Chris Hanretty

@chanret.bsky.social

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I teach politics at a university in the UK. I'm interested in electoral systems, public opinion, and the politics of non-majoritarian institutions like courts and regulators.

ORCID: 0000-0002-8932-9405

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 10h

With gusto!

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 1d

time to set the geoguessr folks on this and work out where it is and how much it cost

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Dave O’Brien, Chris Hanretty , and 3 more Ben H. Ansell, Dave O’Brien, Chris Hanretty, Lucy Barnes, Alexandra Cirone, Christina Pagel

Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 1d

Not a drill - there's a Britain-focused lectureship (FT, permanent) available.

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Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics at UCL

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, he had great speechwriters.

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone else watching season 2 of A Man on the Inside? I would have thought that anyone who inserted TM Scanlon books into one of their previous comedies would try and avoid wood-panelled faculty lounges and other outdated tropes

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Alejandro Fernández-Roldán @aleferna.bsky.social · 1d

A hidden gem for PolSci in an Econ journal: mainstream right-wing parties seem to capture only a fraction (!) of the far-right vote when the latter don't run in an election. Crucially, left parties seem to gain votes! A key finding for understanding potential coalitions doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 2d

Can't win unless you turn up!

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 2d

It's giving me strong Jakob Nielsen vibes

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 2d

love it

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 2d

I suspect net migration figures are like inflation figures: a claim about rates of change that people hear as a claim about levels.

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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social · 3d

Me: it would be good if government budget and spending review processes were done more openly and transparently

Also me: NOT LIKE THIS

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 3d

Writing my conclusions section, including a paragraph on suggestions for future research, and then thinking, "but couldn't I do that here in this paper?"

a man is standing in front of a window and says just when i thought i was out they pull me back in

Alt: a man is standing in front of a window and says just when i thought i was out they pull me back in

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 3d

Who is this optimist and what has he done with the real Phil?

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 3d

Both the OBR's cock-up (v funny), and the multiple briefings from the Treasury and Chancellor (v explicit) could be an opportunity to have a sensible discussion about what is and isn't allowed in advance of the speech.

Dalton resigned for much less than almost everyone does these days.

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 3d

The Public Services Performance Tracker is regularly described as ‘sobering’ but this is definitely the first time we’ve had ‘almost lyrical’

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 3d

Let's say all that is true. What is the BBC going to do in 2030 when Trump is gone and when a Vance or a Stephen Miller tries the same tactic? It's really helpful for an institution to be able to say [credibly], "no, some things we don't budge on"

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think it is the way forward. You now can't defend any invited lecture on the basis that the BBC is not responsible for particular claims made by the presenter, because they've acted in this particular case to remove particular claims made

Reposted by Jon Pierre, Tobias Lock, Chris Hanretty , and 2 more Jon Pierre, Tobias Lock, Chris Hanretty, Jens Rydgren, Federica Genovese

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 4d

Then I think it would be better to say "based on legal advice they chose to remove the line", rather than "for legal reasons they couldn't" (and I think they made the wrong choice)

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 4d

I think if in-house counsel really said, "the law compels you to remove that line", then the BBC's in a worse state than if no one there knew nothing about the Streisand effect.

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Robert Metcalfe @rmetcalfe.bsky.social · 4d

Check out Hannah awesome JMP on job schedule unpredictability and how minimum wage policy affects such unpredictability: hannahfarkas.github.io/files/The_Ec...

Reposted by Ben Worthy, Brian Weatherson

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 4d

Has no one in the BBC heard of the Streisand effect?

Did everyone think, "oh, Rutger Bregman, he'll be cool with this"?

Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 4d

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 4d

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 4d

My discipline and personal feelings: similar to what @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social describes