Nicholas Whyte 白怀珂
@nwhyte.bsky.social
He/him. International affairs strategist & expert, science fiction fan, psephologist; posts personal. Will block rude people and bigots.
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I’ve had a go at applying this lens to Northern Ireland.
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-bellweth...
Are there any *anti*-bellwethers in England, Scotland or Wales, ie seats which have *never* voted for the winning party?
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-bellweth...
Are there any *anti*-bellwethers in England, Scotland or Wales, ie seats which have *never* voted for the winning party?
The Bellwether constituencies of Northern Ireland (or, why there aren’t any)
North Belfast as a partial microcosm…
fromtheheartofeurope.eu
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’ve had a go at applying this lens to Northern Ireland.
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-bellweth...
Are there any *anti*-bellwethers in England, Scotland or Wales, ie seats which have *never* voted for the winning party?
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-bellweth...
Are there any *anti*-bellwethers in England, Scotland or Wales, ie seats which have *never* voted for the winning party?
Yeah, I arbitrarily started this sequence in 1846 so The Three Musketeers missed by two years!
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Yeah, I arbitrarily started this sequence in 1846 so The Three Musketeers missed by two years!
Bah! I *thought* it was rather late to be a Dickens original at that date. It’s a good laugh though.
November 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Bah! I *thought* it was rather late to be a Dickens original at that date. It’s a good laugh though.
My top book of 1887:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/february-boo...
A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(shout out to The Magic Fishbone, by Charles Dickens, and to Fortunata and Jacinta, by Benito Pérez Galdós)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/february-boo...
A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(shout out to The Magic Fishbone, by Charles Dickens, and to Fortunata and Jacinta, by Benito Pérez Galdós)
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
My top book of 1887:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/february-boo...
A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(shout out to The Magic Fishbone, by Charles Dickens, and to Fortunata and Jacinta, by Benito Pérez Galdós)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/february-boo...
A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(shout out to The Magic Fishbone, by Charles Dickens, and to Fortunata and Jacinta, by Benito Pérez Galdós)
My top book of 1886:
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout out to The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy, and The Story of the Heavens, by Robert Stawell Ball)
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout out to The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy, and The Story of the Heavens, by Robert Stawell Ball)
November 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
My top book of 1886:
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout out to The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy, and The Story of the Heavens, by Robert Stawell Ball)
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout out to The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy, and The Story of the Heavens, by Robert Stawell Ball)
My top book of 1885:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/december-boo...
After London by Richard Jefferies
(shout out to A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/december-boo...
After London by Richard Jefferies
(shout out to A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My top book of 1885:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/december-boo...
After London by Richard Jefferies
(shout out to A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/december-boo...
After London by Richard Jefferies
(shout out to A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
2025 book 271: The Year Before Yesterday, by Brian W. Aldiss
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
2025 book 271: The Year Before Yesterday, by Brian W. Aldiss
2025 book 270: The Great Hunger: Ireland, 1845-1849
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
2025 book 270: The Great Hunger: Ireland, 1845-1849
My top book of 1884:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/november-boo...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
(shout out to Flatland, by E.E. Abbott)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/november-boo...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
(shout out to Flatland, by E.E. Abbott)
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My top book of 1884:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/november-boo...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
(shout out to Flatland, by E.E. Abbott)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/november-boo...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
(shout out to Flatland, by E.E. Abbott)
My top book of 1883:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/december-boo...
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout outs to Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, and The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/december-boo...
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout outs to Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, and The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My top book of 1883:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/december-boo...
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout outs to Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, and The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/december-boo...
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout outs to Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, and The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
My top book of 1882
Bevis: the Story of a Boy, by Richard Jefferies
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1882 that I have read, but I have fond memories)
Bevis: the Story of a Boy, by Richard Jefferies
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1882 that I have read, but I have fond memories)
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
My top book of 1882
Bevis: the Story of a Boy, by Richard Jefferies
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1882 that I have read, but I have fond memories)
Bevis: the Story of a Boy, by Richard Jefferies
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1882 that I have read, but I have fond memories)
Yeah, I was somewhat deterred by the 880 pages... Perhaps once I've got through Kristin Lavransdottir!
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Yeah, I was somewhat deterred by the 880 pages... Perhaps once I've got through Kristin Lavransdottir!
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My top book of 1880:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/april-books-...
Washington Square, by Henry James
(shout outs to Ben-Hur, and A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/april-books-...
Washington Square, by Henry James
(shout outs to Ben-Hur, and A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain)
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My top book of 1880:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/april-books-...
Washington Square, by Henry James
(shout outs to Ben-Hur, and A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/april-books-...
Washington Square, by Henry James
(shout outs to Ben-Hur, and A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain)