Rob Ford

robfordmancs.bsky.social

15 October 2026 09:40

Late to this great piece on electoral reform prospects and options from @alanrenwick.bsky.social - including this top election trivia nugget: We have had seven by-elections so far this Parliament & every one has featured a different combination of parties in the top two: www.ft.com/content/b35a...

Iain Mansfield

igmansfield.bsky.social

14 October 2026 20:34

Excellent piece. Anyone involved with a secondary school, local authority or any other public sector organisation will know first-hand how big (and growing) a problem this is.

Tom Belger

tombelger.bsky.social

13 October 2026 11:00

As @patrickmaguire.bsky.social notes - the sole trader still “confuses Labour’s intuitive sense of class'. 'Payslip Labour' still dominates Labour thinking too much, when over 4.5 million people are self-employed. And yes, a declaration of interest as a freelancer myself...

Cas Mudde

casmudde.bsky.social

13 October 2026 09:29

This is a wonderful study @lwestheuser.bsky.social & Koen Damhuis, showing the unique contribution qualitative research can make to a field dominated by quantitative studies (but, of course, created by qualitative scholars). 👏

LSE Blogs

lseblogs.bsky.social

12 October 2026 15:17

Why are small business owners more likely to vote for the radical right? Using data from fourteen EU countries, Tommaso Crescioli and Toon Van Overbeke show that exposure to market concentration in their industry helps explain why. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...