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Jonathan Hopkin

@jonathanhopkin.bsky.social

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Professor of the Political Economy of Europe at LSE. Interested in democratic representation and inequality, worried about the survival of democracy. Author of Anti-System Politics (OUP, 2020). Also random thoughts on football, cycling, the weather etc .. more

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Jonathan Hopkin is Professor in the European Institute and the Department of Government of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He obtained a PhD at the European University Institute in Florence, and lectured at the Universities of Bradford, Durham and Birmingham, joining LSE in 2004. He teaches comparative politics and political economy, and has published in the areas of political parties and elections, political economy, inequality and welfare states. .. more

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11h

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 13h

The scene of Trump asking for a pardon for Netanyahu has to be one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen in politics. How hard can it be to transmit this feeling of disgust to voters?

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 1d

Very proud of our @ipz.bsky.social students who celebrated their graduation tonight. Congratulations to all, especially our prize winners! The prizes for best dissertation go to @reidingerve.bsky.social and @indubioproreto.bsky.social - Congrats! 🎉🥂🍾

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LSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · 1d

🔴 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗜𝗤 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁!

Professor Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social and Andrew McNeil propose an explanation of variations in anti-system voting in European democracies.

Discover the paper on our new EIQ page 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Europe in Question

EIQ Discussion Paper Series

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 1d

I got a call from the Labour Party last night asking why I left. Rhetoric on immigration was clearly one of the tickbox options on his questionnaire

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Meloni had just swallowed a wasp and Starmer just remembered he left the oven on at home

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "You have Canada. That's so great to have, in fact. The president called and he wanted to know if it's worth -- well he knew exactly what it is. He knew the importance. Where's Canada, by the way? Where are you? He knew the importance of this."

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Performance art

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Meloni always has that look of someone who thinks she might have lost her wallet and is trying to figure out who took it

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Politician for sale, get him now while he’s cheap

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 2d

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Nigel Farage tells crypto conference ‘I am your champion’

[FREE TO READ] Reform UK leader touts plans to create a state-owned bitcoin reserve

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 2d

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Nigel Farage tells crypto conference ‘I am your champion’

[FREE TO READ] Reform UK leader touts plans to create a state-owned bitcoin reserve

on.ft.com

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Lee Anderson will be pleased to know I’ll be sticking to the facts. Like Gini coefficients and tax revenue statistics

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Got my lanyard out and I’m ready for a day of indoctrinating malleable young minds

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody debases themselves for money quite like us

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

It’s quite amazing how Americanised our politics has become, but we remain fundamentally different on key issues such as guns, religion, sports and getting sloshed

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe we should scrap the 65% unaffordable share 😁

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Thankfully there is one very big difference between the US and the UK that should save us from this insanity: Brits are as unreligious as you can get

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now a conduit between MAGA Republicans and Reform UK

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Ever since I’ve been interested in politics the UK has been stuck in this ‘can’t live with taxes, can’t live without them’ trap. No other European country operates like this

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Rachel Reeves’ speech should be read out with that Benny Hill chase music in the background

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Just admit there’s a rat in the hotel and let’s get on with dealing with it ffs

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Our absurd fiscal politics makes budgets look a bit like those situation comedies where the main characters are locked into ever more ridiculous behaviour to hide something embarrassing

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 3d

"an occupation’s general prestige and perceived potency (but not its moral standing) declines when it becomes increasingly stereotyped as female" journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The Cultural Devaluation of Feminized Work: The Evolution of U.S. Occupational Prestige and Gender Typing in Linguistic Representations, 1900 to 2019 - Wenhao Jiang, 2025

Previous research on occupational devaluation typically evaluates the potential wage declines associated with a significant inflow of women into an occupation; ...

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

Truth is nobody has ever twisted reality around a political agenda as much as these people

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Objective facts about literature

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 3d

Wondering what a Reform government might do with our universities? Here’s Lee Anderson to enlighten you…😳

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

What a sick society

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3d

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

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Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 3d

Wtf

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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