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Mikko Kuisma

@drmkuisma.bsky.social

Political scientist, Program Lead and Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Tübingen. Media Editor, SPA journals. Welfare states and social citizenship || ideas and institutions || populism || social democracy || Nordic / British / European politics

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Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · 2d ago

Founded by King Gustav III of Sweden on this day in 1779, Tampere turns 247! Rapids running right through the city centre once powered the mills and factories that earned it the nickname "Manchester of Finland", which is still the best compliment Manchester ever received. Onnea, Tampere! 🧱🌊

Tampere's Tammerkoski rapids at night, with lit-up red-brick factory buildings, a tall illuminated chimney and a blue-lit weir reflected in the dark water under a deep blue sky.
Social Policy Blog@socialpolicyblog.bsky.social · last wk.

Ten Months, Fifty Posts! Our latest blog post was the fiftieth after our relaunch exactly ten months ago in November 2025. We wanted to pause and look back at those fifty posts. Read the full editorial blog post here: socialpolicyblog.co.uk/2026/09/25/t...

Ten Months, Fifty Posts | Social Policy Blog

The Social Policy Blog marks ten months and fifty posts since its relaunch, with contributors based in thirty countries across six continents.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi@tabouchadi.bsky.social · 4w ago

A few things (international) commentatoes should remember. Only 2 million people live in Sachsen-Anhalt. Half of Berlin, a tenth of NRW. Around 400k will vote AfD. Even with this strong result, 80% of people living in S-A will not have voted for the AfD. In a state that is a far-right stronghold.

Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · 4w ago

”It’s not just Labour; their disgust is at a society they feel has let them and their families go under. A similar process is at work in other “industrial graveyards” from Grangemouth to Port Talbot and across the west.” Aditya Chakrabortty in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Capitalism is dying’: in Luton, these former car workers have a moral tale for our times | Aditya Chakrabortty

Abandoned by the company they worked for, let down by Labour and their unions – now they watch their friends turn to Reform for answers, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Will Jennings📉🗳️@drjennings.bsky.social · 4w ago

One of the interesting aspects of all this footage is it reveals that parties/strategists firmly believe that opinion polls can be used for significant political advantage.

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 4w ago

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

Johnny Sjöblom@sjobis.bsky.social · 4w ago

På söndag hålls ett redan nu mycket omdiskuterat val i den tyska delstaten Sachsen-Anhalt. Klart är att ytterhögerpartiet AfD går mot en valseger. Diskuterade med statsvetaren @drmkuisma.bsky.social vad vi har att vänta. yle.fi/a/7-10102728

Tyska ytterhögern gör succé och nu ifrågasätts ”brandmuren”

I Tyskland kan ytterhögerpartiet AfD för första gången bli del av en regering. I delstaten Sachsen-Anhalt väntas partiet få över 40 procent i valet.

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Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · last mo.

Politiikan pyöröovi käy jälleen ja taas kaupallistetaan kansanedustajan mandaattia oikein urakalla kun ”työväenpuolueen” edustaja siirtyy työnantajan leiriin… yle.fi/a/74-20244195

Ex-pääministeri Antti Rinne on nousemassa ainakin hetkeksi eduskuntaan – Miapetra Kumpula-Natri sai puollon eronpyyntöönsä

Kumpula-Natrin tilalle eduskuntaan nousee entinen pääministeri, aiempi SDP:n puheenjohtaja Antti Rinne. Hän ei ole vielä kertonut, jääkö hän edustajaksi.

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Panu Raatikainen@panuraatikainen.bsky.social · last mo.

YK:n rotusyrjinnän vastainen komitea (CERD-komitea) Suomelle: "Komitea esitti vakavan huolensa poliitikkojen ja julkisuuden henkilöiden lisääntyneestä rasistisesta vihapuheesta." #Suomi #Rasismi #Vihapuhe #Politiikka

CERD-komitea: Julkista valtaa käyttävien vihapuheeseen pitää puuttua

YK:n rotusyrjinnän vastainen komitea (CERD-komitea) antoi suosituksensa Suomelle rotusyrjinnän poistamista koskevan sopimuksen täytäntöönpanosta. Suositukset perustuvat Suomen määräaikaisraporttiin…

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Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · last mo.

“Capgate” continues. Finns Party MEP Sebastian Tynkkynen — who used “SEND THEM BACK” himself in June, tied to the EU return regulation vote — and MP Miko Bergbom (2nd Deputy Chair, Finns parliamentary group) post the cap again on Facebook, saying it’s not a joke… #Finland #FinnishPolitics

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Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · last mo.

Two Finns Party government ministers post a photo on FB: “SEND THEM BACK” caps, captioned “Ratkaisu” — solution. One of them oversees migration policy. Framing people as a “problem” with a “solution” isn’t a joke — it’s a rhetorical structure with an ugly history. #Finland #FinnsParty

Screenshot of a Facebook post by Wille Rydman. Two people (Rydman and his gov colleague Mari Rantanen) pose for a selfie indoors at what appears to be a conference or event, both wearing white baseball caps reading “SEND THEM BACK” in blue text. On the left, a man in a grey blazer and light shirt. On the right, a woman in a denim jacket with her arm around him, smiling. The post caption reads “Ratkaisu” (Finnish for “solution”).
Jacob Öberg@profjacob.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨🚨 BREAKING: #Uefa is pursuing criminal legal proceedings against #Fifa president Gianni Infantino over scrapped plans to sell of stakes in World Cup and its others competitions to private investors. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Gianni Infantino: Uefa pursuing criminal legal proceedings against Fifa president

Uefa is pursuing criminal proceedings against Fifa president Gianni Infantino over the scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup.

