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Folkert Jensma @folkertjensma.bsky.social · 1h

"De sluimerende tweedeling in democratische opvattingen dreigt de Nederlandse politiek te verlammen". www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Kiezers ontevreden en diep verdeeld over democratie en politieke samenwerking

Ipsos I&O-onderzoek: Politici moeten minder ruziën en meer samenwerken, zeggen Nederlanders van links tot rechts. Maar zelf zijn kiezers ook sterk verdeeld over de basisprincipes van de democratie, bl...

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 22h

I had in mind that you meant direction of travel rather than starting point.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 23h

Belgium. For all the nationalist point-scoring and occasional confederal moves, BDW is a classic liberal politician in policy terms. GLB less instinctively liberal but certainly economically "dry".

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

Yes all fine thanks.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

The budget cuts announced by the different governments for 2026, and the capping of unemployment benefit claims at 2 years.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

Oh we’re fine. Windows closed watching things unfold. Might delay the walk to work a little…

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

Yeah, two conferences to run in central Brussels today … going to be fun.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

Not a good start to the day of the national demonstration, at least on the Place de l’Yser. Casseurs out early destroying the tram works and burning stuff.

Roads blocked and tram works set on fire

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EUalive @eualive.bsky.social · 5d

Moldova’s quiet push for Transnistria’s reintegration: a new chapter unfolds eualive.net/moldovas-qui... A must-read by Sergiy Sydorenko, chief editor of our parner European Pravda

Moldova’s quiet push for Transnistria’s reintegration: a new chapter unfolds

As Moldova edges closer to the EU, Transnistria’s reintegration could mark a historic step toward ...

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

Sorry to hear it. Hope all goes well (as much as it can)

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

Oh nice, thanks!

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

Frankly I've been phoning it in since @dzyrl.bsky.social married me

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

Absolutely I could proudly go to seed.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

Yeah, you didn't see mine then

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

2003. The child on my chest is now 1m90 and a standup comedian, but I still have the same sweater.

The OP with a child of about nine months on his chest, on a red sofa in a small village in North Devon.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

But Torrington - Barnstaple - Ilfracombe would be welcome...

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

Barnstaple - Taunton is the real loss, and irreparable with the Link Road. I love the Tarka Line but particularly with the junction to the GW main line facing away from Paddington it's never really going to be a solution to bring the longer-distance travellers.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

One of my favourite Dutch phrases is vestzak-broekzakoperatie (a jacket-pocket-trouser-pocket-operation) meaning to shuffle money around in ways that make no real difference.

Yes, I am in a project budget negotiation, why do you ask?

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

I appreciate that Belgian butchers don't beat around the bush (as it were) when announcing the start of the game season.

A shotgun, empty cartridge and a dead duck. The text reads: Hi Anthony, the autumn is in its full glory and while natures clothes itself in warm colours and the evenings get colder, there's nothing better than coming together in a different way: through good companionship and the taste of the wild game season. The smell of fire, the rich aromas of the meat, the feel of coming home - for me, that's the real start of the game season.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

Very interesting, and confirms both the importance of the centre right rejecting the far right (as seen in Flanders in 2024, too).

Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 1d

The Spanish centre-right is taking a tumble and the far-right is on the rise.

I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX.

~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a good article btw - I really buy this as a theory of contemporary US politics

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

It will be interesting to see how resilient the UK's broadly European social attitudes are when subjected to the far-right billionaire fire-hose. My guess: quite resilient.

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