A fantastic piece of reporting, brilliantly illustrated data, thorough, neutral analysis, transparent data collection… and frightening conclusions. Well done @skynewsrss.bsky.social for putting in long miles on this one

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Immigration, indecency, and incompetence. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. The ever-more indecent terms of the immigration 'debate' are another failure of Brexit, which links to the ever-more obvious incompetence of Reform in local government: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/immi...

We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

I'm not pro-Hamas. I'm not 'antifa' (other than thinking fascism is in fact, bad). I dont hate America. I've spent my career supporting the U.S. military. But I'll be out on the 18th, because I support our Constitution, our freedoms, and the rule of law 🇺🇸

"...Trumpists...seek to entrap universities in a deal that ...gives the administration arbitrary power over them. The carrots serve to lure institutions of higher learning into a dark alley where, rather than just waiting with a big stick, the government can put a gun to their heads at any time."

We may soon have the first technocratic (ie not based on an explicit coalition of parties in parliament) of theFrench Fifth Republic. ⬇️

An excellent summary of the debates on fascism and the contemporary radical right that we had in Rome earlier this year, at a conference organized by the George L. Mosse Center at the University of Wisconsin earlier this year.

I wroite a short piece on @verfassungsblog.de on the challenges facing the French new Prime Minister. The institutions of the Fifth Republic have so far been very resilient in the face of continued crisis, but fatigue is starting to show.

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Check out more info on new French PM Sébastien Lecornu 👇

Macron has just appointed Sebastian Lecornu, from the centrist ranks, as new PM. Short 🧵/1 www.lemonde.fr/politique/li...

Macron has just appointed Sebastian Lecornu, from the centrist ranks, as new PM. Short 🧵/1 www.lemonde.fr/politique/li...

On the occasion of a recent keynote lecture at the University of Helsinki, I gave an interview to the Finnish online media Uusi Juttu @uusijuttu.fi on my research on countering illiberalism in liberal democracies. It is here (in Finnish--Google translate may help). www.uusijuttu.fi/juttu/sqSVZw...

On the occasion of a recent keynote lecture at the University of Helsinki, I gave an interview to the Finnish online media Uusi Juttu @uusijuttu.fi on my research on countering illiberalism in liberal democracies. It is here (in Finnish--Google translate may help). www.uusijuttu.fi/juttu/sqSVZw...

French government falls as Bayrou loses confidence vote

The French National Assembly just voted on the confidence to the Bayrou government. 364 votes against, 194 vote in favor. So Bayrou falls after only 9 months. The Parliament will have to approve a budget before Dec 31. I discuss the possible scenarios in this piece for @verfassungsblog.de

France is likely not to have a government after today’s critical vote of confidence on Bayrou’s government. I discuss the possible ensuing scenarios in this piece for @verfassungsblog.de

France is likely not to have a government after today’s critical vote of confidence on Bayrou’s government. I discuss the possible ensuing scenarios in this piece for @verfassungsblog.de

I wrote a short piece on the latest chapter in the seemingly endless crisis that has gripped French politics since 2022. The government is likely to collapse on Monday, leaving Macron once again with no good options at a time of international turmoil. ⬇️

France 🇫🇷 is heading into a new political crisis, with a vote of confidence scheduled for this Sunday that Prime Minister Bayrou is expected to lose. GIOVANNI CAPOCCIA (@gcapoccia.bsky.social) explains what is at stake – and the choice Macron will face after the vote. verfassungsblog.de/deja-vu/

I wrote a short piece on the latest chapter in the seemingly endless crisis that has gripped French politics since 2022. The government is likely to collapse on Monday, leaving Macron once again with no good options at a time of international turmoil. ⬇️

What do Jenrick, Farage, Goodwin, the Telegraph etc think will be the consequences of their actions? And what does Starmer think will be the consequence of his inaction?

Over the moon with this. Thanks so much indeed 🙏

Off to Helsinki to give the keynote address to the inaugural session of the RESLIDE multi-university project on “The Resilience of Liberal Democracy in Finland”. I will lecture about my current research on countering illiberalism in liberal democracies. 1/2 reslide.fi/en/tapahtuma...

