Ben Rosher
@benrosher.bsky.social
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Ben Rosher
@benrosher.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Hello, lots of new folk here.
I’m a political sociologist and I primarily research borders and migration.
Here are some recent(ish) publications:
academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
dcubrexitinstitute.eu/2022/06/rebo...
I’m a political sociologist and I primarily research borders and migration.
Here are some recent(ish) publications:
academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
dcubrexitinstitute.eu/2022/06/rebo...
Why? Why by 2030?
A referendum should be held as soon as it seems apparent that a majority would support a united Ireland. (Think that’s even written down somewhere)
Tying it to an arbitrary future date is silly politics.
What SF need to do is get on convincing people it’s a chance worth taking.
A referendum should be held as soon as it seems apparent that a majority would support a united Ireland. (Think that’s even written down somewhere)
Tying it to an arbitrary future date is silly politics.
What SF need to do is get on convincing people it’s a chance worth taking.
Northern Ireland should hold unity referendum by 2030, first minister says
Northern Ireland should hold unity referendum by 2030, first minister says
Northern Ireland should hold a referendum on whether it should become part of a united Ireland by 2030, the country's first minister has said.
news.sky.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Why? Why by 2030?
A referendum should be held as soon as it seems apparent that a majority would support a united Ireland. (Think that’s even written down somewhere)
Tying it to an arbitrary future date is silly politics.
What SF need to do is get on convincing people it’s a chance worth taking.
A referendum should be held as soon as it seems apparent that a majority would support a united Ireland. (Think that’s even written down somewhere)
Tying it to an arbitrary future date is silly politics.
What SF need to do is get on convincing people it’s a chance worth taking.
Everyone should’ve been boycotting mega-events since Israel started committing genocide while still being allowed to keep participating.
But now’s the second best time.
But now’s the second best time.
The rest of the world should absolutely boycott the World Cup and boycott the Olympics. At minimum.
January 26, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Everyone should’ve been boycotting mega-events since Israel started committing genocide while still being allowed to keep participating.
But now’s the second best time.
But now’s the second best time.
Brexit is obviously a folly and farce that will continue to ruin the country for years to come.
But there is no small consolation that the thing that was supposed to save the Tory party has ended it.
Revolution picking the children out of its teeth.
But there is no small consolation that the thing that was supposed to save the Tory party has ended it.
Revolution picking the children out of its teeth.
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Brexit is obviously a folly and farce that will continue to ruin the country for years to come.
But there is no small consolation that the thing that was supposed to save the Tory party has ended it.
Revolution picking the children out of its teeth.
But there is no small consolation that the thing that was supposed to save the Tory party has ended it.
Revolution picking the children out of its teeth.
They are indeed heretical. But do read.
I have three heretical thoughts about books:
- Time spent browsing in bookshops is mostly wasted
- Books make for terrible gifts. Don't give books.
- There are vastly more interesting things to put on living-room shelves than books
Come at me! Add to the list!
A 🧵 for book-lovers
- Time spent browsing in bookshops is mostly wasted
- Books make for terrible gifts. Don't give books.
- There are vastly more interesting things to put on living-room shelves than books
Come at me! Add to the list!
A 🧵 for book-lovers
January 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
They are indeed heretical. But do read.
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Genuinely think there are cognitive benefits to having a bookshelf where you inadvertently see books you read and remember the importance (or not) of the contents periodically.
January 23, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Genuinely think there are cognitive benefits to having a bookshelf where you inadvertently see books you read and remember the importance (or not) of the contents periodically.
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From @faisalislam.bsky.social
Surreal, but heard at Davos:
Official Danish archives show Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 signature & Secretary of State Robert Lansing, committing US by treaty that Denmark has right to “whole of Greenland”, after Trump written denial of right.
Surreal, but heard at Davos:
Official Danish archives show Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 signature & Secretary of State Robert Lansing, committing US by treaty that Denmark has right to “whole of Greenland”, after Trump written denial of right.
January 19, 2026 at 12:40 PM
From @faisalislam.bsky.social
Surreal, but heard at Davos:
Official Danish archives show Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 signature & Secretary of State Robert Lansing, committing US by treaty that Denmark has right to “whole of Greenland”, after Trump written denial of right.
Surreal, but heard at Davos:
Official Danish archives show Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 signature & Secretary of State Robert Lansing, committing US by treaty that Denmark has right to “whole of Greenland”, after Trump written denial of right.
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always a pleasure to chat with the @eurowhat.bsky.social guys, even if the topic is a tough one like this. i hope the episode is useful for anyone thinking about what to do next as their relationships to eurovision change
🎆 NEW EPISODE 🎆
How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social returns to share insights from her research within the #Eurovision community www.eurowhat.com/286
How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social returns to share insights from her research within the #Eurovision community www.eurowhat.com/286
December 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
always a pleasure to chat with the @eurowhat.bsky.social guys, even if the topic is a tough one like this. i hope the episode is useful for anyone thinking about what to do next as their relationships to eurovision change
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Dr. Zoë Jay returns to discuss Eurovisionaries, an academic research project investigating the ways #Eurovision fans think about and practice forms of cultural diplomacy. www.eurowhat.com/242
September 24, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Dr. Zoë Jay returns to discuss Eurovisionaries, an academic research project investigating the ways #Eurovision fans think about and practice forms of cultural diplomacy. www.eurowhat.com/242
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The UK government back to blackmailing other countries, this time to be able to force people to return to objectively unsafe ones.
