Liam Stanley
@liamstanley.bsky.social
Teach and research politics and political economy at the University of Sheffield. Currently researching global culture wars, the radical right, and neurodiversity identity politics.
These are not the same things: one is a barely intelligible ramble and the other is a coherent but bullshit political statement. If these claims of “eccentric” behaviour are going to work, politically, then it might be important to distinguish between the two.
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
These are not the same things: one is a barely intelligible ramble and the other is a coherent but bullshit political statement. If these claims of “eccentric” behaviour are going to work, politically, then it might be important to distinguish between the two.
This is such a weird article that mixes up the kind of bombastic exaggeration that is a core part of Trump’s personality with genuinely unhinged examples of odd behaviour.
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This is such a weird article that mixes up the kind of bombastic exaggeration that is a core part of Trump’s personality with genuinely unhinged examples of odd behaviour.
Anyone interested in the green transition ought to check out this brilliant new article by Chris Saltmarsh, published today in @ripejournal.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Anyone interested in the green transition ought to check out this brilliant new article by Chris Saltmarsh, published today in @ripejournal.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Quote of the day courtesy of Bismarck.
September 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Quote of the day courtesy of Bismarck.
As a frequent reader of kids books, I wouldn’t have guessed frog as the most he/him gendered animal
August 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As a frequent reader of kids books, I wouldn’t have guessed frog as the most he/him gendered animal
From Hannah Arendt’s introduction to this Benjamin collection
August 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
From Hannah Arendt’s introduction to this Benjamin collection
This Kafka quote is like a punch to the gut
August 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This Kafka quote is like a punch to the gut
From When the Clock Broke by @lioneltrolling.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
From When the Clock Broke by @lioneltrolling.bsky.social
This anecdote about David Duke’s 1991 run for Louisiana governor might as well just be lifted directly from the Simpsons
August 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This anecdote about David Duke’s 1991 run for Louisiana governor might as well just be lifted directly from the Simpsons
There’s also a possibility that austerity enters into the picture through the New Labour question. Go back 10 years ago and most voters blamed Labour for austerity.
July 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There’s also a possibility that austerity enters into the picture through the New Labour question. Go back 10 years ago and most voters blamed Labour for austerity.
The Second Cultural Cold War: Old school propaganda meets the networked interdependencies of today
July 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Second Cultural Cold War: Old school propaganda meets the networked interdependencies of today
After the George Floyd protests in 2020, many corporations made statements in support of racial equity, some of which also pledged funds. I wondered how much this all added up to and the answer it seems is a staggering £340bn.
July 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
After the George Floyd protests in 2020, many corporations made statements in support of racial equity, some of which also pledged funds. I wondered how much this all added up to and the answer it seems is a staggering £340bn.
Prediction: One unfortunate side-effect of the recent boom in autism diagnoses is this kind of cynical ploy becoming far more common
July 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Prediction: One unfortunate side-effect of the recent boom in autism diagnoses is this kind of cynical ploy becoming far more common
New article on “the looming crisis of British Politics”. We draw on the British political economy tradition to look at how three intersecting crises of fiscal capacity, territory, and decarbonisation spell trouble for the British state.
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
March 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New article on “the looming crisis of British Politics”. We draw on the British political economy tradition to look at how three intersecting crises of fiscal capacity, territory, and decarbonisation spell trouble for the British state.
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
Who would have guessed that an article on the Russian invasion of Ukraine would end with a paragraph that includes discussion of dominant parenting styles in the UK and US?
March 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Who would have guessed that an article on the Russian invasion of Ukraine would end with a paragraph that includes discussion of dominant parenting styles in the UK and US?
Fair play to the Guardian, this got a little laugh from me
February 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Fair play to the Guardian, this got a little laugh from me
As is Adam Tooze’s latest chartbook
February 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
As is Adam Tooze’s latest chartbook
This kind of thing is not going to go away. It’s going to become a major part of Anglospheric politics.
February 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This kind of thing is not going to go away. It’s going to become a major part of Anglospheric politics.
Just accepted and being published soon
February 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Just accepted and being published soon
Trying to work out what it means that Trump uses the same “easy way or hard way?” technique that I use in parenting
January 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Trying to work out what it means that Trump uses the same “easy way or hard way?” technique that I use in parenting
Today I learned that “Horton Hears a Who!” by Dr Seuss is in fact a very political book
January 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Today I learned that “Horton Hears a Who!” by Dr Seuss is in fact a very political book
A reminder for anyone attending this week’s BISA virtual conference: I’m chairing this plenary session on the global rise of the far-right this afternoon with some great speakers and scholars. Do come along!
January 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A reminder for anyone attending this week’s BISA virtual conference: I’m chairing this plenary session on the global rise of the far-right this afternoon with some great speakers and scholars. Do come along!