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Timo Rossi@timorossi.bsky.social · last mo.

Oulussa puukkomies levittää pelkoa maahanmuuttajiin. He ovat kyselleet kaupungilta ohjeita missä voivat liikkua turvallisesti. Jotta tilanne pahenisi sisäisestä turvallisuudesta vastaava ministeri poseeraa väkivaltaan yllyttävä slogan lippiksessä. Tässä on painava syy heittää ministeri pihalle.

Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · last mo.

A generation after Germany banned a neo-Nazi youth organization, four of its former members now hold influential roles around the politician who could become the country’s first far-right state premier since the Federal Republic of Germany was founded in 1949. www.politico.eu/article/form...

The former neo-Nazi activists behind Germany’s rising far-right star

Four former members of a banned organization modeled on the Hitler Youth are part of the inner circle of the man who could become the AfD’s first state premier.

politico.eu

Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · last mo.

“Capgate” continues. Finns Party MEP Sebastian Tynkkynen — who used “SEND THEM BACK” himself in June, tied to the EU return regulation vote — and MP Miko Bergbom (2nd Deputy Chair, Finns parliamentary group) post the cap again on Facebook, saying it’s not a joke… #Finland #FinnishPolitics

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Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · last mo.

Two Finns Party government ministers post a photo on FB: “SEND THEM BACK” caps, captioned “Ratkaisu” — solution. One of them oversees migration policy. Framing people as a “problem” with a “solution” isn’t a joke — it’s a rhetorical structure with an ugly history. #Finland #FinnsParty

Screenshot of a Facebook post by Wille Rydman. Two people (Rydman and his gov colleague Mari Rantanen) pose for a selfie indoors at what appears to be a conference or event, both wearing white baseball caps reading “SEND THEM BACK” in blue text. On the left, a man in a grey blazer and light shirt. On the right, a woman in a denim jacket with her arm around him, smiling. The post caption reads “Ratkaisu” (Finnish for “solution”).
Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · last mo.

Two Finns Party government ministers post a photo on FB: “SEND THEM BACK” caps, captioned “Ratkaisu” — solution. One of them oversees migration policy. Framing people as a “problem” with a “solution” isn’t a joke — it’s a rhetorical structure with an ugly history. #Finland #FinnsParty

Screenshot of a Facebook post by Wille Rydman. Two people (Rydman and his gov colleague Mari Rantanen) pose for a selfie indoors at what appears to be a conference or event, both wearing white baseball caps reading “SEND THEM BACK” in blue text. On the left, a man in a grey blazer and light shirt. On the right, a woman in a denim jacket with her arm around him, smiling. The post caption reads “Ratkaisu” (Finnish for “solution”).
Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · last mo.

“What I can’t understand is…people…failing to see how hollow the AfD’s promises are. The slogans this party offers are not solutions. Many of the measures it advocates would only make a grim situation worse.” @marcboc83.bsky.social in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My home state is set to hand a breakthrough to the German far right. It’s a disaster decades in the making | Marcus Böick

A sense of abandonment could make Saxony-Anhalt the first state government to be solely led by the AfD. But the party’s hollow promises will only make a dire situation worse, says historian Marcus Böi...

theguardian.com

Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · last mo.

Who’s resisting Farage? The “anti-Reform army” is made of two equal camps: young left-wing graduates, and right-wing-on-economics conservatives who fear Reform means chaos not order. Even they agree: women don’t like him. Aditya Chakrabortty in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Does Nigel Farage know what people really think of him? I do – and he won’t like it | Aditya Chakrabortty

An anti-Farage army of voters is there to be galvanised, as exclusive data shows. But getting them out will be tricky, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

theguardian.com

Mikko Kuisma@drmkuisma.bsky.social · last mo.

Two Finns Party government ministers post a photo on FB: “SEND THEM BACK” caps, captioned “Ratkaisu” — solution. One of them oversees migration policy. Framing people as a “problem” with a “solution” isn’t a joke — it’s a rhetorical structure with an ugly history. #Finland #FinnsParty

Screenshot of a Facebook post by Wille Rydman. Two people (Rydman and his gov colleague Mari Rantanen) pose for a selfie indoors at what appears to be a conference or event, both wearing white baseball caps reading “SEND THEM BACK” in blue text. On the left, a man in a grey blazer and light shirt. On the right, a woman in a denim jacket with her arm around him, smiling. The post caption reads “Ratkaisu” (Finnish for “solution”).
Savon Sanomat@savon-sanomat-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2mo ago

Suomalaisen tangon lähettiläät hurmaavat Euroopassa: "Keikoilla nauretaan, itketään ja lauletaan yhdessä #Savo https://www.savonsanomat.fi/paikalliset/9682326

Suomalaisen tangon lähettiläät hurmaavat Euroopassa: "Keikoilla nauretaan, itketään ja lauletaan yhdessä

Uusikuu-yhtye perustuu uteliaisuuteen, yhteistyöhön ja haluun pitää suomalainen kulttuuri elävänä myös Suomen rajojen ulkopuolella.

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