Labour proving once more to be as bad, if not worse, than pretty much any previous government for decades in relation to immigration.
news.sky.com/story/angola...
Labour proving once more to be as bad, if not worse, than pretty much any previous government for decades in relation to immigration.
news.sky.com/story/angola...
Angola and Namibia agree to take back illegal migrants and criminals
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had warned the government would impose visa sanctions on the Democratic Republic of Congo if it refused to co-operate - its VIPs and decision-makers have now been stripp...
news.sky.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The UK government back to blackmailing other countries, this time to be able to force people to return to objectively unsafe ones.
Labour proving once more to be as bad, if not worse, than pretty much any previous government for decades in relation to immigration.
news.sky.com/story/angola...
Labour proving once more to be as bad, if not worse, than pretty much any previous government for decades in relation to immigration.
news.sky.com/story/angola...
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
loreandordure.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
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It's worth reading this in context of Labour's intent to make it even harder to resist deportation if you've committed offences, because even now it's extremely hard to win: in fact if you don't have children & don't face harmful treatment on return, there's almost nothing you can do to succeed 1/🧵
Analytical rigour in Article 8 immigration appeals administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/a...
Analytical rigour in Article 8 immigration appeals
Less than two weeks after it handed down judgment in the Home Secretary’s successful Gaza family reunion appeal, the Court of Appeal has reiterated the need for courts to “accord appropriate weight…
administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
It's worth reading this in context of Labour's intent to make it even harder to resist deportation if you've committed offences, because even now it's extremely hard to win: in fact if you don't have children & don't face harmful treatment on return, there's almost nothing you can do to succeed 1/🧵
Despite all my rage I am still just some steaks in a cage
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Despite all my rage I am still just some steaks in a cage
Starmer says ‘do what the far right want, to stop the far right’
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Starmer says ‘do what the far right want, to stop the far right’
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
let the bodies hit the floor
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Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
www.bigissue.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
Read our paper, it’s nae bad.
Ben Rosher & Ian Paterson explore:
"Wha’s like us? The desecuritisation of migration as ontological security-seeking in Scotland"
in their new Review of International Studies article and video abstract out now! 🎉
Full #openaccess article & video abstract here! 👉
https://ow.ly/NhNU50XxVbF
"Wha’s like us? The desecuritisation of migration as ontological security-seeking in Scotland"
in their new Review of International Studies article and video abstract out now! 🎉
Full #openaccess article & video abstract here! 👉
https://ow.ly/NhNU50XxVbF
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Read our paper, it’s nae bad.
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The qualifying period to settlement will be increased to a baseline of 10 years.
These criteria will increase or reduce that time, for those who qualify. Only one criterion from each table can be applied
These criteria will increase or reduce that time, for those who qualify. Only one criterion from each table can be applied
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The qualifying period to settlement will be increased to a baseline of 10 years.
These criteria will increase or reduce that time, for those who qualify. Only one criterion from each table can be applied
These criteria will increase or reduce that time, for those who qualify. Only one criterion from each table can be applied
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We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
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Lord Dubs of Battersea is quite right.
The proposed immigration changes are needlessly cruel and will do little to make our immigration system more humane, workable, safe or responsible. I strongly encourage the Govt to look again at proposals.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The proposed immigration changes are needlessly cruel and will do little to make our immigration system more humane, workable, safe or responsible. I strongly encourage the Govt to look again at proposals.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer Alf Dubs
Dubs, who was a child refugee, says Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ plans will increase community tensions
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Lord Dubs of Battersea is quite right.
The proposed immigration changes are needlessly cruel and will do little to make our immigration system more humane, workable, safe or responsible. I strongly encourage the Govt to look again at proposals.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The proposed immigration changes are needlessly cruel and will do little to make our immigration system more humane, workable, safe or responsible. I strongly encourage the Govt to look again at proposals.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Previously Farage as PM would’ve been a farce because reform can’t organise a piss up in a brewery. But labour are putting in all the infrastructure he could ever want.
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Previously Farage as PM would’ve been a farce because reform can’t organise a piss up in a brewery. But labour are putting in all the infrastructure he could ever want.
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Labour is a “godsend” for Farage says the far-right.
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Labour is a “godsend” for Farage says the far-right.
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A levy on foreign students is one of the closest things you're going to see to tariffs on services - except the UK will be putting it on its own exports...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Levy on international students’ tuition fees not in best interest of UK, says leader of top university
Duncan Ivison, president of Manchester University, says government’s 6% surcharge plan will ‘hurt the sector’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A levy on foreign students is one of the closest things you're going to see to tariffs on services - except the UK will be putting it on its own exports...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Forcing the most vulnerable people on the planet further into precarity is simply monstrous bbc.com/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Forcing the most vulnerable people on the planet further into precarity is simply monstrous bbc.com/news/article...
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We're grateful to all the community & voluntary groups - & local authorities - that responded to our 19th quarterly survey on the Conditions for North-South & East-West Cooperation.
Watch the presentation, & read the report, on the findings at crossborder.ie/reports/brie...
@benrosher.bsky.social
Watch the presentation, & read the report, on the findings at crossborder.ie/reports/brie...
@benrosher.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We're grateful to all the community & voluntary groups - & local authorities - that responded to our 19th quarterly survey on the Conditions for North-South & East-West Cooperation.
Watch the presentation, & read the report, on the findings at crossborder.ie/reports/brie...
@benrosher.bsky.social
Watch the presentation, & read the report, on the findings at crossborder.ie/reports/brie...
@benrosher.bsky.social