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This went on for the rest of the full hour, at which point the BBC apologised for having to go to the weather and urged viewers to follow continuing live coverage on iPlayer. Forty-one minutes of unfiltered, unchallenged propaganda by a far right party with 8 MPs, now third in the polls. Discuss.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · yesterday

BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY

⛓️‍💥 More divided - but not more extreme. Before Poland’s democratic backsliding, argue @maciejsychowiec.bsky.social, Oliwia Szczupska and @mkolczynska.bsky.social, Poles’ views were already becoming more tightly connected across issues, and more closely aligned with party choice ⤵️ tinyurl.com/2fmh9r2v

Poland got more divided without getting more extreme

Poland’s democratic backsliding was not preceded by voters becoming more extreme, argue Marta Kołczyńska, Maciej Sychowiec and Oliwia Szczupska. Before democratic erosion took hold, Poles’ views were ...

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In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

Again, as with "Woke 1 vs Woke 2," not participating in this Discourse is a readily available option, & this is just more evidence that the US media is perfectly able to laser-focus on one topic when it wants to, & chooses every day not to do so in re: the unprecedented crimes & authoritarianism.

Comfortably Boo@numb.comfortab.ly · 2d ago

Oh it's a *discourse* discourse

Van Theo Franckens 'rijkswacht 2.0' tot de afbraak van de verzorgingsstaat: wanneer sociale bescherming voor repressie plaatsmaakt, komt de democratie onder druk te staan. www.sampol.be/2026/10/rijk...

📜 Greece's current constitutional revision, argues @dimitramareta.bsky.social, merely serves the political programme of the governing party, and has advanced with the help of far-right MPs. ⚠️ This, she warns, could lead the country down a dangerous path. ⤵️ tinyurl.com/yjjny75b

Greece is revising its constitution – but only to secure its current government's politics

Constitutional revisions usually serve to improve the function of the polity, the state and the protection of citizens. But Greece's current constitutional revision, argues Dimitra Mareta, merely serv...

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🔮 #FutureofPopulism 110 #CulturalBacklash theory argues that opposition to progressive politics produced the populist radical right. But in a blog from @electoralstudies.bsky.social research, @ckloetzer.bsky.social of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social says we may need to rethink this logic: tinyurl.com/mra35rsv

🔮 The inevitable social conservatism of the radical right

The theory of cultural backlash argues that opposition to progressive politics has given us the populist radical right. Christian Kloetzer writes that we may have turn this logic on its head. The elec...

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⛓️ When authoritarian rulers fall, their relatives often become targets for prosecution. 🌍 Drawing on six African transitions, @michasiedu.bsky.social shows why punishing a former ruling family does not necessarily transform the political system that protected it: ⤵️ tinyurl.com/y8jmjt8f

Why a ruling family can fall without the ruling system falling with it

When authoritarian rulers fall, their relatives often become targets for prosecution. Drawing on six African transitions, Michael Asiedu shows why accountability takes different forms and why punishin...

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🎯 Put your research area at the heart of our flagship event – propose a Section for #ecprgc27 in Barcelona As a Section chair, you will: 💡 Define your Section’s focus 💡 Select Panel and Paper proposals 💡 Bring them together into a rich and varied programme ⏳ Submissions close 9 Nov

ECPR General Conference 2027, Pompeu Fabra University, 7 – 10 September 2027

Propose a Section by 9 November

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🪧 Sadie Zarris shows how Serbia's student movement - a movement without leaders - wrote itself an exacting rulebook, enforced by nothing but consent. 🗳️ Serbians go to the polls on 25 October. 🤔 The harder test, argues the author, comes once its candidates become MPs. ⤵️ tinyurl.com/47xwyran

From plenums to parliament: the rulebook behind Serbia's Student List

Serbia's student movement is on the ballot on 25 October, but no student is a candidate. Drawing on internal documents, Sadie Zarris shows how a movement without leaders wrote itself an exacting ruleb...

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🎈 #RepresentativeDisconnect ⚖️ Voters say they value democracy, yet governments that weaken courts rarely pay a price. 🗳️ Filippo Palmieri argues the reason is a majoritarian idea of democracy, in which stripping an elected government of constraints counts as a mandate fulfilled ⤵️ tinyurl.com/ymr6f9eu

🎈Why attacking the courts can sound democratic

Voters say they value democracy, yet governments that weaken courts and watchdogs rarely pay a price. Filippo Palmieri argues that the reason is not indifference but a majoritarian idea of democracy, ...

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🗳️ Is Israel’s next election just a referendum on #Netanyahu? @liranharsgor.bsky.social & @ayakter.bsky.social find two political maps: a clear divide over democracy and institutions, but no coherent alternative on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ⤵️ tinyurl.com/5e4m4fvk

Beyond Netanyahu: Israel’s election has two political divides

Israel's next election is often framed as a referendum on the country's longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Liran Harsgor and Alon Yakter argue that public opinion reveals two differen...

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🏚️ @lsouthgate.bsky.social finds that democracy alone does not consistently reduce disaster impacts. 🌪️ A clearer pattern concerns administrative capacity and whether governments can turn political decisions into coordinated action when hazards place institutions under pressure. ⤵️ tinyurl.com/yc2bh5eb

Democracy alone does not protect people when disasters strike

Laura Southgate finds that democracy alone does not consistently reduce disaster impacts across Southeast Asia. A clearer pattern concerns administrative capacity and whether governments can turn poli...

