Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
Tim Bale
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A bit of Søren Kierkegaard for you all this fine morning. Kind of bleak, maybe, if only superficially; but he's got a point! (Source: www.themarginalian.org)
I am absolutely appalled by the POGROMS in Belfast.
But it is lazy to just blame social media. POGROMS have been around for centuries. They are rooted in racism, which is fueled by elites.
Look at Reform, Tories, and, yes, Labour. Look at GB News, Times, and BBC, before starting about Tik Tok.
Loyalists, of course. I live there and have a shop on the Shankill. 🙄
The areas affected on the news yesterday are UVF controlled. (Although it appears to be spreading to nationalist areas.
They may not be bombing but haven’t gone away…
The 2024 UK General Election had a bigger effect on national identity in Britain than Euro 2024
Sound surprising? Well, we found this as part of a paper accepted at @bjpols.bsky.social
With the World Cup ⚽️ starting tomorrow, this is the perfect time to read more blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Twenty-odd minutes to go. It's make your mind up time.
