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Richard Hayton

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Associate Professor of Politics, University of Leeds. Editor, BJPIR

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Richard Hayton@richardhayton.com · 3w ago

The USS pension fund reported yesterday that is now running a £16.9bn surplus, so is now 127% funded (assets vs liabilities). Not so many years ago, University leaders were telling us that a defined benefit pension was totally unsustainable and must be scrapped. www.uss.co.uk/news-and-vie...

Latest valuation finds USS is in a very strong position

USS’s funding position has continued to improve since its last valuation in 2023, which showed a surplus after more than a decade of reporting deficits.

uss.co.uk

Pam Nash@pamnashes.bsky.social · last mo.

If the England FA were cunning they would write to FIFA today asking whether Quansah can play in the next game or does the exception only apply to American players. And publish the letter.

Richard Hayton@richardhayton.com · 5mo ago

Not at all convinced by this morning's Bluesky collective wisdom that Burnham would have walked it. Rather ignores the fact that Labour's problems are structural as much as they are about personalities. Seems to me that Starmer missed the chance to puncture Burnham's balloon by letting him lose...

Dr David Jeffery@drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Listening to the ghosts of Tories past - and moving to the 'centre' - is not a great idea for Kemi. If you track how Tory voters in each GE have voted in other elections, it's not clear that the Cameronite coalition has fled the Tories for centrist parties.

A grid of horizontal stacked bar charts titled “How Former Conservative Voters Have Voted Over Time.” Each panel represents a group of voters defined by the election year in which they voted Conservative (e.g. 2005 Tory Voters through 2025 Tory Voters). Within each panel, bars show the proportional distribution (0–100%) of how those voters reported voting in other general elections (2005 to 2025). Bars are colour-coded by party: Conservative (blue), UKIP/BXP/Reform (teal), Liberal Democrat (yellow), Labour (red), Green (green), Other (light grey), and Don’t Know/Would Not Vote (dark grey). Across all panels, Conservative remains the largest share in most years, with noticeable variation over time in support for UKIP/BXP/Reform, Labour, and other parties. The x-axis shows proportion, the y-axis lists election years, and the legend appears at the bottom. Source: British Election Study Waves 1–30.
Viktoria Spaiser@viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The second Global Tipping Points Report has been launched today. Please see our press release here: www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article... Find the full report here: global-tipping-points.org @gsiexeter.bsky.social #TippingPoints #COP30

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

leeds.ac.uk

Axel Gelfert@agelfert.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Just deleted my academia.edu account after 17 (!) years -- the company's exploitative new terms of use are outrageous, and it's a shame such a blatant commercial sell-out is able to operate under the .edu top-level domain. If you are still on academia.edu, please consider deleting your account too.

Screenshot of account deletion process on academia.edu
Simon Hix@simonhix.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 12mo ago

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