Eunice Goes
@eunicegoes.bsky.social
Political scientist at @RichmondUniLdn. Interested in parties and ideologies and quite a few other things. More of a fox than a hedgehog.
American Nobel Prize-winners have a lot to learn about ideologies. What Acemoglu is writing about is not so much liberalism but social democracy.
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
American Nobel Prize-winners have a lot to learn about ideologies. What Acemoglu is writing about is not so much liberalism but social democracy.
Very happy to finally get hold of this volume on the GE2024 for which I contributed a chapter on Labour’s electoral performance.
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Very happy to finally get hold of this volume on the GE2024 for which I contributed a chapter on Labour’s electoral performance.
Interesting that the office of the Prime Minister of Lithuania proudly and prominently displays NATO flags (I’ve counted 3 flags in one floor), something rarely seen in other European countries
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Interesting that the office of the Prime Minister of Lithuania proudly and prominently displays NATO flags (I’ve counted 3 flags in one floor), something rarely seen in other European countries
Fabulous Soviet architectural features in Lithuania’s Parliament (minus the red flags with horses with their tails pointing upwards).
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Fabulous Soviet architectural features in Lithuania’s Parliament (minus the red flags with horses with their tails pointing upwards).
Thomas Piketty is absolutely spot-on (great interview in the FT btw) about how the ill-defined concept of populism is being instrumentalised. As he put it, this
Is “too often a strategy of the very privileged, self-proclaimed pro-business centre to disqualify everybody that is not like them”
Is “too often a strategy of the very privileged, self-proclaimed pro-business centre to disqualify everybody that is not like them”
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Thomas Piketty is absolutely spot-on (great interview in the FT btw) about how the ill-defined concept of populism is being instrumentalised. As he put it, this
Is “too often a strategy of the very privileged, self-proclaimed pro-business centre to disqualify everybody that is not like them”
Is “too often a strategy of the very privileged, self-proclaimed pro-business centre to disqualify everybody that is not like them”
As the FT notes, Mamdani’s victory in New York is very significant. It signals ‘a radical shift in policy in the city that sits at the heart of global capitalism’. I would say that’s more than a shift in policy: it’s a shift in worldviews,
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
As the FT notes, Mamdani’s victory in New York is very significant. It signals ‘a radical shift in policy in the city that sits at the heart of global capitalism’. I would say that’s more than a shift in policy: it’s a shift in worldviews,
Superb production of Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty at the Almeida Theatre. It does not fully capture the elegance of Hollinghurst’s prose but it captures really well its themes of class, privilege in the midst of an AIDS’s crisis and get-rich-quicky (via asset-stripping) culture.
November 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Superb production of Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty at the Almeida Theatre. It does not fully capture the elegance of Hollinghurst’s prose but it captures really well its themes of class, privilege in the midst of an AIDS’s crisis and get-rich-quicky (via asset-stripping) culture.
Some great stuff at the V&A’s new cabinet of curiosities based in Hackney.
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Some great stuff at the V&A’s new cabinet of curiosities based in Hackney.
Wonderful Autumn colours in Hampstead Heath.
October 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Wonderful Autumn colours in Hampstead Heath.
Brexit fanatics are stupid, delusional (they think the world owes them a favour) and exhausting. In exchange for having to put with them I hope they face hordes of aggressive border agents and crazy paper work whenever they try to set foot in the EU.
October 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Brexit fanatics are stupid, delusional (they think the world owes them a favour) and exhausting. In exchange for having to put with them I hope they face hordes of aggressive border agents and crazy paper work whenever they try to set foot in the EU.
Beautiful Autumn colours and light in Hampstead Heath.
October 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Beautiful Autumn colours and light in Hampstead Heath.
@adamtooze.bsky.social in the FT today: ‘a democracy dogged by fear of bond market vigilantes is unhealthy’.
Instead the government should recognise that Britain is in a period of historic transition which requires new approaches.
Instead the government should recognise that Britain is in a period of historic transition which requires new approaches.
October 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
@adamtooze.bsky.social in the FT today: ‘a democracy dogged by fear of bond market vigilantes is unhealthy’.
