Jonathan Hopkin
@jonathanhopkin.bsky.social
Professor of the Political Economy of Europe at LSE. Interested in democratic representation and inequality, worried about the survival of democracy. Author of Anti-System Politics (OUP, 2020). Also random thoughts on football, cycling, the weather etc
Btw a review article in the FT contains this gem on.ft.com/3XjEzNn What we still get wrong about women’s role in global economics
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Btw a review article in the FT contains this gem on.ft.com/3XjEzNn What we still get wrong about women’s role in global economics
In fact you don't even need to go there news.sky.com/story/a-disa...
November 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In fact you don't even need to go there news.sky.com/story/a-disa...
Mediterranean lifestyle still holding up
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Mediterranean lifestyle still holding up
I wonder if he’s any relation to.. Of course he is. Britain ladies and gentlemen
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I wonder if he’s any relation to.. Of course he is. Britain ladies and gentlemen
In other words, above a moderate level money really doesn't buy happiness. Or to be more sophisticated about it:
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In other words, above a moderate level money really doesn't buy happiness. Or to be more sophisticated about it:
Housing is around the OECD average and lower than many high income countries webfs.oecd.org/Els-com/Affo...
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Housing is around the OECD average and lower than many high income countries webfs.oecd.org/Els-com/Affo...
Also per the OECD, our gross average earnings are pretty high by international standards. Whichever way you look at it average UK earners have a lot of disposable income compared to most other Western European countries. If people in the middle feel poor it doesn't have much objective basis
November 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Also per the OECD, our gross average earnings are pretty high by international standards. Whichever way you look at it average UK earners have a lot of disposable income compared to most other Western European countries. If people in the middle feel poor it doesn't have much objective basis
How on earth can Rachel Reeves balance the books? Well, maybe there is a bit of room for taxes to go up, given the vast majority of OECD countries have higher - and in some cases much much higher - taxes on average incomes www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
How on earth can Rachel Reeves balance the books? Well, maybe there is a bit of room for taxes to go up, given the vast majority of OECD countries have higher - and in some cases much much higher - taxes on average incomes www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
Where on earth could the Chancellor raise some extra money I wonder
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Where on earth could the Chancellor raise some extra money I wonder
Finally! A political party to speak for old white men like me
October 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Finally! A political party to speak for old white men like me
Any local paper is full of white sex offenders with traditionally British sounding names
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Any local paper is full of white sex offenders with traditionally British sounding names
This is really fascinating
September 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is really fascinating
So if you have Leave to Remain and your benefits are taken away, you get all your National Insurance contributions back right? Right?
September 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
So if you have Leave to Remain and your benefits are taken away, you get all your National Insurance contributions back right? Right?
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold
September 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold
The picture over the post-Covid period is irredeemably grim www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The picture over the post-Covid period is irredeemably grim www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Every now and again we need to remind ourselves that normal service in the economy stopped around 15 years ago, and it’s little wonder people are stressed and looking for scapegoats ifs.org.uk/data-items/r...
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Every now and again we need to remind ourselves that normal service in the economy stopped around 15 years ago, and it’s little wonder people are stressed and looking for scapegoats ifs.org.uk/data-items/r...
The sea is beautiful and the food is amazing. Why take the trillionth selfie in front of the Trevi fountain when you can watch the sun set over the only continually active volcano in Europe for a fraction of the price
September 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The sea is beautiful and the food is amazing. Why take the trillionth selfie in front of the Trevi fountain when you can watch the sun set over the only continually active volcano in Europe for a fraction of the price
In Italy the more left behind a place is, the better the food as a rule (with the exception of Sardinia, sorry). Pic of onions and chilli peppers, Tropea
September 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In Italy the more left behind a place is, the better the food as a rule (with the exception of Sardinia, sorry). Pic of onions and chilli peppers, Tropea
Immigration 101
August 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Immigration 101
Yesterday I saw this - a woman decapitated in broad daylight! #lawlesslondon
August 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Yesterday I saw this - a woman decapitated in broad daylight! #lawlesslondon
You have to be kidding me
August 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
You have to be kidding me
Don’t speak too soon. I witnessed this chilling scene yesterday in broad daylight
August 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Don’t speak too soon. I witnessed this chilling scene yesterday in broad daylight
Epic trolling of the anti-asylum protests by the @financialtimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Epic trolling of the anti-asylum protests by the @financialtimes.com