New Post: "For Your Syllabus: Statistical Power" Add content on statistical power to your social science courses. Not just to methods courses. For substantive courses, Bloom's MDE (i.e., 80% power to detect 2.5*SE) is easy to teach and really helpful! www.carlislerainey.com/blog/2025-08...

Off to Helsinki to give the keynote address to the inaugural session of the RESLIDE multi-university project on “The Resilience of Liberal Democracy in Finland”. I will lecture about my current research on countering illiberalism in liberal democracies. 1/2 reslide.fi/en/tapahtuma...

The "unitary executive theory" is not a theory but a rational-seeming veneer to stop people seeing the simple power grab for what it is. The antidote is people speaking plainly & ubiquitously on why this "theory" is just bullshit, until it's common knowledge that many experts think it's bullshit

The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House. When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases. For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.

The Secret Service had James Comey, the former FBI director, followed by law enforcement in unmarked cars and tracked his phone after his social media post in May that President Trump’s allies said amounted to an assassination threat.

This died a death in the Lords today. Utter cowardice. An unwillingness to push for even the most moderate and universally-accepted reform. A pathetic spectacle.

No-one is paying attention. No-one gives a damn. But one man is valiantly trying to make Labour stick by its manifesto commitment on constitutional reform. Tomorrow, we find out if he's succeeded. iandunt.substack.com/p/this-wedne...

Theda Skocpol argues that the inflated ICE resulting from Trump's "BBB" is likely to serve as a centralized police force serving the autocratizing goals of his administration. A warning that should be taken very seriously by those who thought that teh US' federal structure would limit Trump's reach.

Qui aurait imaginé, il y a quelques années, que l’antisémitisme reviendrait en force dans nos sociétés ? Sans doute personne. Et pourtant. Suralimenté par le terrible conflit post 7 octobre, il reprend les clichés qui ont traversé les siècles et semblent, hélas, éternels. lel.media/antisemitism...

Dans @lel-media.bsky.social, nous sommes fiers de publier ce remarquable texte de @aurelienveil.bsky.social sur l'éternel retour d'un antisémitisme fondé depuis des millénaires sur les mêmes tropes. A lire vraiment, sans œillères, ni parti pris.

Exceptionally good piece here from @mds49.bsky.social, tracing the evolution of Blue Labour from the seminar rooms of Oxford to Glasman's new home on "MAGA square" www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/703...

Day 3 of fielding media fact-checkers asking whether Zohran Mamdani is a communist. No. He's not a communist. He's not calling for a centrally planned economy. He's not calling for a single ruling party. He respects pluralism. Some of his ideas are silly, but it's not b/c he's a communist, ffs.

"El PP ha convertido a Vox no en un peaje transitorio, sino en un pilar de su proyecto de país" Mientras Europa se distancia, ¿España normaliza una derecha cada vez más extrema?  👉 Lee el análisis de @annalopez.bsky.social

Jusqu’aux années 1970, une leucémie infantile signifiait quasi systématiquement la mort. 5 ans après le diagnostic, moins d'un enfant sur 7 survivait*. Aujourd’hui, dans les pays riches, ce chiffre dépasse les 94%. Une révolution. *leucémie aiguë lymphoblastique

à lire : lel.media/data/leucemi...

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Aujourd'hui, avec @cobrafx.bsky.social, dans @lel-media.bsky.social, en texte et en infographie, je me suis penché sur les exceptionnels progrès médicaux qui font reculer la mortalité dans la leucémie infantile, le cancer le plus fréquent qui touche les enfants.

R.I.P Pierre Nora. His contribution to history has been enormous, but the multi-volume work Les Lieux de la Memoire will remain a milestone. legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2022/12/0...

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In this post, a senior advisor of the US State Department lays out the ideological battle lines between illiberal populism (which he calls "pro-democratic") and liberal democracy.🧵 /1 statedept.substack.com/p/the-need-f...

That was the reset that was. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog evaluating the framing and content of the UK-EU reset Summit, political reactions to it, and what it says about Labour's post-Brexit approach to the EU: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/that...

German government bans far-right group ‘Kingdom of Germany’ www.ft.com/content/dfe4...