Andrew Perchard
@andrewperchard.bsky.social
Parent, husband and historian 🏴 🇪🇺 🇳🇿
Prof @universityofotago.bsky.social
VProf @Birkbeck, U of London
CI @deindustrial.bsky.social
Editor @historyworkshop.org.uk
Editor, Business and Industrial History
Views my own
Prof @universityofotago.bsky.social
VProf @Birkbeck, U of London
CI @deindustrial.bsky.social
Editor @historyworkshop.org.uk
Editor, Business and Industrial History
Views my own
Pinned
Non‐Market Strategy and Deglobalization: Firm–State Relations and the Historical Microfoundations of Corporate Political Activity
This study examines deglobalization through the lens of non-market strategy (NMS), focusing on the antecedents and microfoundations of corporate political activity (CPA) in the global aluminium indus....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
New out in Journal of Management Studies: Non-Market Strategy and Deglobalization: Firm–State Relations and the Historical Microfoundations of Corporate Political Activity
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
This is UK politics writ large; the unifying message of unionist parties and the media being to single out those most in need in our society while pandering to the obscenely wealthy and wannabe dictators!
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is UK politics writ large; the unifying message of unionist parties and the media being to single out those most in need in our society while pandering to the obscenely wealthy and wannabe dictators!
“Scotland’s”. It wasn’t 🏴@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social responsible for Brexit. It’s not 🏴 that’s landed us in the mess we are in today. To my great regret, some of my fellow Scots decided when the opportunity was there in 2014 to vote to remain in this disaster of a union. And look where we are now!
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
“Scotland’s”. It wasn’t 🏴@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social responsible for Brexit. It’s not 🏴 that’s landed us in the mess we are in today. To my great regret, some of my fellow Scots decided when the opportunity was there in 2014 to vote to remain in this disaster of a union. And look where we are now!
Theatre of the absurd. Trump’s rampant corruption is on display for all to see on a global scale.
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Theatre of the absurd. Trump’s rampant corruption is on display for all to see on a global scale.
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
“In at least three of the cases, [out of seven lawsuits] the AI explicitly encouraged users to cut off loved ones. In other cases, the model reinforced delusions at the expense of a shared reality, cutting the user off from anyone who did not share the delusion.”
ChatGPT told them they were special — their families say it led to tragedy | TechCrunch
A wave of lawsuits against OpenAI detail how ChatGPT used manipulative language to isolate users from loved ones and make itself into their sole confidant.
techcrunch.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“In at least three of the cases, [out of seven lawsuits] the AI explicitly encouraged users to cut off loved ones. In other cases, the model reinforced delusions at the expense of a shared reality, cutting the user off from anyone who did not share the delusion.”
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
This is the Observer's coverage of the Reform Russian Spie Scandal... 600 words on page 22 of the printed newspaper.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
NEW: This is worth your time.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
NEW: This is worth your time.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
No surprises that Russia has found it easy to compromise the UK and US. It’s almost as if a pursuit and celebration of wealth accumulation above all else wasn’t such a wise idea…
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
No surprises that Russia has found it easy to compromise the UK and US. It’s almost as if a pursuit and celebration of wealth accumulation above all else wasn’t such a wise idea…
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
The Cheeto Dictator doing his master’s bidding again I see… Ukraine’s European and Canadian allies must stand by her and ask themselves pressing questions about whether a continued alliance with the US is prudent or indeed it is simply compromising European security!
US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future
US army secretary briefs ambassadors at ‘nightmare meeting’ in Kyiv on Friday after talks with Ukrainian leader
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Cheeto Dictator doing his master’s bidding again I see… Ukraine’s European and Canadian allies must stand by her and ask themselves pressing questions about whether a continued alliance with the US is prudent or indeed it is simply compromising European security!
Britain’s west coast mainline is an absolute joke. It’ll have taken me more than five hours to get from Glasgow Central to Manchester Piccadilly this morning, with various flimsy excuses along the way. Over an hour of that spent freezing on platforms. I’ll be lucky to make the meeting I’m due at. 🙄🤡
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Britain’s west coast mainline is an absolute joke. It’ll have taken me more than five hours to get from Glasgow Central to Manchester Piccadilly this morning, with various flimsy excuses along the way. Over an hour of that spent freezing on platforms. I’ll be lucky to make the meeting I’m due at. 🙄🤡
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
EXCLUSIVE: The rush to build artificial intelligence data centres is a 'bubble', the Scottish Government has been warned amid calls for tighter regulations on the projects
Scottish Government warned over AI data centre 'bubble' amid planning boom
www.thenational.scot
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
EXCLUSIVE: The rush to build artificial intelligence data centres is a 'bubble', the Scottish Government has been warned amid calls for tighter regulations on the projects
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
An excellent read; Keith Gildart’s review essay in The English Historical Review focusing on a collection of recent historical works on aspects of the 1984/5 British Miners Strike and remembering that 40years on. Incl.
