Jonathan Hopkin
@jonathanhopkin.bsky.social
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
I was living in Italy at the time, blissfully ignorant that these psychopaths were there too. Now we would probably see them posting terrible things online. Perhaps social media has revealed what people are really like and it’s not pretty
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I was living in Italy at the time, blissfully ignorant that these psychopaths were there too. Now we would probably see them posting terrible things online. Perhaps social media has revealed what people are really like and it’s not pretty
Maybe we just know too much these days
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Maybe we just know too much these days
Yes but it was 30-odd years ago!
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Yes but it was 30-odd years ago!
We’ve become Watford FC
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We’ve become Watford FC
He’ll be there in a year
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
He’ll be there in a year
We’re too polite
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We’re too polite
Ambassador to the United States
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Ambassador to the United States
7 Prime Ministers since the financial crisis (the previous seven takes you back to before I was born)
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
7 Prime Ministers since the financial crisis (the previous seven takes you back to before I was born)
In other news, people who train for the marathon in their car perform worse than people who focus on running
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
In other news, people who train for the marathon in their car perform worse than people who focus on running