Available on Open Access from MUP.

Congratulations to our very own Professor Andrew Russell and his co-author, Professor Andreja Zevnik, for receiving the Award for the Best Scientific Work in the Field of Political Science for their book from Dr Marko Hočevar on behalf of the Slovenian Political Science Association🗣️📚📖

shocked by Daniel Boffey’s @theguardian.com story? See our book on Unbelonging of Slovenian Roma (open access thru @manchesterup.bsky.social New Slovenian law treats entire Romany minority ‘as a security threat’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183545/

Romani communities: between belonging & antigypsyism – Join us for a panel, Q&A & photo exhibition on Roma identity & social justice 📅3 Nov, 6–8pm |SeeSaw Co-Working Space, Manchester www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/romani-com... #ESRCFestival #McrESRCFest @uompols.bsky.social @prfandrwrssll.bsky.social

"While [Davey's] last two conference speeches have taken the fight head-on to Farage and Reform UK, this time it was the Conservatives whom he blamed for Reform." David Cutts, Charles Pattie & @prfandrwrssll.bsky.social on the Lib Dem strategy to target Tory voters ukandeu.ac.uk/the-liberal-...

"The prize of ‘killing off’ the Tories has lured the Lib Dems into prioritising 2024 Conservative voters. Such a strategy has its upsides but the likelihood of success appears limited" David Cutts, Charles Pattie & @prfandrwrssll.bsky.social reflect on the Lib Dem's strategy to target Tory voters

Ultimate palate cleanse. This is magnificent

Sir Martin Sorrell on #radio4today speaking about how AI will diminish our need to learn languages (or coding) while not knowing the difference btw “less” and “fewer” twice in the ivw has properly triggered me.

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Just listening and re listening to Smiley Smile…

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Today in 1921 a white mob attacked the black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma with guns, aircraft & incendiary bombs. As many as 300 were killed, 10,000 black people were left homeless.

What a sad sight

Hull. Away. On a Monday night. Live on TV anyway. Would be madness. Ofc I’m going !

Mega thread from the flawless @timbale.bsky.social Well worth following

Can’t spell tariffs without FFS

Seems like the concept of “Friendly Fire” which might be well-known in some random European countries…

"20k troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years" JD Vance's comments and this picture coming to an election leaflet near you soon

Thread…

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

“Have you ever been to Ukraine?” “I’ve been to…. I’ve seen and watched stories”

Who doesn’t understand words he keeps using like “litigate”

Vance was 100% That Guy in seminars

And this makes essentially the point for @philipjcowley.bsky.social Liz Truss assumed that the local stations wd be an easy ride revealing that she had v little knowledge of them.

@thebugle.bsky.social - did no one notice that the woman’s mic wasn’t working???

New @thebugle.bsky.social with silent @tiffstevenson.bsky.social is a surprise !

My regular sense check of PMQs here and on the other place continues to reveal that while it’s the same planet they’re now in different worlds. V hard to continue on x

You don't need to make an emergency podcast, folks.

No, we *all* won the youth vote by 36 points.

Excellent NYT interview with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Hungary. This is a key insight!

@priceoffootball.bsky.social Hallelujah!

Two weeks on from a third flood since 2016 I cd think of a more tactful approach that the Environment Agency @EnvAgency chose to push thru letterboxes of homes today.

I was an official observer in the 2009 elections in Mozambique. What struck me then was how hard the ruling party, Frelimo, tried in a campaign that they were always going to win anyway.

What sort of animal leaves these prints in the snow? Am now thinking we had an elk come up to the window overnight and I’ve not seen many of those in Stockport.

Incredibly different reaction to #pmqs on Twitter (where the consensus seems to be that Starmer is in deep trouble) and Bluesky (where several are saying that Badenoch has had performed terribly). Ofc both interpretations might be true but the difference in tone is marked.

Oh FFS. Now the @economist.com seems to have joined @thetimes.com in refusing to call a spade a spade.

A less discussed aspect of normalization of the far right is the attacks on anyone using pre-normalization assessments and terminology. This has been going on for over a decade, in Europe and the U.S., where the term “far right” is being squeezed tighter and tighter until it only refers to Nazis.

Well 2025 is shaping up to make me nostalgic for 2024. Ffs

Christopher Hood has died today. Public administration has lost one of its absolute best. RIP

Putting away the Christmas decorations. I hope all of your Xmas Irishes came true

Third house flood since 2016. Looks like climate change is real. Keep saying we can’t do this again: and then we do.

This politician has some real skills - self awareness does not appear to among them.

Liverpool is an amazing city full of fascinating buildings but what about the buildings that never got built? I’ve had a look at eight weird and wacky plans that never made it to fruition www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Asked Alexa to play #michelleshocked - still not on Spotify/Amazon music. Instead it offered me “What’s so shocking about it?” by Kiha and the Faces and it turns out I q like 2010s S Korean indie pop

This could be significant

Having just signed off the proofs, now seems a good time to get the first plug in for this…. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183545/

Now the agreement’s been signed, I’m really excited to announce I’m (officially) writing my first monograph, ‘Progressive Politics, Popular Culture, and Public Memory in Contemporary Britain’, which will be published by Palgrave Macmillan. #skystorians 🗃️ #polisky

Well worth a read from @anthonyjwells.bsky.social and the team at YouGov. Amongst all the commendably clear transparency, there's fresh evidence that there was a small but significant Lab to Con swing in the final week of the campaign. yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Apparently my top artists of the year are 1)The Beatles 2) Giacomo Puccini 3) Glen Campbell 4) Paul McCartney 5) Barenaked Ladies. I can explain all of these but no explanation really needed.

Words are important. Use them wisely. 👇