@leverhulmetrust research fellow at @sotonpolitics examining how progressive parties are navigating the challenges facing UK governance
Joined February 2019
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📢📢 I'm delighted (and relieved!) to share the news that I've been awarded a three year @LeverhulmeTrust fellowship at @sotonpolitics starting in Feb!
The project is a huge opportunity to combine my interest in the left and governance just as @UKLabour enter power! 1/2
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What does #KeirStarmer's revamped top team mean for the next phase of his government?
@Broid_ says Darren Jones will play a pivotal role👇
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My paper on the progressive network-system with my good friend @marcogug79 is open access for a limited time only. If you're scratching your head wondering how the left can win in the digital age, dare I say this is the place to start! ✊doi.org/10.1332/26352257Y202…
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DM if you want to arrange a presentation ❤️
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My recent article on the state and climate policy now has a home in the new issue of @Env_Pol ! You can find it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Splendid to see research on Theresa May, Statecraft and the Environment cited new new work by @nathan_critch , Peter Kerr and Steven Kettell published in Parliamentary Affairs (@HansardSociety).
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Dr Bradley Ward says that the current system of funding for political parties and a lack of capacity to deliver in government makes UK politics vulnerable to cronyism.
In a @LSEpoliticsblog he says only deep structural reforms can prevent future scandals.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…
Elon Musk’s alleged donation to Reform & Tulip Siddiq’s resignation raise further questions about party financing and centralisation in UK politics. Clientelism and cronyism will continue to thrive until significant reforms are made.
💥New! Accusations of cronyism and clientelism don’t seem to be going away for Labour. Tulip Siddiq’s recent resignation is just the latest incident. @JWard232 and @Broid_ argue that deep structural reforms is what's needed.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…
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📣📣New publication! So thrilled to see my latest paper 'Going Digital … But What For? Parties' Ideological Positions and Divides on Platform Societies in Western Europe' out on @govandopp , open access for sharing, citing, criticising ☺️. Link 👇
cambridge.org/core/journals/… and a🧵
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New article out in @SocMovStudies - compares all 54 major environmentalist protests in UK in 2010s, including by @XRebellionUK #ClimateStrike @GreenpeaceUK
Shows two conditions sufficient for success - perseverance, & support from opposition parties
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated.
A new essay by @bswud, @SCP_Hughes & me.
Why the UK's ban on investment in housing, infrastructure and energy is not just a problem. It is *the* problem.
And how fixing it is the defining task of our generation.
ukfoundations.co/
Good to see my article with @marcogug79 trending on the @JPolIdeologies homepage! If you want an alternative way of analysing ideologies labelled as populist, check it out 👉 doi.org/10.1080/13569317.202…
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New short piece published on @PolStudiesAssoc's website
'Engaging with the politics of structural disablement through Political Studies'
psa.ac.uk/psa/news/engaging-…
#PoliticalStudies #PolSci #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityTwitter
heck of a read
GPE Have you read our latest special issue? Progressive Politics in Times of Crisis
Guest edited by @Broid_:, @marcogug79, @MelCruzL & @djbailey231 bristoluniversitypressdigita… #ESAPorto24
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Want something to read on your way to #EISAPEC24? 🚆 🛫 Check out our recent special issue on #ProgressivePolitics in Times of Crisis buff.ly/3AH2BtB
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Rent prices increase substantially when Airbnb enters an area. In neighborhoods with high Airbnb activity, "rents are estimated to have increased by 7%, while increases in transaction prices are estimated at 17%"
Evidence from Barcelona
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🧵on our work on b’ham city council quoted in the FT today. Key takeaways:
🔺the bankruptcy was triggered on the wrong basis
🔺This had disastrous effects as unnecessary cuts & asset sales were rushed through
🔺Another recovery plan is still possible
ft.com/content/0afe61eb-5dde…
🚨 @JWard232, myself and Pete Kerr published on centralisation and fragmentation in UK politics a few weeks ago in @PolStudiesRev. It's now open access & will be of interest to students and scholars of British governance🧵
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We then highlight a consensus between the two schools around the idea that UK governance today is characterised by a centripetal–centrifugal dynamic between a power-hoarding centre and a range of forces eroding its capacity to deliver - we call this 'power without capacity'.