Holger Nehring
@holgernehring.bsky.social
Contemporary historian #ColdWar #diplomacy
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If I didn't know better I'd call this a conspiracy to abolish the OBR
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
If I didn't know better I'd call this a conspiracy to abolish the OBR
Campus this morning.
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Campus this morning.
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'Ahead of the autumn budget on 26 November, Universities UK (UUK) has calculated that funding per student for teaching in 2025-26 is at 64 per cent of the level it was in 2015-16.' 1/3
University teaching income ‘£6.4 billon less’ than 10 years ago
UUK says shortfall in teaching money is ‘baked in’ to higher education funding system as institutions brace for new tax in upcoming budget
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
'Ahead of the autumn budget on 26 November, Universities UK (UUK) has calculated that funding per student for teaching in 2025-26 is at 64 per cent of the level it was in 2015-16.' 1/3
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Essentially the best way to run a railway is for it to be owned by a development corporation, and then frankly whether that corporation is state owned or privately owned is sort of a much of a muchness:
The missing piece in Labour’s rail renationalisation scheme
Whether trains are public or private is not the deal-breaker for a well-functioning service — it is about a better delivery model
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Agree in policy terms.
The political problem is if we have another global collapse of financial markets as in 2008 then voters who feel scammed might no longer be willing to listen to such invocation of macro pressures against populist campaigning.
The political problem is if we have another global collapse of financial markets as in 2008 then voters who feel scammed might no longer be willing to listen to such invocation of macro pressures against populist campaigning.
Yes, there are spending multipliers etc - and yes, Kuenssberg spouted vacuous talking points.
BUT.
There is a bond market (or more generally a macro) constraint to borrowing, as there was in the 2010s - we just weren't near it then. Dodging the issue/pretending it doesn't exist isn't a policy.
BUT.
There is a bond market (or more generally a macro) constraint to borrowing, as there was in the 2010s - we just weren't near it then. Dodging the issue/pretending it doesn't exist isn't a policy.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the importance of spending multipliers & borrowing to invest
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Agree in policy terms.
The political problem is if we have another global collapse of financial markets as in 2008 then voters who feel scammed might no longer be willing to listen to such invocation of macro pressures against populist campaigning.
The political problem is if we have another global collapse of financial markets as in 2008 then voters who feel scammed might no longer be willing to listen to such invocation of macro pressures against populist campaigning.
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As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
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🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
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Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
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Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
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Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
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Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
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Lots of things to dislike about Lord Glasman. A small one of them is repeating private conversations to the press.
Why is transphobia the default state for so many arseholes?
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Lots of things to dislike about Lord Glasman. A small one of them is repeating private conversations to the press.
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NASA's pix of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS are now up science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NASA's pix of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS are now up science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
'We brought in the heavy artillery: we brought in the King and Queen of Sweden. It doesn't get any better than that.'
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
'We brought in the heavy artillery: we brought in the King and Queen of Sweden. It doesn't get any better than that.'
Chrystia Freeland will be the next Warden of Rhodes House, from July 2026.
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Chrystia Freeland will be the next Warden of Rhodes House, from July 2026.
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“Let me be really clear – every minute that’s not spent talking about and dealing with the cost of living is a minute wasted of the political work of this government” is actually really good advice from the Prime Minister. If only he'd listen to himself.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Let me be really clear – every minute that’s not spent talking about and dealing with the cost of living is a minute wasted of the political work of this government” is actually really good advice from the Prime Minister. If only he'd listen to himself.
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Unrelated to any of the other aspects of her attempt to politically reposition or reinvent herself, she has improved dramatically in terms of her public speaking and communication.
To such an extent that I now see her as being in an altogether different category of threat now.
To such an extent that I now see her as being in an altogether different category of threat now.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Unrelated to any of the other aspects of her attempt to politically reposition or reinvent herself, she has improved dramatically in terms of her public speaking and communication.
To such an extent that I now see her as being in an altogether different category of threat now.
To such an extent that I now see her as being in an altogether different category of threat now.
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“Polls suggest the most probable result is a loss for the party’s candidate, a former government minister understood to have been handpicked by the PM.
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“Polls suggest the most probable result is a loss for the party’s candidate, a former government minister understood to have been handpicked by the PM.
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
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The most differentiated and thoughtful write up of Labours new immigration policy by @stephenkb.bsky.social this morning.
