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Jason Dittmer

@realjdittmer.bsky.social

Professor of Political Geography at UCL. Posting about geopolitics, popular culture, and cat memes

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Alan Lester@alanlester.bsky.social · 5d ago

The web of dubious finance and lies that propelled Farage’s personal, & Reform’s political fortune is gradually being unravelled. Thanks to all the investigative journalists, not least @carolecadwalla.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK

Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships

theguardian.com

Jason Dittmer@realjdittmer.bsky.social · 3w ago

Last night I did an interview with DW about the new UK-EU Treaty on Gibraltar. It was great, not least because they had actually read some of my work! Or at least the abstract…interview begins at the 4:10 mark.

Gibraltar scraps border checks with Spain | DW News

After years of post-Brexit wrangling, border checks between Spain and the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar have been abolished. The move changes everyday life for some 15,000 daily commuters in Spain's far south but also sheds light on post-Brexit Europe. Jason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography, tells DW this marks a 'new era' in relations between Gibraltar and the EU. 00:00 Spain and Gibraltar remove Gibraltar border after post-Brexit agreement 00:00:30 Commuters, businesses and residents react to the historic change 00:01:31 Fabian Picardo, Chief Minister of Gibraltar, on the– economic opportunities from easier cross-border travel 00:03:05 Juan Franco, Mayor of La Línea de la Concepción, hopes for jobs and investment in the border region 00:03:42 Rising housing costs and property demand in La Linea 00:04:10 Interview: Jason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography, University College London 00:05:17 Brexit, Gibraltar's identity and ties to Europe 00:10:02 Why economics and geography shaped the agreement For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 #dwcurrentaffairs

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Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4w ago

'Notably, a record 88.1 per cent of students who completed the NSS are positive about the quality of teaching on their course – with 93.6 per cent agreeing that teaching staff are good at explaining things.' 1/3

The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education

The 2026 NSS results bring evidence that most students are happy with their academic experience, and particularly appreciate the skills of their academic staff

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The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · last mo.

Ten years ago today, J. D. Vance called Trump “cultural heroin” in The Atlantic: “To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution … He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t," Vance wrote of Trump. Read the piece: theatln.tc/foJ8lGw3

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Marc Palen@mwpalen.bsky.social · last mo.

“Leading writers, broadcasters, academics and theologians have thrown their weight behind a campaign to save 150 jobs at the University of Exeter” Thank you all for your support! #DefendExeterUni Please do sign the petition: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts

Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences

theguardian.com

Jason Dittmer@realjdittmer.bsky.social · last mo.

“Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Farage was asked if he would give the money back and replied by asking presenter Nick Robinson if he would give his salary to charity.” Seems a straightforward admission the £5 million was a wage? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Farage says £5m gift spending details 'not public's business'

Rival parties have raised concerns over the gift received by the Reform UK leader before he became an MP.

bbc.co.uk

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

for reference and comparison: conservatively, the United States spent two-thirds of that figure in the *first week* of the war on Iran. it's genuinely difficult to overstate how many world-historical own goals US politics has accumulated over the past few decades

Thiago Carvalho@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'The real surprise from the OECD’s subsidy numbers is that it cost China less than $18bn in sectoral support over 15 years to build an industry that can now provide more clean power than the world can readily absorb.' @adamtooze.bsky.social @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/b6ca...

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So grim. In the 1990s I visited China. The faculty there couldn’t believe I designed my own courses. They kept asking the same question in different ways thinking I hadn’t understood. I assumed that China would come to adopt Western freedoms, not US would adopt central control.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“The Auburn University Board of Trustees on Friday gave itself complete control over course offerings, curriculum, degree requirements and academic credentials while eliminating shared governance at the Alabama land-grant university… The policy leaves many questions unanswered”

Anna Secor@ajsecor.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On the horror of our times and what it means to feel like you’re on the darkest timeline: my 2025 Political Geography Plenary, at last out from embargo with three brilliant commentaries and my response: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @squirerachael.bsky.social @politicalgeography.bsky.social

2025 Political Geography Plenary: On the bad timeline: Dissociative geo-politics in the time of Trump

Distortion, unreality, a confusion of perspective: it is hard to shake the feeling of “time out of joint” in the period since Trump's re-election to t…

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