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
Sorry but your licence fee direct debit will increase by 200% from next April
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Sorry but your licence fee direct debit will increase by 200% from next April
Reposted by Jonathan Hopkin
It is utter bullshit that the mistaken splicing of two bits of his January 6th 2021 speech on Panorama in October 2024 had any significant impact whatsoever on the reputation of Donald Trump in Britain, or globally, and the claim for $1 billion damages is bullshit and bullying by the US president
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It is utter bullshit that the mistaken splicing of two bits of his January 6th 2021 speech on Panorama in October 2024 had any significant impact whatsoever on the reputation of Donald Trump in Britain, or globally, and the claim for $1 billion damages is bullshit and bullying by the US president
If only someone would ask Farage what he thinks about this
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If only someone would ask Farage what he thinks about this
Jeff as Trump
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jeff as Trump
To be honest I see it as being very much in character. RKF as Ted Danson with Marty Funkhauser’s politics
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
To be honest I see it as being very much in character. RKF as Ted Danson with Marty Funkhauser’s politics
Oh happy days when we were under the boot of cancel culture
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Oh happy days when we were under the boot of cancel culture
I mean TV, obviously the press is about as partisan as it gets
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I mean TV, obviously the press is about as partisan as it gets
It’s really extraordinary how partisan a lot of US mainstream media is. There’s no equivalent of a Rachel Maddow or the late night presenters in the UK (GB News is the only obviously partisan channel)
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It’s really extraordinary how partisan a lot of US mainstream media is. There’s no equivalent of a Rachel Maddow or the late night presenters in the UK (GB News is the only obviously partisan channel)
Weird how we have probably the best public broadcaster in the world (yeah, low bar) alongside possibly the most biased and unethical private media of any democracy
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Weird how we have probably the best public broadcaster in the world (yeah, low bar) alongside possibly the most biased and unethical private media of any democracy
Yeah I mean it should be taken for granted that nothing they say is anything but rampant self-interested garbage. And yet
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yeah I mean it should be taken for granted that nothing they say is anything but rampant self-interested garbage. And yet
Yeah it will be funded by surcharges on children of migrants or something
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Yeah it will be funded by surcharges on children of migrants or something