To try to be restrained and persuasive: 1) Academic work (like most things) is of varying quality 2) There is an enormous leftward ideological skew to the lowest-quality work 3) 1 + 2 makes it hard for credentialed "expertise" to be credible even when most experts are good

Most interesting thing for me: a majority of Lib Dems back the sentiment, and almost half take no issue with the language. Supports @jamesbreckwoldt.bsky.social's research emphasising how poorly understood Lib Dem voters are. Not nec. true that Labour losses there are disaffected social liberals.

NEW - Family Matters: How Concerns about the Financial Wellbeing of Young Relatives Shape the Political Preferences of Older Adults - cup.org/3Gny1bz - @zackgp94.bsky.social, @profjanegreen.bsky.social & Geoffrey Evans #OpenAccess