Thomas Prosser
@prossertj.bsky.social
Professor of European political economy, Cardiff University. Essayist. Dislikes partisans, likes paradoxes. Author of two books with Manchester University Press.
On reflection, my previous appraisals of X may have been on the charitable side... 🤣 🤣 🤣
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
On reflection, my previous appraisals of X may have been on the charitable side... 🤣 🤣 🤣
Five years ago, JK Rowling set out her position on the transgender issue with a liberal and reasonable essay.
But increasingly, Rowling’s positions have moved away from liberalism.
What happened?
www.thepathnottaken.net/p/what-happe...
But increasingly, Rowling’s positions have moved away from liberalism.
What happened?
www.thepathnottaken.net/p/what-happe...
What happened to J.K. Rowling?
For over five years, J.K.
www.thepathnottaken.net
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Five years ago, JK Rowling set out her position on the transgender issue with a liberal and reasonable essay.
But increasingly, Rowling’s positions have moved away from liberalism.
What happened?
www.thepathnottaken.net/p/what-happe...
But increasingly, Rowling’s positions have moved away from liberalism.
What happened?
www.thepathnottaken.net/p/what-happe...
Nonetheless, the UK has never had a Welsh-born PM
#OnThisDay in 1916, Lloyd George replaced Asquith as PM - joining Billy Hughes (Australian PM 1915-23) as a Welsh wartime PM with questionable morals & a penchant for destroying political parties. Lloyd George’s rise to No10 would split the Liberals with disastrous consequences for the party
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Nonetheless, the UK has never had a Welsh-born PM
There's a good argument for leaving X. Yet bringing Auschwitz into this merely diminishes one's credibility.
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
There's a good argument for leaving X. Yet bringing Auschwitz into this merely diminishes one's credibility.
See if Duckett had taken that, Smith wouldn't have got out a few balls later 😊🏏😊 #ashes25 #cricketcounterfactuals
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
See if Duckett had taken that, Smith wouldn't have got out a few balls later 😊🏏😊 #ashes25 #cricketcounterfactuals
If you don't like cricket, you're not a real centrist dad
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
If you don't like cricket, you're not a real centrist dad
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GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
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UCU national ballot fails to meet the threshold by quite a margin. In current circumstances, it might be better to concentrate on local disputes?
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1427...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1427...
UCU higher education industrial action ballot results
This morning (Tuesday 2 December 2025) we were notified by Civica Election Services of the results of our UK-wide higher education ballot, and I am sorry to report that turnout has fallen short of the...
www.ucu.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
UCU national ballot fails to meet the threshold by quite a margin. In current circumstances, it might be better to concentrate on local disputes?
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1427...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1427...
And there are all sorts of other issues with laser focus on this sort of causal inference, such as limited external validity and the desk drawer problem.
This is an interesting paper.
I continue to sense that we as a field have concluded, either you have an identification strategy as defined here, or you don’t have a valid causal claim. And that is really not true.
I continue to sense that we as a field have concluded, either you have an identification strategy as defined here, or you don’t have a valid causal claim. And that is really not true.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
And there are all sorts of other issues with laser focus on this sort of causal inference, such as limited external validity and the desk drawer problem.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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IN NEW ISSUE: Are more women elected in proportional elections than in majoritarian ones? @gulczynski.bsky.social, @monikaturyna.bsky.social & @jkantorowicz.bsky.social examine local Polish elections and find little evidence of that. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/UH5PdOR
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December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
IN NEW ISSUE: Are more women elected in proportional elections than in majoritarian ones? @gulczynski.bsky.social, @monikaturyna.bsky.social & @jkantorowicz.bsky.social examine local Polish elections and find little evidence of that. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/UH5PdOR
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Personal news! 📣
I'm very happy to share that today I've joined @dec-gr.bsky.social as a postdoc to work on the @tact-forsed.bsky.social project, studying conspiracy beliefs and democratic backsliding across Europe.
Grateful to @galais.bsky.social and @mguinjoan.bsky.social for the opportunity!
I'm very happy to share that today I've joined @dec-gr.bsky.social as a postdoc to work on the @tact-forsed.bsky.social project, studying conspiracy beliefs and democratic backsliding across Europe.
