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The politics of #immigration is not a response to public anxiety, but one of the mechanisms through which anxiety is continuously reproduced and politically organised.
Why public attitudes to immigration don’t respond to falling migration @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social share.google/Miyiujubucu7...
💡New! What Zack Polanski gets wrong about economics, by @jomichell.bsky.social.
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Reforms to asylum and refugee policy announced by the Home Office are already negatively impacting asylum seekers and refugees, even before they're implemented. This @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social article provides first hand testimonials on the effects of the reforms.
What do UK Home Office reforms mean for refugee children growing up in poverty?
@ilonapin.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social shows how these reforms are already negatively affecting asylum seekers and their children on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
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Tony Blair recently urged the UK to stay close to the US for security reasons.
But as Trump backs away from NATO, “business as usual” is not an option, argues Derrick Wyatt on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
Got a piece up on Polanski, MMT, economic policy and all that.
Punchline: Polanski is right that the current institutional and operational framework is past its sell by date, and Greens are asking the right questions — but Richard Murphy’s MMT is not the answer.
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Migration numbers to the UK are falling, yet at the same time attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That’s because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties, argues @nandosigona.bsky.social.
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Migration numbers to the UK are falling, yet at the same time attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That’s because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties, argues @nandosigona.bsky.social.
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Banning left wing commentators is a sign of authoritarian overreach
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Net migration is falling, yet many Britons believe the opposite. Why?
@nandosigona.bsky.social unpacks this paradox for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
#MustRead #Immigration #Migration #Asylum
Zack Polanski is pushing some new ideas about economics, inspired by Modern Monetary Theory. But MMT is not a credible basis for a progressive left agenda.
Tony Blair has urged the UK to stay close to the US for security reasons. But as President Trump backs away from NATO, “business as usual” is not an option.
Zack Polanski is pushing some new ideas about economics, inspired by Modern Monetary Theory. But MMT is not a credible basis for a progressive left agenda.
The decision to ban two influential left wing commentators from entering the country has little justification and is a sign of authoritarian overreach.
Migration numbers to the UK are falling, yet at the same time attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That’s because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties, argues @nandosigona.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Migration numbers are falling, but attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That's because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties.
