Sean Kippin

Beautiful words x

New publication!

Devolution has reshaped how Scotland is governed. Yet power and prosperity have become ever more concentrated in and around Edinburgh. Our new report makes the case for a distinctive Scottish approach for reform to rebalance central–local relations.

Read more: edin.ac/3JonpLb

Really excellent. I'm giving a guest lecture on Brexit in a couple of weeks to some Italian master's students and I briefly considered either nicking this in its entirety or just playing it for the classroom. Kudos!

Donate to Sean does the Great North Run 2025, organized by Sean Kippin Having said every year for the last decade that I would like to do the Great North Run,… Sean Kippin needs your support for Sean does the Great North Run 2025

I’d thought my fundraising efforts for the Great North Run were over but I am *so close* to raising 1k for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social that I’m asking again. Link here: www.gofundme.com/f/sean-does-...

It seems to include most v small towns - Bridge of Allan is on there! (Though my Dad's locale of Lochmaddy, North Uist, is not).

Great North 10k ✅
A bit proud of myself, but far more proud of @everebecca.bsky.social, who went on her first ever outdoor run of any distance about 6 weeks ago.

(I’d tag SEPA too but can’t find their handle)

River Cart looking beautiful and inviting today @glasgowcitycouncil.bsky.social

Great workshop yesterday at @ccc-research.bsky.social – we explored how strengths/limitations of English devolution might inform local/regional reform in Scotland. Thanks to all who joined, esp. @ariannagiovannini.bsky.social @paulanderson88.bsky.social & @sekip.bsky.social! @uoe-sps.bsky.social

This podcast is genuinely extraordinary in exposing police practice in the UK around domestic abuse internally, i can't remember something quite so open about how broken the internal systems with the police are with actual testimony from people who've been a part of it.

‘Staying silent is no longer an option’: female police of... When a domestic abuser is also a fellow police officer, victims have been subjected to further trauma as forces close ranks against them. Now survivors a...

🚨ICYMI I’ve spent months talking to policewomen abused by fellow officers about how their partners used police training and authority to facilitate abuse - and how their own forces closed ranks when they asked for help.

Read: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5j5L...

Wife guy post: Eve has worked on this story for months, and done so with more journalistic integrity, kindness, and skill than I’ve ever seen. It is an exceptional piece of work and deserves the widest audience. Please read, listen, and share.

🧵 In February, I got a message from Anna*, a female police officer. She was a domestic abuse specialist, responding daily to calls from women abused by their partners.

But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.

The Political Quarterly: Vol 96, No 2 Click on the title to browse this issue

Latest issue out now!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x...

With John Connolly David Judge Matt Flinders; @sekip.bsky.social; @jimtomlinson45.bsky.social; Andrés Velasco @dbrieba.bsky.social; Coree Brown Swan @paulanderson88.bsky.social Judith Sijstermans; Stewart Lansley; Tom Wraight Kai Green

The Unvirtuous Circle In this contribution to Bulletin 32, Sean Kippin explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rheto...

The Unvirtuous Circle

@sekip.bsky.social explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rhetoric on migration.

#migration #immigration #populism #governments

isrf.org/blog/the-unv...

For most of this year, I’ve been working on one story - and I’m so excited for it to finally be out in the world.

Observer subscribers can listen now to the podcast version. Throughout this week, the rest of you will be able to listen and read the story too. Watch this space 🔍

Fine company indeed

Hi @firstbus.bsky.social - what’s the logic behind a 15 minute bus from the airport to Glasgow city centre costing £11? Cheers.

Final day at @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions in beautiful Prague, where @mesarovicha.bsky.social and I co-chaired a workshop on radical right populism and public policy. Heard some great papers and met some excellent people.

Donate to Sean does the Great North Run 2025, organized by Sean Kippin Having said every year for the last decade that I would like to do the Great North Run,… Sean Kippin needs your support for Sean does the Great North Run 2025

I'm running the Great North Run for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social in September - my GoFundMe link is here www.gofundme.com/f/sean-does-...

I refuse to believe there’s a funnier animal on God’s green earth than this thing

Booking a meal in restaurant by email, I accidentally request a table for "approximately 2 hours and 3 minutes".

Donate to Sean does the Great North Run 2025, organized by Sean Kippin Having said every year for the last decade that I would like to do the Great North Run,… Sean Kippin needs your support for Sean does the Great North Run 2025

I'm running the Great North Run for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social in September - my GoFundMe link is here www.gofundme.com/f/sean-does-...

All the best, Lewis. There are thousands of people who admire you and your work - me among them. Hoping things turn around for you soon.

Out now!

The Unvirtuous Circle In this contribution to Bulletin 32, Sean Kippin explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rheto...

The Unvirtuous Circle

@sekip.bsky.social explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rhetoric on migration.

#migration #immigration #populism #governments #socialpolicy

isrf.org/blog/the-unv...

‘Exploited’ migrant farm workers in UK paid for picks, not hours Call for investigation into unfair payment for labourers on seasonal visa scheme

Every year thousands of workers come from overseas to pick fruit and veg on UK farms. But an organisation who supports them says they’re not being paid for all the hours they work - and payslips they shared with me show the same.

My story in tomorrow’s Observer

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Domestic violence victims must be included in the assisted dying debate, campaigners say Charities warn of ‘significant risk’ that victims of coercive control could be put under pressure to end their lives under assisted dying legislation

EXC: “There’s a significant risk… [coercive control] will play a part in some cases of assisted dying”

In tomorrow’s Observer, domestic abuse experts told me victims had been ignored in the assisted dying bill which could be “misused as a tool for femicide”:

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The Co‐op's Golden Opportunity? Exploring the Prospects of Labour's Sister Party under Keir Starmer's Labour Government The Co-operative Party is back in power. Forty-three of its members of Parliament sit on the government benches in the House of Commons, of which four sit in the Cabinet, including the business and t...

New article! Does Keir Starmer’s government represent a golden opportunity for the @coopparty.party.coop? I answer this question with more questions in the @politicalquarterly.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1467...

The Co‐op's Golden Opportunity? Exploring the Prospects of Labour's Sister Party under Keir Starmer's Labour Government The Co-operative Party is back in power. Forty-three of its members of Parliament sit on the government benches in the House of Commons, of which four sit in the Cabinet, including the business and t...

New article! Does Keir Starmer’s government represent a golden opportunity for the @coopparty.party.coop? I answer this question with more questions in the @politicalquarterly.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1467...