, and they were falling asleep 😅
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
IIPP Enrichment Lectures
The UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) hosts a dynamic series of Enrichment Lectures every Wednesday. These sessions bring together leading experts from around the world to explore...
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 14, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Looking forward to delivering a lecture on 'Money, Finance, and the Economy' thank you @cacrisalves.bsky.social for the invite, the last time I gave a lecture to Masters students was Cambridge MScis in 2012 on carbon dioxide storage, and they were falling asleep 😅
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...