Patrick Dunleavy
@patrickdunleavy.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Politics & Public Policy, London School of Economics & Political Science.
Interests - digital era governance, democratic audit & renewal, theories of the state, elections & party competition.
And in open social science, universities.
Interests - digital era governance, democratic audit & renewal, theories of the state, elections & party competition.
And in open social science, universities.
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Many thanks from all our authors to the 12,000 readers who have downloaded our book “Australia’s Evolving Democracy” or any chapter this year so far. We are hugely grateful! It’s open access, always. press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3...
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#UK 🇬🇧 - YouGov (11 Nov) - Reform 👷 surges and would win an outright majority
👷 Reform UK: 26% (326)
🔴 Lab: 19% (117)
🔵 Cons: 18% (52)
🟠 Lib Dems: 14% (62)
🌻 Greens: 15% (27)
🟡 SNP: 3% (42)
Others: 24
[🪑 Seats by WVN]
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electomania.es/encuesta-uk-...
👷 Reform UK: 26% (326)
🔴 Lab: 19% (117)
🔵 Cons: 18% (52)
🟠 Lib Dems: 14% (62)
🌻 Greens: 15% (27)
🟡 SNP: 3% (42)
Others: 24
[🪑 Seats by WVN]
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electomania.es/encuesta-uk-...
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#UK 🇬🇧 - YouGov (11 Nov) - Reform 👷 surges and would win an outright majority
👷 Reform UK: 26% (326)
🔴 Lab: 19% (117)
🔵 Cons: 18% (52)
🟠 Lib Dems: 14% (62)
🌻 Greens: 15% (27)
🟡 SNP: 3% (42)
Others: 24
[🪑 Seats by WVN]
👇
electomania.es/encuesta-uk-...
👷 Reform UK: 26% (326)
🔴 Lab: 19% (117)
🔵 Cons: 18% (52)
🟠 Lib Dems: 14% (62)
🌻 Greens: 15% (27)
🟡 SNP: 3% (42)
Others: 24
[🪑 Seats by WVN]
👇
electomania.es/encuesta-uk-...
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Ed Davey calls for Robbie Gibb to be ousted from BBC board
https://www.europesays.com/2561920/
Ed Davey calls for Robbie Gibb to be ousted from BBC board https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bbc-robbie-gibb-ed-davey-tim-davie-b2862736.html by GeoWa
https://www.europesays.com/2561920/
Ed Davey calls for Robbie Gibb to be ousted from BBC board https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bbc-robbie-gibb-ed-davey-tim-davie-b2862736.html by GeoWa
Ed Davey calls for Robbie Gibb to be ousted from BBC board - EUROPE SAYS
Ed Davey calls for Robbie Gibb to be ousted from BBC board https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bbc-robbie-gibb-ed-davey-tim-davie-b2862736.html by
www.europesays.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ed Davey calls for Robbie Gibb to be ousted from BBC board
https://www.europesays.com/2561920/
Ed Davey calls for Robbie Gibb to be ousted from BBC board https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bbc-robbie-gibb-ed-davey-tim-davie-b2862736.html by GeoWa
https://www.europesays.com/2561920/
Ed Davey calls for Robbie Gibb to be ousted from BBC board https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bbc-robbie-gibb-ed-davey-tim-davie-b2862736.html by GeoWa
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Also Keir Starmer:
"The damage [immigration] has done to our country is incalculable"
"squalid chapter"
"an island of strangers"
"The damage [immigration] has done to our country is incalculable"
"squalid chapter"
"an island of strangers"
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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UK politics live – latest updates
Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.
Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics “that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Also Keir Starmer:
"The damage [immigration] has done to our country is incalculable"
"squalid chapter"
"an island of strangers"
"The damage [immigration] has done to our country is incalculable"
"squalid chapter"
"an island of strangers"
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In Metro U.K.’s biggest circulation paper main comment by Bill Curtis who writes: “Mr Farage and his ilk don’t want a “fair BBC”. They want a dead one.
“They want a privatised hollowed-out broadcaster run by hedge funds and headlines.” Compare This young journalist with most of commentariat
“They want a privatised hollowed-out broadcaster run by hedge funds and headlines.” Compare This young journalist with most of commentariat
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In Metro U.K.’s biggest circulation paper main comment by Bill Curtis who writes: “Mr Farage and his ilk don’t want a “fair BBC”. They want a dead one.
“They want a privatised hollowed-out broadcaster run by hedge funds and headlines.” Compare This young journalist with most of commentariat
“They want a privatised hollowed-out broadcaster run by hedge funds and headlines.” Compare This young journalist with most of commentariat
St George's flags are creating 'no-go zones' for NHS staff, health bosses warn
A trust leader hails the "bravery" of black and Asian healthcare workers for continuing to treat patients in areas "designed to exclude them". news.sky.com/story/st-geo...
A trust leader hails the "bravery" of black and Asian healthcare workers for continuing to treat patients in areas "designed to exclude them". news.sky.com/story/st-geo...
St George's flags are creating 'no-go zones' for NHS staff, health bosses warn
A trust leader hails the "bravery" of black and Asian healthcare workers for continuing to treat patients in areas "designed to exclude them".
news.sky.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
St George's flags are creating 'no-go zones' for NHS staff, health bosses warn
A trust leader hails the "bravery" of black and Asian healthcare workers for continuing to treat patients in areas "designed to exclude them". news.sky.com/story/st-geo...
A trust leader hails the "bravery" of black and Asian healthcare workers for continuing to treat patients in areas "designed to exclude them". news.sky.com/story/st-geo...