Grateful to @galais.bsky.social and @mguinjoan.bsky.social for the opportunity!
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Personal news! 📣
I'm very happy to share that today I've joined @dec-gr.bsky.social as a postdoc to work on the @tact-forsed.bsky.social project, studying conspiracy beliefs and democratic backsliding across Europe.
Grateful to @galais.bsky.social and @mguinjoan.bsky.social for the opportunity!
I'm very happy to share that today I've joined @dec-gr.bsky.social as a postdoc to work on the @tact-forsed.bsky.social project, studying conspiracy beliefs and democratic backsliding across Europe.
Grateful to @galais.bsky.social and @mguinjoan.bsky.social for the opportunity!
The next ECPR is in Kraków and I'm very tempted! Kraków is Poland's most beautiful city...
ecpr.eu/GeneralConfe...
ecpr.eu/GeneralConfe...
ECPR General Conference 2026, Jagiellonian University, 8 – 11 September 2026
European Consortium for Political Research
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December 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The next ECPR is in Kraków and I'm very tempted! Kraków is Poland's most beautiful city...
ecpr.eu/GeneralConfe...
ecpr.eu/GeneralConfe...
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My latest responding to the latest discourse on why PhDs are not in fact 'easy' as some are claiming...
Please read, share, and respond :)
My latest responding to the latest discourse on why PhDs are not in fact 'easy' as some are claiming...
Please read, share, and respond :)
Why PhDs aren't easy
At least from my experience....
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November 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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My latest responding to the latest discourse on why PhDs are not in fact 'easy' as some are claiming...
Please read, share, and respond :)
My latest responding to the latest discourse on why PhDs are not in fact 'easy' as some are claiming...
Please read, share, and respond :)
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Notwithstanding the chaos around Your Party, centrist mockery rings increasingly hollow. In theoretical terms, the ability of liberalism to decontest competing ideologies is waning as liberalism itself suffers from diminishing returns.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Notwithstanding the chaos around Your Party, centrist mockery rings increasingly hollow. In theoretical terms, the ability of liberalism to decontest competing ideologies is waning as liberalism itself suffers from diminishing returns.
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The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
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Any journalists out there who want a review copy of my book on the Blair years - just DM or email me and I'll put you in touch with the publisher! It's out in early Feb...
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Any journalists out there who want a review copy of my book on the Blair years - just DM or email me and I'll put you in touch with the publisher! It's out in early Feb...
Today, insistence on academic rigour is right-coded yet liberal political values are strongly associated with education. This combination is very curious.
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today, insistence on academic rigour is right-coded yet liberal political values are strongly associated with education. This combination is very curious.
Then again, all Labour governments have had bitter left-wing critics; it is par for the course.
The fundamental political-economy for the government is that is objectively implementing a soft left economic policy on speed whilst being hated by lots of left leaning people because of its other policies and rhetoric.
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Then again, all Labour governments have had bitter left-wing critics; it is par for the course.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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My new article in European Sociological Review (@europeansocreview.bsky.social) examines how class-based network segregation and national-level inequality shape support for redistribution, using data from 32,717 individuals across 31 countries.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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My new article in European Sociological Review (@europeansocreview.bsky.social) examines how class-based network segregation and national-level inequality shape support for redistribution, using data from 32,717 individuals across 31 countries.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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Class-based network segregation, economic inequality, and redistributive preferences across societies
Abstract. Rising economic inequality has renewed interest in how class-based social networks shape redistributive preferences across societies. While previ
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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My new article in European Sociological Review (@europeansocreview.bsky.social) examines how class-based network segregation and national-level inequality shape support for redistribution, using data from 32,717 individuals across 31 countries.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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My new article in European Sociological Review (@europeansocreview.bsky.social) examines how class-based network segregation and national-level inequality shape support for redistribution, using data from 32,717 individuals across 31 countries.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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Sociotropic economic sentiment, rather than egotropic, drives support for the Labour government... Kpop Demon Hunters!
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sociotropic economic sentiment, rather than egotropic, drives support for the Labour government... Kpop Demon Hunters!