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The Weekly Roll Ch. 216. "Hallow's Eve PSA"

Bunch of fascists so secure in their fascism that they're doing Nazi salutes in public streets, until a bunch of kids saw it and said 'nope', sending the fascists fleeing and hiding in a garage. This generation is kicking us all a conscience, isn't it? Adore them for it.

Le Parisien@leparisien.fr · 2w ago

Saluts nazis, course-poursuite… Des manifestants lycéens ont mis en fuite des ultras néerlandais dans les rues de Rennes ➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/Gms7

🗳️ Vladyslav Butenko argues that Brazil’s presidential race is not a contest over the size of the welfare state. 🪙 Lula offers protection through cash transfers. 🚨 Flávio Bolsonaro offers protection from crime. ❓The 25 October runoff will test which promise voters trust 🔽 tinyurl.com/38vjb85d

Brazil’s election is a fight over what 'protection' means

Vladyslav Butenko argues that Brazil’s presidential race is not a contest over the size of the welfare state. Lula offers protection through cash

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🧠 Good evidence does not automatically inform policy. ✍️ Drawing on practitioner experience, Frank Tu Ngo offers three hands-on tactics to help researchers make their work count: 🔹seize policy windows 🔹engage policymakers early 🔹pressure-test messages with artificial intelligence ⤵️ buff.ly/OFYXEBI

Policy is calling: three hands-on tactics to make your work count

How can researchers help their evidence reach the policy room? Drawing on practitioner experience, Frank Tu Ngo offers three hands-on tactics: seize policy windows, package findings for busy audiences...

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🎈 #RepresentativeDisconnect No.16 🔸 Marjan Marjanović argues that inviting citizens into policymaking is not enough. 🔸 The democratic value of policy co-creation depends on whether institutions allow disagreement to emerge, and remain accountable for the decisions that follow ⤵️ buff.ly/gZKTnkl

🎈Co-creation strengthens democracy only when it shares power

Co-creation has become a familiar response to Europe’s democratic malaise. Marjan Marjanović argues that inviting citizens into policymaking is not enough. As Europe navigates its green and digital tr...

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🚨JOBS: Information influence campaigns are at the center of hybrid conflicts. As part of a new initiative on Hybrid War and Democracy that I lead at @d-ias.bsky.social, there are openings at post-doc and assistant professor (tenure track) levels. 🗓️: DL Nov 23 Share 🫶 🧵 www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

Vacant positions at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), University of Southern Denmark

Do you merge research excellence with immense curiosity and a sense of playfulness? We are currently hiring tenured DIAS Professors and tenure track DIAS Fellows across multiple disciplines - apply t...

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🌍 As Europe rethinks its position in a changing world, China has become increasingly important and contested. 🌐 Esther D’haeninck of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social explores how European political parties navigate these differences, and how partisan cooperation contributes to the debate. ⤵️ buff.ly/qUXDvgy

Preparing for the European Council: political families and China

As Europe rethinks its position in a changing world, China has become increasingly important and contested. European actors broadly agree on the need to strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy and glob...

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i really am not convinced the Telegraph isn’t a massive satirical art piece

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Great stuff from the Telegraph. archive.ph/r2nTA

You can inform people (correctly) that refugee pop'n is more female than they think, and they'll accept that, but they don't change their views about refugees impact on crime or the economy

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 2w ago

#OpenAccess from @jepsjournal.bsky.social - How Do (Mis-)Perceptions of Refugee Gender Composition Shape Attitudes? Evidence from a Survey Experiment - https://cup.org/4zxQ19v - Andrea Blasco, Michal Krawczyk & Hannah Nohlen #FirstView

This is Putinesque (but with more racism)! 🚨🚨🚨

Leah Gremlinberg ❌👑@leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 2w ago

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE FUCKING FIVE ALARM FIRE. The President is weaponizing DOJ to go after an opposition leader. It's a massive completely unjustified abuse of power by his secret police to shut down dissent and we won't stand for it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

⛑️ Refugees are not born of persecution; they are made by states. 🛡️ And a person only becomes a refugee once a state decides they qualify for protection. ⚖️ Asylum is thus not simply a humanitarian matter; it is also a question of how states work, says @piervanwoll.bsky.social ⤵️ buff.ly/QTUsojW

How governments shape asylum outcomes

Refugees are not born of persecution; they are made by states. People may flee war, violence or persecution, but they only become refugees once a state decides they qualify for protection. Asylum is t...

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I'm so sorry.

Of course the donor is a lawyer with tax and disciplinary issues who is also a talkshow host who is also a franchise owner

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Kim Guillyfoyle asking a donor for $100K to cover her credit card debt before starting in her new role as Ambassador to Greece. "Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

gimme some of your controversial opinions 🐦

For Americans saying, “What do you expect us to do?”. This. This is what the world expects from you. Except A LOT MORE of you. Looking at the video it’s obvious to see that it’s mostly people from immigrant backgrounds protesting. Immigrants doing all the hard work again.

Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · last mo.

Protests have erupted in Austin, Texas after ICE shot 29 year old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez.

Of course the US would be the only country to vote against it.

UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

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