Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Finally a glimpse of light in the darkness. And wow ehat a speech - pure poetry www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Great to make a flying visit to my old stomping ground

Congratulations to Nadia Urbinati on the award of this year's Serena Medal by the British Academy www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/prizes-medal...

Delighted to announce a hybrid event to launchThe Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory: ed Richard Bellamy and Jeff King UCL 13 Oct 2025, 18:05 – 19:30, followed by a wine reception. Event details and how to book an on line or in person place – are here www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

The UCL Global Centre for Constitutional Democracy at UCL is delighted to announce an event to launch The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory at UCL on 13 October 2025, 6:05 pm–8:00 pm All welcome. Details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/... _

New Book - Defending the Political Constitution - coming soon ....

Wtf?! Barbaric

It was such a pleasure to discuss with the brilliant @shafakelif literature and politics, minorities in the Ottoman Empire, how the past conditions us, the role of writers in society, and much more... The joint interview is out in today's @theguardian.com link👇 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Indignity: A Life Reimagined by Lea Ypi review – love, war and betrayal

I have a new paper out online in @crispp.bsky.social: I argue that a focus on domination can help us better understand a renewed politics of working time - a reduction in work, the right to disconnect, and challenging employer authority over free time. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Opinion: The past decade was a masterclass in how to misread a nation. If Sir Keir Starmer doesn’t want to gift Britain to Reform, he needs to prove fast that he can be tough and effective on immigration on.ft.com/47dejup

New article now out and on open access - “Truthfulness, pluralism and the ethics of democratic representation” is now published in Volume 27, Issue 3 of The British Journal of Politics and International Relations and is available at doi.org/10.1177/1369...

Manu Chao rocking Livorno

CRISPP 28.5 is now on line. A special Issue on Democratic Ethics and Voting edited by Annabelle Lever & Attila Mráz – many articles open access – available at: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...

NEW SPECIAL ISSUE: Much of political theory today is informed, explicitly or implicitly, by the model of the democratic underlabourer, which, however, assumes the political context of the (democratic) nation-state. journals.sagepub.com/toc/iptb/21/2

Why Putin’s persists with his war despite his failure to achieve any of his political objectives. Just because he is stubborn does not mean that he can win. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/putins-nar...

Drones reportedly attack Russia's Black Sea fleet; pipelines supplying Russian military explode in Russia's Far East, HUR source says; and more.

Out on line first CRISPP exchange between Albert Weale and Paul Tucker on the letters Global Discord

Should protestors be allowed to wear masks? On the role of anonymity in democracy:

Odious racist lies used to dampen protests and cow opposition to Trump administration’s vile policies

Even the Guardian in my view fails to underline how worrying this is …. The BBC treats such news as if we should be rejoicing and heading for the beach. No wonder climate change isn't being taken seriously. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Number issue of CRISPP now out (28.4) See thread below for contents from Perez to Goodin - something for every political theorist!

Final Version: 225 (!) UK-based politics academics signed our open letter warning anti-immigrant rhetoric will only embolden the far-right Text & signatories here - www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

An enjoyable discussion with @alanrenwick.bsky.social on the necessity for democratic politicians to be truthful - in some ways a taster for my next book project ...https://uncoveringpolitics.com/episodes/should-politicians-always-be-truthful

A poignant reminder of the horrors of even just wars from s commemoration of deaths from the allied bombing of Livorno on this day in 1943 - sadly the hope that would not be repeated in plaque there remains more fragile than ever.

This hefty tome is finally out - also available on line. With many thanks to its 60 contributors and fellow editor Jeff King

On Zolo's Democracy and Complexity open.substack.com/pub/digressi... Shout out to @rbellamy.bsky.social, @drnickcowen.bsky.social

Congratulations to @rbellamy.bsky.social and Jeff King!

A mega book symposium (covering two books on an overlapping - and in political philosophy, neglected - issue - that of food - healthy eating and justice for animals). Will go on line early and be assigned to an issue in a year or so.

Da domani in edicola per la nuova collana “Idee” di @feltrinelli.bsky.social (in collaborazione con la fondazione Feltrinelli) un mio nuovo libro su cittadinanza, immigrazione e capitale - anteprima nell’intervista allegata del Corriere della Sera ma ci vediamo al Salone di Torino per approfondire🌹!

Der vollständige Redetext der von @leaypi.bsky.social gehaltenen Rede an Europa steht nun in englischer und deutscher Fassung zur Verfügung. Lesen Sie hier: www.iwm.at/news/a-speec...

Thank you @iwm.at @erstestiftung.org & to everyone who came to my Europe Speech on migration & borders yesterday. It was an unforgettable evening for me, one whole hour in which I felt fully at home in the square after months and months of political homelessness. Speech 👉 www.iwm.at/news/a-speec...

'There’s a £1.5 billion loss on teaching, about a £6bn loss on research–it’s international fee income that’s making that [gap] up.' HE Research & HE teaching: they are joined at the hip, both because of WHAT UNIVERSITIES ARE FOR and because of how they are funded in the UK. 1/2

Ive been surprised by some of the negative commentary on this ruling - so this is a refreshing defence verfassungsblog.de/its-solidari...

On why aping Reform is not only bad politics but also bad economics

Labour has to change tack and stop aping Reform on immigration and public spending before it is too late. Not only is it morally wrong, but also the strategy of growing the economy will also fail to materialise given Trump light policies have major economic costs that undermine any such recovery.

In a week when Australia followed Canada in giving the neo-Trumpist parties an electoral drubbing, it was disappointing to say the least to see the Trump adjacent Reform do so well in the recent local elections and to win the Runcorn by-election.

Great blog on free speech and social media www.medialaws.eu/the-evolutio...

Great post graduate teaching opportunity at UCL

Great to have been part of this discussion of the entrenchment of democracy youtu.be/RtZcVmyezcM

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol 28, No 3 (Special Issue) Relational Equality and Intergenerational Justice, edited by Devon Cass and Andre Santos Campos is now available on line – the Introduction on open access. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...

Although its taken an inordinate time to come out (due to hacking of CUP) it was v much a lock down project in which Jeff and I met almost every week at one stage to discuss a chapter of the book. So I learnt a huge amount from him as well as the contributors. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory is now available electronically. @rbellamy.bsky.social @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social @alixabeth.bsky.social inter alia