Jonathan Hopkin

@jonathanhopkin.bsky.social

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Professor of the Political Economy of Europe at LSE. Interested in democratic representation and inequality, worried about the survival of democracy. Author of Anti-System Politics (OUP, 2020). Also random thoughts on football, cycling, the weather etc .. more

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Jonathan Hopkin is Professor in the European Institute and the Department of Government of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He obtained a PhD at the European University Institute in Florence, and lectured at the Universities of Bradford, Durham and Birmingham, joining LSE in 2004. He teaches comparative politics and political economy, and has published in the areas of political parties and elections, political economy, inequality and welfare states. .. more

Political science 69%

Economics 17%

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 7h

Who needs carabiners when you have plimsolls (or sand shoes as we called them at my school)

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 7h

But still, both sides have a problem

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting thing about the debate around ‘populism’ is that the concern about populism on the right is that it can destroy democracy and human rights, and the worry about the left is that … well they have nice ideas but maybe some of them might be hard to put into practice

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 15h

Phase 2 is ‘abolish the Treasury’ something Glasman has been banging on about for quite some time

Reposted by Jonathan Hopkin, Neil Lee, Tom Griffin , and 1 more Jonathan Hopkin, Neil Lee, Tom Griffin, Paul Nightingale

Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 17h

Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.

Reposted by David J. Galbreath, Jonathan Hopkin, Margot C. Finn

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 19h

One should be in no doubt that most of Britain's elites will simply make their peace with Farage and do a deal, so long as they get left alone or benefit. Tho there is resistance to Trump in the US, it's v much the exception.(1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Cambridge University cosies up to Reform

The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies

www.thetimes.com

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 22h

cant unsee
once you get this, the only thing you want in your country is FAR more public investment

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

‘My party’
‘No, mine!’

Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 1d

We now go live to the brewery for an update on the piss up. Guys - how’s it going?

Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions

Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.

news.sky.com

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Alistair Munro, Simon Wren‐Lewis , and 1 more Jonathan Portes, Alistair Munro, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Jonathan Hopkin

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.

Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88

Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 1d

We now go live to the brewery for an update on the piss up. Guys - how’s it going?

Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions

Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.

news.sky.com

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

Ahem

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Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking from outside his chateau in France… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign

A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.

www.bbc.co.uk

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Policy is so stacked against the working class these days

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Might survive as a kind of Respect remake with a couple of seats

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

They may as well give up. Polanski has occupied their space and is looking pretty likely to hold on to it

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Now that’s quite the line-up!

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

‘Publish’ becomes a nebulous concept in this case. But if typing in the right URL gives you access then I guess we can say you’ve published it. Like leaving a book on the street

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Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social · 2d

Proof, if proof be needed, that building networks of separated cycle infrastructure leads to more people cycling more often.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, TfL report suggests

Cycling journeys have increased to more than 1.5 million daily this year, according to a new report.

www.bbc.co.uk

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds amateurish

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

So they published it but just didn’t tell anyone? Still pretty amazing

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

We will do any amount of self-harm to avoid seeing what our real problems are

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 3d

Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules

www.thetimes.com

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Will Jennings, Jonathan Hopkin

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 2d

UK politics followers, these graphs are in a paper by @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social and co (inc. me).

There's so much useful info in them.

The long-term context for the politics of our time, how the 'Brexit elections' differed, though note the Y axes may need to be bigger for the next election!!

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

The fact he loses his cool so easily is a sign of weakness I guess

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

If there’s one thing Trump can’t abide it’s a woman asking him questions

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan

Reposted by Tim Bale, Jonathan Hopkin, Jill Rutter

Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 2d

Agree with every word of this

We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25

The govt has no near-term replacement

It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding

Reposted by Jonathan Hopkin, Stephen Ryan

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 2d

There is a lot of appalling shit in the world right now. But this really made my blood boil

Money buys *everything*, even things that were previously beyond its reaches

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Cristiano Ronaldo clear to start World Cup after Fifa suspends two games of his ban

Cristiano Ronaldo will serve the final two games of his ban only if he is guilty of a similar infringement in the next year

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Rebecca Williams, Jonathan Hopkin, Michael H. Whitworth , and 2 more Rebecca Williams, Jonathan Hopkin, Michael H. Whitworth, Catherine J. Frieman, Claire Jowitt

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

'David Maguire and Alex Bols, vice-chancellor and chief of staff respectively at the University of East Anglia, updated their prediction made last autumn that 10,000 jobs could be lost in 2024-25, claiming this same amount could in fact be lost every year going forward.' 1/3