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Labour needs a way out of the infernal circle of immigration policy
Politics today is about ‘open vs closed’, but the UK government’s approach risks appeasing no one
on.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The most differentiated and thoughtful write up of Labours new immigration policy by @stephenkb.bsky.social this morning.
#giftlink
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Whatever it doesn’t take
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Whatever it doesn’t take
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If he does run I really hope his campaign slogan is "Chaos with Ed Miliband".
Verdict of one Labour grandee I just bumped into: “Ed Miliband is the person most likely to be the most next Prime Minister”.
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If he does run I really hope his campaign slogan is "Chaos with Ed Miliband".
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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Well, Epstein dead-catted the BBC bullshit thing
November 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Well, Epstein dead-catted the BBC bullshit thing
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Road violence in Birmingham is completely out of control
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Road violence in Birmingham is completely out of control
While free water fountains pop up everywhere, giving the impression it's there in abundance. A scarce resource needs to have a price. And I get the whole reducing plastic/ access to water is important thing. But something's gotta give.
I've been talking about this on here for a while. We just assume it will always rain enough, so the management of water in the UK is totally disastrous. Now, after a relatively few dry months, we are approaching a calamity. We have done it to ourselves. Yet again. We are a deeply unserious country.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
While free water fountains pop up everywhere, giving the impression it's there in abundance. A scarce resource needs to have a price. And I get the whole reducing plastic/ access to water is important thing. But something's gotta give.
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There’s several stories likely to come out of next years locals but for me, two key ones: all-outs in Labour mets that could switch to Reform control in one go, as happened in counties this year; and the fragmentation of its vote in cities, where Labour is fighting on both flanks
And there are a lot of Labour held places up for election with large numbers of such voters - London of course, and also other big cities with Labour councils - Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds. Could be big swings to Greens in many such places.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
There’s several stories likely to come out of next years locals but for me, two key ones: all-outs in Labour mets that could switch to Reform control in one go, as happened in counties this year; and the fragmentation of its vote in cities, where Labour is fighting on both flanks
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You won't find a better. short explanation of what the government needs to do to genuinely reduce spatial inequalities than this. The next UK Government has an opportunity to finally recognise the devolution dividend | British Politics and Policy at LSE share.google/VnTRZHvbAxs0...
The next UK Government has an opportunity to finally recognise the devolution dividend | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Alan Harding discusses what a new government would need to do to ensure a devolution dividend is realised and that inclusive growth is achieved both between and within UK regions.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
You won't find a better. short explanation of what the government needs to do to genuinely reduce spatial inequalities than this. The next UK Government has an opportunity to finally recognise the devolution dividend | British Politics and Policy at LSE share.google/VnTRZHvbAxs0...
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It's also worth noting that leaking to UK journalists that UK-EU talks are in a bad state is a classic Brussels move to ratchet up pressure on states that need a deal more with the EU than the EU does with them
The EU makes many mistakes and should show far more flexibility towards North and West African states in trading relations.
That is a separate matter from a UK government that talks a Europe-friendly game yet still manages to burn goodwill with partners in the EU over minor sums
That is a separate matter from a UK government that talks a Europe-friendly game yet still manages to burn goodwill with partners in the EU over minor sums
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
It's also worth noting that leaking to UK journalists that UK-EU talks are in a bad state is a classic Brussels move to ratchet up pressure on states that need a deal more with the EU than the EU does with them
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Neue Publikation: Meine Rezension 'Bewegungsparteien der extremen Rechten in Europa' ist im Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen erschienen
Über das Buch von @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it zu hybriden Strategien der extremen Rechten zwischen Protest & Parlament
➡️ shorturl.at/WEqUd
Über das Buch von @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it zu hybriden Strategien der extremen Rechten zwischen Protest & Parlament
➡️ shorturl.at/WEqUd
Bewegungsparteien der extremen Rechten in Europa
Article Bewegungsparteien der extremen Rechten in Europa was published on November 30, 2025 in the journal Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen (volume 38, issue 4).
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Neue Publikation: Meine Rezension 'Bewegungsparteien der extremen Rechten in Europa' ist im Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen erschienen
Über das Buch von @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it zu hybriden Strategien der extremen Rechten zwischen Protest & Parlament
➡️ shorturl.at/WEqUd
Über das Buch von @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it zu hybriden Strategien der extremen Rechten zwischen Protest & Parlament
➡️ shorturl.at/WEqUd