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Ben Ansell

@benansell.bsky.social

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Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). .. more

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Ben W. Ansell is Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College, University of Oxford and, with David Samuels, editor of Comparative Political Studies.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 2h

Tell us what you really think Chaminda

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 2h

That journal also had a recent nightmare over the radical right gender paper replication with a huge social media fight then. Hard to get right I agree but worth thinking about ways to debate modelling choices that don’t turn into flame wars.

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 4h

We don’t do these kinds of things at CPS for a series of reasons but I would think if we did we would probably offer the authors a right of response. How to review that is a difficult question but the review process is very slow and so can create these awkward situations.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7h

"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.

Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 7h

'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.

'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.

'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 8h

Ouch! Hoping this argument doesn’t escalate. I have enormous respect for @dandekadt.bsky.social and @turnbulldugarte.com. Both are phenomenally smart and creative scholars. Some of the very best around.

Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 9h

Some researchers, like myself, care about knowledge production and finding the "right" answer.

Others care more about getting a publication based on saying that others are wrong rather than engaging in a discussion about what the current state of knowledge is and whether it needs to be corrected.

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 10h

Just a simple, succulent name vote.

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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 11h

Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 12h

“You wouldn’t see me down a mine. Because it’s very dark”

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 12h

Glasman is basically moving from ‘nothing’s too good for the working class’ to ‘actually, lots of things are, know your place’.

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 12h

Amidst all the post on my feed about pensioners living in £2m+ houses complaining about a property tax of 0.125% (about 1/10 of US or Canadian typical property taxes), there is this - an actual case of an overbearing state.

Tristan Kirk @kirkkorner.bsky.social · 15h

A pensioner with dementia gets a criminal conviction over an unpaid TV Licence

This one is pretty heartbreaking

The #SingleJusticeProcedure is broken

www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...

Pensioner with dementia convicted over unpaid TV Licence bill

Ailing pensioners, people with mental health struggles, grieving families and children have all been caught up in the Single Justice Procedure scandal

www.standard.co.uk

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Tristan Kirk @kirkkorner.bsky.social · 15h

A pensioner with dementia gets a criminal conviction over an unpaid TV Licence

This one is pretty heartbreaking

The #SingleJusticeProcedure is broken

www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...

Pensioner with dementia convicted over unpaid TV Licence bill

Ailing pensioners, people with mental health struggles, grieving families and children have all been caught up in the Single Justice Procedure scandal

www.standard.co.uk

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 15h

Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 17h

Excellent legislation there. Bet you can spot sawdust in a loaf now

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 17h

Did it in A-Level history!

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