Millennials and Gen Z voters continued shift away from Coalition in 2025 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
New figures show Coalition's 'existential' millennial problem getting worse
As Liberals prepare to fly to Canberra to hash out their net zero stance, results from the Australian Election Study suggest those under 45 have continued to drift away from the Coalition.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Millennials and Gen Z voters continued shift away from Coalition in 2025 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Gibb should be ousted immediately and someone experienced, universally respected and able to be apolitical, like David Dimbleby, should be recruited (temporarily?) to take over until a whole new board of the same calibre can be recruited. We have some excellent journalists to choose from.
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Gibb should be ousted immediately and someone experienced, universally respected and able to be apolitical, like David Dimbleby, should be recruited (temporarily?) to take over until a whole new board of the same calibre can be recruited. We have some excellent journalists to choose from.
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It's a major test for Government, whilst run under a Royal Charter who actually has ultimate oversight over the BBC Board? Who nominates replacements (because isn't it the Board who appoints major figures like the DG?).
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It's a major test for Government, whilst run under a Royal Charter who actually has ultimate oversight over the BBC Board? Who nominates replacements (because isn't it the Board who appoints major figures like the DG?).
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About bloody time. Labour should be throughly ashamed of themselves over this.
Terror definition too broad, Starmer to be told
New advice could undermine the Palestine Action ban www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
New advice could undermine the Palestine Action ban www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Terror definition too broad, Starmer to be told
New advice could undermine the Palestine Action ban
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
About bloody time. Labour should be throughly ashamed of themselves over this.
What kind of board member does his best to magnify BBC’s exposure to financial and reputational harm for partisan political goals? Gibb is unfit to serve and should be forced out by ministers. No organization should have to accommodate wreckers. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
What kind of board member does his best to magnify BBC’s exposure to financial and reputational harm for partisan political goals? Gibb is unfit to serve and should be forced out by ministers. No organization should have to accommodate wreckers. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Interesting view on UK perhaps lagging on AI again now?https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb2621
Britain must step up on AI policy
In their Policy Forum, “Advancing science- and evidence-based AI policy” (31 July, 10.1126/science.adu8449), R. Bommasani et al. emphasize the importance of evidence-led policy-making for artificial i...
www.science.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Interesting view on UK perhaps lagging on AI again now?https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb2621
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Farage is a politician who sits as a host of a TV show on GB News, the most egregious and blatant demonstration of bias it is possible to imagine. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit... #wato
Extra edition: The populist assault on the BBC
Johnson, Gibb and the Telegraph are trying to turn the BBC into GB News.
iandunt.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Farage is a politician who sits as a host of a TV show on GB News, the most egregious and blatant demonstration of bias it is possible to imagine. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit... #wato
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In the meantime maybe the UK government could abandon their presence on social media platforms that are run by people who call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
In the meantime maybe the UK government could abandon their presence on social media platforms that are run by people who call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Should read:
Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed - by charlatans like himself who spearheaded their betrayal.
Fixed it.
Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed - by charlatans like himself who spearheaded their betrayal.
Fixed it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Should read:
Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed - by charlatans like himself who spearheaded their betrayal.
Fixed it.
Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed - by charlatans like himself who spearheaded their betrayal.
Fixed it.
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Is the role of academic publishing now to provide structured and reliable training data for LLMs? Asking for a friend #AcademicChatter
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Is the role of academic publishing now to provide structured and reliable training data for LLMs? Asking for a friend #AcademicChatter
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Which raises the question of why Farage isn’t a radical green in his policies. If he had genuine concerns about the ability of any country to manage mass migration (as distinct from being a racist grifter) he’d be working to make it safe to stay home.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Which raises the question of why Farage isn’t a radical green in his policies. If he had genuine concerns about the ability of any country to manage mass migration (as distinct from being a racist grifter) he’d be working to make it safe to stay home.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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To learn more about Australia’s unique democratic credentials, download this free chapter press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
To learn more about Australia’s unique democratic credentials, download this free chapter press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...
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To see how well Australian democracy compares with other leading liberal democracies download this free Democratic Audit book chapter.
press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...
press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
To see how well Australian democracy compares with other leading liberal democracies download this free Democratic Audit book chapter.
press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...
press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...
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Greensill:
“Kemi Badenoch & previous Conservative government interfered in Greensill’s insolvency case in order to deflect allegations that could implicate Lord Cameron in any suggestion of wrongdoing,”
- so he could become Foreign Secretary under Sunak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“Kemi Badenoch & previous Conservative government interfered in Greensill’s insolvency case in order to deflect allegations that could implicate Lord Cameron in any suggestion of wrongdoing,”
- so he could become Foreign Secretary under Sunak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Badenoch accused of ‘interfering’ in lobbying scandal linked to Cameron
Lex Greensill alleges current Tory leader used business secretary position to protect former PM from scrutiny
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Greensill:
“Kemi Badenoch & previous Conservative government interfered in Greensill’s insolvency case in order to deflect allegations that could implicate Lord Cameron in any suggestion of wrongdoing,”
- so he could become Foreign Secretary under Sunak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“Kemi Badenoch & previous Conservative government interfered in Greensill’s insolvency case in order to deflect allegations that could implicate Lord Cameron in any suggestion of wrongdoing,”
- so he could become Foreign Secretary under Sunak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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To learn more about Australia’s unique democratic system download this free chapter
press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...
press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To learn more about Australia’s unique democratic system download this free chapter
press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...
press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...