Pontus Odmalm
@podmalm.bsky.social
SL in Politics. University of Edinburgh, PIR
#PoliticsOfMigration. #MS #Leither 🏴
Own account/(re)posts=interesting
https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/pontus-odmalm
#PoliticsOfMigration. #MS #Leither 🏴
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https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/pontus-odmalm
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Pontus Odmalm
@podmalm.bsky.social
· Aug 4
What a great start to the sabbatical! Tri-write with @slsalo.bsky.social and @jensrydgren.bsky.social 95% there - “We would like to accept the article for publication, but before we go ahead, we would like to give you the opportunity to make some further minor changes//…//.”
Point/thread 👇
Trump is in crisis, MAGA base turning on him over links with Jeffrey Epstein & the whole country is feeling his total failure to get the cost of living under control.
His response? Get the headlines back where he wants them - ramping up the extreme racist scapegoating #r4today
His response? Get the headlines back where he wants them - ramping up the extreme racist scapegoating #r4today
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Point/thread 👇
“How did an idea with so much potential traction and reach//…//become so quickly and comprehensively bogged down in power struggles and infighting?”
Brit pol exam question sorted, @timbale.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Brit pol exam question sorted, @timbale.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles
Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“How did an idea with so much potential traction and reach//…//become so quickly and comprehensively bogged down in power struggles and infighting?”
Brit pol exam question sorted, @timbale.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Brit pol exam question sorted, @timbale.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
FFS
Trump’s next target for destruction is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. I can only imagine what sort of white trash gold coated monstrosity Trump will replace the Reflecting Pool with. #ProudBlue
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
FFS
Important webinar 👇
Far-Right Networks in Motion — Webinar on Dec 5, 4 PM CET A discussion on the transnational dynamics of the far right with
@steppe-project.bsky.social @casmudde.bsky.social @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social
steppe.hypotheses.org/2236
📩 Register with [email protected]
@steppe-project.bsky.social @casmudde.bsky.social @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social
steppe.hypotheses.org/2236
📩 Register with [email protected]
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Important webinar 👇
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Special issue alert 👇
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Special issue alert 👇
Asia-size, if true (h/t @benrosamond1.bsky.social)
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Asia-size, if true (h/t @benrosamond1.bsky.social)
Thread/Important read in light of today’s net migration figures 👇
Out today: MPS Attitudes to Immigration in Scotland survey 2025
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/publications...
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/publications...
Attitudes to Immigration in Scotland: Changing, complex, contradictory - Migration Policy Scotland
The third wave of Migration Policy Scotland’s annual representative survey provides a detailed picture of how views are evolving. This attitudinal survey series provides policymakers and others with e...
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Thread/Important read in light of today’s net migration figures 👇
Thread 👇 #StocksAndFlows
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Thread 👇 #StocksAndFlows
Important read(s) 👇
With the Progressive Politics Research Network, we have published 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. What does a progressive agenda on housing look like? Which elements are important? What the hurdles are and how can they be overcome?
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Important read(s) 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This 👇
”//…//re-examine *every* Afghan immigrant who entered the US during Joe Biden’s administration//…//” 😮
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
National Guard shooting: Trump says US should ‘re-examine’ all Afghan refugees after suspect named
President calls the shooting in Washington an ‘act of terror’, as officials name Rahmanullah Lakanwal as suspected shooter
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
”//…//re-examine *every* Afghan immigrant who entered the US during Joe Biden’s administration//…//” 😮
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Huge, if true.
I fixed it.
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Huge, if true.
Alternate timeline, then 👇
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Alternate timeline, then 👇
Thread 👇
🚨🚨 It is rare that the rulings of @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social make headlines but the judgment yesterday on the recognition of #samesex marriage is a rare exception to this. Very welcome ruling from the CJEU: 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
Top EU court mandates same-sex marriage recognition across borders
The Luxembourg-based court said a decision by Polish authorities infringed on a same-sex couple’s freedom of movement.
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Thread 👇
More Phd ops 👇
Doctoral scholarship for EU students to work with me at Oxford on democratic backsliding, democratic defence, or illiberalism: Renato Morelli Corpus Christi College Graduate Scholarship in Politics 2026-27. Deadline 9 Jan 2026. Please circulate!
Details at: users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/Ad...
Details at: users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/Ad...
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
More Phd ops 👇
What’s this stage called?
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
What’s this stage called?
Hell: circle 9.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hell: circle 9.
Ping #BBC
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ping #BBC
”The longer the party is a personality cult, the harder it will be to emerge from his shadow.” Important read 👇
New post just out:
"MAGA Meltdown?"
With Trump's approval ratings collapsing the Republicans are starting to realise they're in serious trouble.
Here's why it's going to get worse for them.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/m...
"MAGA Meltdown?"
With Trump's approval ratings collapsing the Republicans are starting to realise they're in serious trouble.
Here's why it's going to get worse for them.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/m...
MAGA Meltdown?
Why the Republicans are in serious trouble
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
”The longer the party is a personality cult, the harder it will be to emerge from his shadow.” Important read 👇
Interesting 👇
Despite the current state of politics, moral views have become more progressive over time. Why? In an experiment we found that the arguments that make liberals more liberal also persuade conservatives, whereas the arguments that make conservatives more conservative don't persuade liberals.
Susceptibility to Moral Arguments Among Liberals and Conservatives
Abstract. An empirical result in Moral Foundations Theory is that liberals and progressives endorse the individualizing factors of care and fairness, while
academic.oup.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Interesting 👇
Point (3) 👇
A clear indication that the right wing rhetoric has shifted the narrative. Nigel Farage thinks it’s ok to only clarify ‘I’ve never DIRECTLY racially abused anyone’ and still be a candidate for prime minister.
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Point (3) 👇
Point (2) 👇
I genuinely find it astonishing that someone of colour could advocate the random picking of potential migrants to create a climate of fear among minoritised people.
I mean... how do you think thatll work for other black British people Trevor?
I mean... how do you think thatll work for other black British people Trevor?
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Point (2) 👇
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Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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