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Project account Prof Nick Hubble. 2023-24 Leverhulme Research Fellowship. New publication: Culture Wars in Britain (Emerald Publications, May 2026), £16.99.
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Culture Wars in Britain: The Myth of Exceptionalism and the Reality of Division. £16.99. Available in eBook from 22 April 2026 and in paperback from 13 May 2026. https://t.co/EG5H2KfXsf
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BREAKING: Reform UK have unveiled plans to reduce the Scottish Parliament's powers in their 2026 manifesto Nigel Farage's party wants to slash the number of MSPs and regularly review Holyrood's devolved powers People were warned that this is what they wanted.
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“It has long been the case that a lot of Labour supporters have had a very positive view of Plaid Cymru — they just didn’t have a reason to vote for them until now.” - Prof Richard Wyn Jones 👇 https://t.co/GHOVQyZV9x
politico.eu
In the old coalfields of south Wales, Britain’s center-left establishment faces being crushed by a nationalist left and populist right. POLITICO went to find out why.
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Gaat Mischa Bredewold de politiek in? SD Worx-renster staat in Utrecht op de lijst https://t.co/pRJPEmIcwa 🇳🇱#wielrennen #koers #cycling
wielerflits.nl
Zien we Mischa Bredewold straks in de gemeenteraad van Utrecht? Die kans lijkt niet zo heel groot, maar de renster van SD Worx-ProTime staat op 18 maart wel op de lijst in Utrecht bij de gemeentera...
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On the contrary, do let Britain decline its way out of it. Only by moving on from the exceptionalist British Nation state will we bring these isles into the twenty-first century.
The Fourth Great Disruption is here. Don’t let Britain decline out of it. An essay - and an intervention by John Bew. Do not miss. In this week’s @NewStatesman
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The NS has being going this way for years but this really is loopy historical framing disguised as reason (while implying all sorts of rightwing dogwhistles about human rights and shibboleths). At one point, it describea a solution as 'not beyond the wit of man'. Actually, it is
THE GREAT BRITISH CRISIS by John Bew We are in the midst of the Fourth Great Disruption of the modern British state. Our politics, across every part of the political spectrum, is lagging perilously behind the realities we face. The fidelity of our political and official classes
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Examples of graphs where an outlier makes the rest of the chart look silly. Greens vote share gain in Gorton and Denton by-election quite literally dwarfs any others. This isn't business as usual.
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The Britain Predicts final forecast for Gorton and Denton, complete with ranges: GRN: 31% (25-38%) REF: 30% (30-33%) LAB: 29% (22-34%) Drilldown, including what built it: https://t.co/TxHjuf74Oy
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Our annual postgraduate essay prize is back for a 12th year! The winner receives £250 and a year's subs to RWS, plus the opportunity to revise their essay for publication in Key Words. For details, see: https://t.co/ya1XAplpwH. Please share widely with relevant postgrads! 🙏
raymondwilliams.co.uk
We are delighted to announce the return of the Raymond Williams Society postgraduate essay competition for its 12th year. The deadline for entries is Friday 3 April 2026. The prize for the winning …
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Culture Wars in Britain: The Myth of Exceptionalism and the Reality of Division. £16.99. Available in ebook 22 April 2026; paperback 13 May 2026. https://t.co/EG5H2KgvhN
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Bad Takes of Our Times #1: The idea that everything 'bad' started with the launch of the iPhone (and, by implication, smart phone social media) in 2007.
socialhumanities.home.blog
I’ve seen the ‘iPhone argument’ argument – that the launch of the first iPhone in 2007 is the point in time when everything started to go ‘wrong’ – once too often over recen…
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Sociology will no longer be posting on X. You can find news on the journal through the following BSA channels: LinkedIn: https://t.co/olXW0W2CtJ Bluesky: @britsoci.bsky.social
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#OtD 5 Dec 1984 popular British author Ethel Mannin died aged 84. Many of her works covered radical and revolutionary themes https://t.co/kE4GfkWeiG
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#OtD 29 Oct 1974 after a ten month rent strike, students at the University of Sussex occupied both Sussex House (university management headquarters) and the university's telephone exchange in protest against rising campus rents https://t.co/zoe0mrBoOd
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The full transcript for our episode on the 2025 Working-Class Literature Festival is now up on the webpage! Learn about a literature event like no other, held at an ex-car factory under workers' control. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: https://t.co/emyGpFMwD0
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They're doing what?
Our director @anandMenon1 alongside @LukeTryl and an expert panel are presenting our analysis at the Reform UK conference now
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We are being told the Overton window has shifted, mainstream opinion has moved, and social reality has changed. What's going on? https://t.co/v9Mkykae4Y
socialhumanities.home.blog
In this post, I am just noting a developing trend in the way that articles in the non-right-wing (for want of a better way to phrase it) media are reporting social attitudes as ascertained by polli…
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EXCLUSIVE: Watch Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty read out the names of the 22 members of the UK Government Cabinet 'guilty of collusion with genocide' before he was arrested this morning 👇
thenational.scot
Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty read out the names of the 22 members of the UK Government Cabinet “guilty of collusion with genocide” before…
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