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social
FYI @ewangibbs.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social
FYI @ewangibbs.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social
Which Side Are You On Boys? Revisiting the History of British Coal Miners and the Strike of 1984/5
The year 2025 marks the fortieth anniversary of the end of the bitter twelve-month miners’ strike of 1984/5. The dominance of coal in British energy produc
academic.oup.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
An excellent read; Keith Gildart’s review essay in The English Historical Review focusing on a collection of recent historical works on aspects of the 1984/5 British Miners Strike and remembering that 40years on. Incl.
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social
FYI @ewangibbs.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social
FYI @ewangibbs.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
At a time when humanities and social science courses are facing severe cutbacks I’ll be mounting a defence of them and their role in shaping a better future at this lecture at De Montfort University on 27 November. All welcome
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
Shaping a Brighter Future
The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
At a time when humanities and social science courses are facing severe cutbacks I’ll be mounting a defence of them and their role in shaping a better future at this lecture at De Montfort University on 27 November. All welcome
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
March 2024: We launch a complaint against the IEA
12 days later: Charity Commission dismisses our complaint
May 2024: We complain about that decision
1 year later: The regulator opens an investigation into the IEA
This week: The Charity Commission says the IEA must change
https://goodlaw.social/8vmm
12 days later: Charity Commission dismisses our complaint
May 2024: We complain about that decision
1 year later: The regulator opens an investigation into the IEA
This week: The Charity Commission says the IEA must change
https://goodlaw.social/8vmm
Charity Commission: IEA must change to address political bias | Good Law Project
After a formal complaint from Good Law Project, the charities regulator has told a radical rightwing think-tank to act on transparency and balance.
goodlaw.social
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
March 2024: We launch a complaint against the IEA
12 days later: Charity Commission dismisses our complaint
May 2024: We complain about that decision
1 year later: The regulator opens an investigation into the IEA
This week: The Charity Commission says the IEA must change
https://goodlaw.social/8vmm
12 days later: Charity Commission dismisses our complaint
May 2024: We complain about that decision
1 year later: The regulator opens an investigation into the IEA
This week: The Charity Commission says the IEA must change
https://goodlaw.social/8vmm
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
Don't miss the @deindustrialpol.bsky.social virtual roundtable this Friday!
Policies and Programs: Deindustrialization and the Environment
Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time
Friday November 7th at 9:30am Eastern Time
niche-canada.org/2025/10/29/v...
#envhist #envstudies
Policies and Programs: Deindustrialization and the Environment
Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time
Friday November 7th at 9:30am Eastern Time
niche-canada.org/2025/10/29/v...
#envhist #envstudies
Virtual Event - Policies and Programs: Deindustrialization and the Environment
7 November 2025 - This session brings together eight scholars whose research examines the intersections of industrial decline, environmental activism and remediation, and policy responses by a variety...
niche-canada.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Don't miss the @deindustrialpol.bsky.social virtual roundtable this Friday!
Policies and Programs: Deindustrialization and the Environment
Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time
Friday November 7th at 9:30am Eastern Time
niche-canada.org/2025/10/29/v...
#envhist #envstudies
Policies and Programs: Deindustrialization and the Environment
Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time
Friday November 7th at 9:30am Eastern Time
niche-canada.org/2025/10/29/v...
#envhist #envstudies
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
'In February, Sheffield Hallam University, home to the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice (HKC), a leading research institution focused on human rights, ordered one of its best-known professors, Laura Murphy, to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China.' 1/3
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
'In February, Sheffield Hallam University, home to the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice (HKC), a leading research institution focused on human rights, ordered one of its best-known professors, Laura Murphy, to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China.' 1/3
Reposted by Andrew Perchard
Very important article: Elon Musk’s attempts to hijack the world’s knowledge base and make us all think like fascists.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Very important article: Elon Musk’s attempts to hijack the world’s knowledge base and make us all think like fascists.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
This’ll be what Farage and Reform serve up in the UK as well. In return for a presidential pardon of Changpeng Zhao, two of Trump’s cryptocurrencies floated on Binance. The kleptocracy unabashed and at large!
Binance Boosted Trump Family’s Crypto Company Ahead of Pardon for Its Billionaire Founder
The giant crypto exchange facilitated a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty’s stablecoin and built its technology. The clemency for Changpeng Zhao—the tycoon known as CZ—surprised some in the adminis...
www.wsj.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This’ll be what Farage and Reform serve up in the UK as well. In return for a presidential pardon of Changpeng Zhao, two of Trump’s cryptocurrencies floated on Binance. The kleptocracy unabashed and at large!