Patrick Dunleavy

@patrickdunleavy.bsky.social

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Emeritus Professor of Politics & Public Policy, London School of Economics & Political Science.
Interests - digital era governance, democratic audit & renewal, theories of the state, elections & party competition.
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Patrick John Dunleavy, is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Public Policy within the Government Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He was also Co-Director of the Democratic Audit and the Chair of the LSE Public Policy Group. In addition Dunleavy is an ANZSOG Institute for Governance Centenary Chair at the University of Canberra, Australia. .. more

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · Oct 11

Many thanks from all our authors to the 12,000 readers who have downloaded our book “Australia’s Evolving Democracy” or any chapter this year so far. We are hugely grateful! It’s open access, always. press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3...

Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 8h

AI threatens to liberate the rich from their age-old dependence on ordinary people's labor -- thereby entrenching a permanent oligarchy.
An essay on that grim hypothetical is now out from behind the paywall www.vox.com/the-highligh...

The most likely AI apocalypse

How artificial intelligence could be leading most humans into an inescapable trap.

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David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 8h

Evidence of Farage’s unabashed youthful racism has been in the public domain since at least 2013, yet somehow he has been allowed to remain part of the British political conversation. The fact he wasn’t driven back under a rock years ago has emboldened racists across the country to spread hatred.

Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 9h

Liz Webster
LSE analysis confirms what Westminster won’t admit.
EU is already building scaffolding for Britain’s next relationship 👉functional, sectoral, cooperative..’cos Starmer won’t talk about Brexit-devastating for Labour.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...p/

Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 10h

The judge due to rule on the proscription of Palestine Action is swapped last minute for a panel that includes a judge with a history of working for the government and another who ruled in favour UK selling jets to Israel.
Accusations of a “stitch-up”. novaramedia.com/2025/11/25/a...

A ‘Stitch-Up’: Palestine Action Case Gets New Judges | Novara Media

The judicial review of Palestine Action’s proscription has been thrown into turmoil by a last-minute change. A new panel of judges includes one with a long history of working for the government and an...

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Rahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social · 10h

Child Amputees in Gaza Use Makeshift Prosthetics as Israel Restricts Medical Supplies

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Child Amputees in Gaza Use Makeshift Prosthetics as Israel Restricts Medical Supplies

“This pipe doesn’t make up for my leg,” said 10-year-old Rateb Abu Qleiq.

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 10h

Top Stanford economists:
By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

The Economic Impact of Brexit

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 10h

Farage's antisemitism was targeted, persistent and nasty.
Source: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 10h

New analysis by the House of Commons library estimates that Brexit is costing the Treasury up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenue, and the average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head between £2,700 and £3,700.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...