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Paul Kelly
@pjthinker.bsky.social
Professor of Political Theory

Former Head of Department of Government and PVC Education
London School of Economics

Author Against Post-liberalism: Why Faith, Family and Flag is a Dead End for the Left, Polity Press 2025
Academics with relatively low follower counts feeling about their academic peers with large accounts - yes but they’re all Russian and Bangladeshi bots … whereas mine are all honest nerdy followers of truth.
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Yes ‘Fascism’ is vague and catch-all and used for a variety of distinct political and analytical purposes But no more ambiguous and contested than liberalism which @jacobinmag.bsky.social readers seem to find perfectly straightforward and unambiguous…
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wonderful and yes - perhaps now is the moment to subscribe …👆👆👆
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Agree 👆👆👆
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Should - doing most of the heavy lifting here. My point after editing two journals was that reviewers do what they do as editors are rarely spoilt for choice with reviewers.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Not sure that is how peer review works or progress in the discipline - but basic point is well made …
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Oakeshott would have had nothing but contempt for this charlatan…👆👆👆
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Yes - just ponder that for a moment. Political mega brain brought down by…👆👆👆
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Man who thought George Osbourne was a genius doesn’t rate Reeves and Starmer. His serious point about the lack of press analysis of Labour’s programme says a lot about the inadequacy of the British Press. Permanent hostility to Labour is default but there is never serious analysis - as here…👆👆👆
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
He gets up at five to go to the bathroom … common to men his age - not a sign of any super power👆👆👆
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Paul Staines using Owen Jones as an example of partisan journalism - further evidence of the death of irony…
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Giggles gives it away - it’s like a five year saying ‘boobs’ and ‘Willy’. This is the great Silicon Valley philosopher👆- but at least Oxford get to tick a box with OfS. We platform right wing loons.
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Oh joy 👆👆👆
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
He’s clearly never read Dickens, so quite frankly his views on Christmas are irrelevant. 👆
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM