1/4. New article alert! "The crown in crisis? Britain’s royal ontological (in)security in the post-Brexit age", by Christopher S. Browning & Tom Howe is out now. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

"More than others, the UK and Australia have staked out global roles as appendages of the US-led order – its lieutenant and sergeant. They must now ask themselves if they’re fighting for the same cause as their major." 🖊️ @tomhowe.bsky.social & Ben Wellings on AUKUS ukandeu.ac.uk/australias-e...

Reading the just released “War and Peace” by General Sir Richard Barrons, who is currently co-writing the UK’s strategic defence review.

Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.

34% of Australians have a negative attitude towards Muslims, up from 27% last year. Not surprising but consider how little you’ve heard politicians or media grapple with the fact one-third of the population is hostile to Muslims (as opposed to encouraging hostility) www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

New divergence tracker is out - the first since Labour took office. Key take-aways: 1) Labour is continuing a trend of pausing plans for 'active' divergence from EU, due to costs to biz. 2) But - crucially - Lab is also setting plans to actively *align* with EU rules. This is a big policy change

David Lammy on his dinner with Donald Trump: “He wanted to find out from the Prime Minister how he had won; I think he was taking notes in relation to his own campaign.” www.newstatesman.com/politics/pol...

Keep seeing references to UK food security. Since the mid-19th century UK food security has meant the ability to keep the sea lanes open and imports flowing in. Not the ability to produce domestic needs at home.

This month's #ACFM is on Disruption! Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert, and I contrast the anger at the protest disruption of @JustStop_Oil with acceptance of the climate change disruption seen in Valencia. And the 'creative disruption' celebrated by the tech sector. novaramedia.com/2024/11/17/a...

Following the recent trend on Bluesky and in the hope that more of us will soon join the "good place," I’ve created a starter pack for those studying ontological (in)security in global politics 🤓 go.bsky.app/9v5z4jX

Alright, last bit of posting, i wrote a few pieces for the New Statesman since i was last on social media properly. The first, on the new British right www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/0...

On Trump and the mythical, and actually existing, 1945 orders: unherd.com/2024/11/welc...