Paul Hayes
@paulhayes01.bsky.social
Senior Policy Fellow, Leeds University Business School. Defrocked #localgov policy bod. Into: Cities, Devo, Councils, Localism and all things The North. Doesn't have a podcast.
How to win friends and influence people (local govt edition). Look forward to the court cases on this one.
June 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
How to win friends and influence people (local govt edition). Look forward to the court cases on this one.
Via the politico newsletter. See that Rachel Reeves promised Bonfire Of The Consultants going well.
April 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Via the politico newsletter. See that Rachel Reeves promised Bonfire Of The Consultants going well.
Sounds reasonable. conservativehome.com/2025/04/11/a...
April 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Sounds reasonable. conservativehome.com/2025/04/11/a...
The Telegraph with an interesting definition of 'human rights' here.
April 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The Telegraph with an interesting definition of 'human rights' here.
Yet again,the 'honours list' telling you all you need to know about British politics.
April 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yet again,the 'honours list' telling you all you need to know about British politics.
Politics: How it works.
March 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Politics: How it works.
"Never eat the yellow snow"
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"Never eat the yellow snow"
Run over the edge of a cliff and see what happens?
February 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Run over the edge of a cliff and see what happens?
Been a while..
(Remember kids: most of life's finest moments involve being mid way back from the band with a plastic glass half full of lager).
(Remember kids: most of life's finest moments involve being mid way back from the band with a plastic glass half full of lager).
February 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Been a while..
(Remember kids: most of life's finest moments involve being mid way back from the band with a plastic glass half full of lager).
(Remember kids: most of life's finest moments involve being mid way back from the band with a plastic glass half full of lager).
The Great British Reeducation Camp.
February 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The Great British Reeducation Camp.
In Doncaster, talking academic-local government collaboration.
February 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In Doncaster, talking academic-local government collaboration.
Why JG Ballard predicted pretty much everything.
thelampmagazine.com/blog/predict...
thelampmagazine.com/blog/predict...
January 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Why JG Ballard predicted pretty much everything.
thelampmagazine.com/blog/predict...
thelampmagazine.com/blog/predict...
And there was me thinking the Mail wanted to save our youth from woke indoctrinating hell holes.
January 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
And there was me thinking the Mail wanted to save our youth from woke indoctrinating hell holes.
Favourite WW1 postcards so far.
"Henri! You wear the pickelhaube and glower like a vile boche at Giselle and Jean-Paul. This will sell by the bucket load!!"
"Henri! You wear the pickelhaube and glower like a vile boche at Giselle and Jean-Paul. This will sell by the bucket load!!"
January 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Favourite WW1 postcards so far.
"Henri! You wear the pickelhaube and glower like a vile boche at Giselle and Jean-Paul. This will sell by the bucket load!!"
"Henri! You wear the pickelhaube and glower like a vile boche at Giselle and Jean-Paul. This will sell by the bucket load!!"
Happy Tuesday. Off to present with @kerstenengland.bsky.social on local govt/academic collaboration to Y&H policy officers group this afternoon. Hopefully some good collaborations and cross sector work to follow.
January 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy Tuesday. Off to present with @kerstenengland.bsky.social on local govt/academic collaboration to Y&H policy officers group this afternoon. Hopefully some good collaborations and cross sector work to follow.
Scanning the skies for the 82nd Airborne Division. No sign as yet.
January 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Scanning the skies for the 82nd Airborne Division. No sign as yet.
Gathering together stuff to restart my daily policy alerts from Monday. Given 2025, pondering whether I should just send out the mythos and cult generators from the Sine Nomine Silent Legions ("Lovecraftian Horror With a Mythos You Create") rpg.
January 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Gathering together stuff to restart my daily policy alerts from Monday. Given 2025, pondering whether I should just send out the mythos and cult generators from the Sine Nomine Silent Legions ("Lovecraftian Horror With a Mythos You Create") rpg.
Always highly recommended.
January 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Always highly recommended.
Definitely cornering the market in French WW1 tinted patriotic postcards. There is an alt hist/speculative fiction short story here, beginning in a photography studio in Paris in 1915....
December 31, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Definitely cornering the market in French WW1 tinted patriotic postcards. There is an alt hist/speculative fiction short story here, beginning in a photography studio in Paris in 1915....
Yet another day to note the Our Lawyers Know This Is Not True inverted commas.
December 30, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Yet another day to note the Our Lawyers Know This Is Not True inverted commas.
‘Culture wars are fuelled by the fear of losing ground’. Adam Hochschild on the Scopes evolution trial on the
NYRB being pretty salient.
NYRB being pretty salient.
December 28, 2024 at 10:47 AM
‘Culture wars are fuelled by the fear of losing ground’. Adam Hochschild on the Scopes evolution trial on the
NYRB being pretty salient.
NYRB being pretty salient.