Andrew Russell
@prfandrwrssll.bsky.social
Professor of Pols & ex Head University of Liverpool. ex-Poliblogmanc. Pols, parlm, elections, Roma in Europe. Coventry City & England cricket. Seldom succinct. Views own.
Great piece by @jaseokundaye.bsky.social. "That means advocating for diversity without tokenism, the celebration of excellent black scholarship without the need for exceptionalism or academic celebrity." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye
The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye
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As some of you know this affects my immediate fam… The biggest cancer killer of people under 40 in the UK receives 1% of the funding. Treatment not changed and prognosis not improved in two decades. Bravo Archie Goodburn. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimmi...
Archie Goodburn's emotional plea for more brain cancer funding
Archie Goodburn is calling on the government to establish a national brain cancer lead to encourage more research and funding into the condition.
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Who writes this stuff? Something I did on the GM Mayor election. I am pleased about one line. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
All eyes on Greater Manchester ahead of mayoral election
Voters in Greater Manchester will go to the polls on Thursday to choose Andy Burnham's successor as mayor.
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Think this is spot on. It shows priority changes not just to comms but to reception too.
JWexTheSpa@jwsidders.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn the electricity VAT cut: the headline matters much more than the actual amount of saving. This story led Classic FM news today. I bet it did everywhere else too. It's basically the opposite of what Starmer and Reeves did with the WFA. It's a signal to voters about the government's priorities.
Adam Wharton, Cole Palmer, Trent Alexander Armstrong. Turns out we needed them after all (especially Wharton).
“No one wants to end up in chokey, just to get an article in The British Journal of Political Science.” …. Up to a point Lord Copper…
Philip Cowley@philipjcowley.bsky.social · 2mo agoMe, on MP-constituent post. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Was annoyed by Paraguay’s shithousery in the game vs France. Would have been “unnecessary roughness” in NFL but the ref and VAR largely ignored. Then I saw this - nb Chilavert ran for Paraguayan presidency in 2023 (won than 1% of vote) & ally of Javier Milei www.theguardian.com/football/202...
French football chief condemns Chilavert’s remarks that Les Bleus are ‘a squad from Africa’
Philippe Diallo says the former Paraguay goalkeeper has ‘fallen into disgrace’ after his remarks about France’s roster
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1) It's not clear leadership contests actually do the things claimed for them. Johnson, Truss & Starmer all won leadership elections, & Sunak fought one. This did not expose their weaknesses, bolster their authority or test their ideas. But it did see them making big promises they later dropped.
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Wondered what it was going to take… turns out it was the owner calling for race-based violence in and against Britons (again). Ashamed I didn’t do it sooner tbh.
#OpenAccess from @journalrep.bsky.social - Being Roma in Europe: The Failures of the European Union’s Anti-Racist Framework in Facilitating an Anti-Racist Reality - https://cup.org/4txnFsD - Andreja Zevnik & @prfandrwrssll.bsky.social #FirstView
I'll say it again: watching Robert Jenrick do "cunning politics" is like watching a toddler hide behind a cushion. "Where's Robert gone? THERE HE IS! Oh no! Where is he? THERE HE IS!"
Congratulations to our very own Professor Andrew Russell and his co-author, Professor Andreja Zevnik, for receiving the Award for the Best Scientific Work in the Field of Political Science for their book from Dr Marko Hočevar on behalf of the Slovenian Political Science Association🗣️📚📖
shocked by Daniel Boffey’s @theguardian.com story? See our book on Unbelonging of Slovenian Roma (open access thru @manchesterup.bsky.social New Slovenian law treats entire Romany minority ‘as a security threat’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183545/
Manchester University Press - The politics of unbelonging
The politics of unbelonging - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The politics of unbelonging by Andreja Zevnik
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Romani communities: between belonging & antigypsyism – Join us for a panel, Q&A & photo exhibition on Roma identity & social justice 📅3 Nov, 6–8pm |SeeSaw Co-Working Space, Manchester www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/romani-com... #ESRCFestival #McrESRCFest @uompols.bsky.social @prfandrwrssll.bsky.social
"While [Davey's] last two conference speeches have taken the fight head-on to Farage and Reform UK, this time it was the Conservatives whom he blamed for Reform." David Cutts, Charles Pattie & @prfandrwrssll.bsky.social on the Lib Dem strategy to target Tory voters ukandeu.ac.uk/the-liberal-...
Targeting Tory voters over Labour: the Liberal Democrats' strategic error? - UK in a changing Europe
David Cutts, Charles Pattie and Andrew Russell argue that the Liberal Democrats’ strategy to target disaffected Conservative voters to boost their support...
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"The prize of ‘killing off’ the Tories has lured the Lib Dems into prioritising 2024 Conservative voters. Such a strategy has its upsides but the likelihood of success appears limited" David Cutts, Charles Pattie & @prfandrwrssll.bsky.social reflect on the Lib Dem's strategy to target Tory voters
Targeting Tory voters over Labour: the Liberal Democrats' strategic error? - UK in a changing Europe
David Cutts, Charles Pattie and Andrew Russell argue that the Liberal Democrats’ strategy to target disaffected Conservative voters to boost their support...
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Sir Martin Sorrell on #radio4today speaking about how AI will diminish our need to learn languages (or coding) while not knowing the difference btw “less” and “fewer” twice in the ivw has properly triggered me.
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Today in 1921 a white mob attacked the black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma with guns, aircraft & incendiary bombs. As many as 300 were killed, 10,000 black people were left homeless.