Instead the government should recognise that Britain is in a period of historic transition which requires new approaches.
Instead the government should recognise that Britain is in a period of historic transition which requires new approaches.
Brilliant exhibition of Lee Miller’s photos at Tate Britain. These are some of the photos she took of London during the Blitz and that’s her war reporter’s uniform.
October 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Brilliant exhibition of Lee Miller’s photos at Tate Britain. These are some of the photos she took of London during the Blitz and that’s her war reporter’s uniform.
Like Trump, Shabana Mahmood likes to use X to shout at people. Somebody should tell her that it’s rude to write in capital letters. On top of that, her policies and ideas are shouty enough.
September 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Like Trump, Shabana Mahmood likes to use X to shout at people. Somebody should tell her that it’s rude to write in capital letters. On top of that, her policies and ideas are shouty enough.
Prophetic words by @roberthutton.co.uk about Lord Mandelson: ‘Truly, we shall not see his like again. For at least six months. And then we probably will’.
But my favourite line is: (..)he pulls his phone and tries to remember which of his mates is currently out of prison and not using their yacht’.
But my favourite line is: (..)he pulls his phone and tries to remember which of his mates is currently out of prison and not using their yacht’.
September 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Prophetic words by @roberthutton.co.uk about Lord Mandelson: ‘Truly, we shall not see his like again. For at least six months. And then we probably will’.
But my favourite line is: (..)he pulls his phone and tries to remember which of his mates is currently out of prison and not using their yacht’.
But my favourite line is: (..)he pulls his phone and tries to remember which of his mates is currently out of prison and not using their yacht’.
A slight whiff of Trumpian imperialism in Mahmood’s threat.
September 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A slight whiff of Trumpian imperialism in Mahmood’s threat.
Alan Beattie in today’s FT; ‘a centre-left UK party is following a less liberal policy on economic migrants than a right-wing Italian one’.
September 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Alan Beattie in today’s FT; ‘a centre-left UK party is following a less liberal policy on economic migrants than a right-wing Italian one’.
It would be nice if journalists questioned more the narrative that only the private sector creates wealth.
I would like to see wealth creation without state investment in education, healthcare, research, culture, roads, transport networks, broadband access, etc.
I would like to see wealth creation without state investment in education, healthcare, research, culture, roads, transport networks, broadband access, etc.
August 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It would be nice if journalists questioned more the narrative that only the private sector creates wealth.
I would like to see wealth creation without state investment in education, healthcare, research, culture, roads, transport networks, broadband access, etc.
I would like to see wealth creation without state investment in education, healthcare, research, culture, roads, transport networks, broadband access, etc.
The postman has just delivered this timely book. Happy to have contributed to this fabulous collection of essays edited by Mark Perryman.
July 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The postman has just delivered this timely book. Happy to have contributed to this fabulous collection of essays edited by Mark Perryman.
Original 10 Downing Street door and at Downing College since 1960
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Original 10 Downing Street door and at Downing College since 1960
The first anniversary of the Labour gov is a fitting moment for Starmer to reassess his concept of competence. As I argue in this article, it’s a concept of competence that failed to win over voters and that is the source of Labour’s political troubles.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The first anniversary of the Labour gov is a fitting moment for Starmer to reassess his concept of competence. As I argue in this article, it’s a concept of competence that failed to win over voters and that is the source of Labour’s political troubles.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Starmer’s explanations for the island of strangers speech are not convincing. Being busy and not being aware of the potential connotations of his choice of words does not reflect a charming naïveté but a serious lack of political judgement.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
July 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Starmer’s explanations for the island of strangers speech are not convincing. Being busy and not being aware of the potential connotations of his choice of words does not reflect a charming naïveté but a serious lack of political judgement.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
And this is my definition of social democracy.
May 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
And this is my definition of social democracy.
I made a similar argument on my article on the limits of Starmer’s politics of performative competence. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I made a similar argument on my article on the limits of Starmer’s politics of performative competence. link.springer.com/article/10.1...