Thomas Saalfeld

Local election wipeout would see off Starmer, MPs say after Caerphilly rout Crushing defeat in Welsh byelection triggers renewed outpouring of anger and concern within Labour

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (=)
CON: 17% (=)
LAB: 16% (+1)
GRN: 15% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 22 Oct.
Changes w/ 15 Oct.

The Hertie School community mourns the passing of Professor Claus Offe Offe was a distinguished political sociologist and a founding member of the Hertie School.

R. I. P., Claus Offe, one of the great German social scientists of the post-war era. Here is the tribute of the Hertie School Berlin:
www.hertie-school.org/en/news/deta...

In memoriam: Professor A J R (‘John’) Groom It is with sadness that we bring the news that former BISA Chair, Professor Groom has passed away.

Very sadly, John Groom passed away a week ago. My heart goes out to Antoinette, Anna and Helen.

www.bisa.ac.uk/news/memoria...

‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’ Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities

BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.

Returning from vacation and looking for a late summer read? @ivobantel.bsky.social and I got you covered!

In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, we assess how mainstream parties rhetorically create an affect-based "common front" against the radical right.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

1/4. We're excited to announce the publication of: "How populist are ethnic minorities? Populist attitudes and voting for populist parties in the Netherlands", by Niels Spierings & Kristof Jacobs.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@sagepub.com

This incidentally is one of the reasons they are polling so poorly - they give people who are sympathetic to them little reason to support them.

Science research gets more engagement on Bluesky than X, study finds Bluesky posts referencing scholarly articles ‘find substantially higher levels of interaction’ than on Elon Musk’s platform

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Usually, when Switzerland makes it into the NYT, it’s about a major bank collapsing. This time, though, it’s the country’s quite peculiar housing co-ops („Genossenschaften“) that make headlines.

They’re no panacea, but certainly worth exploring as part of the solution to the housing crisis

Let's Talk Methods with the Methods School Academic Convenors European Consortium for Political Research

⭐ Let's Talk Methods TODAY @ #ecprgc25 ⭐

Join our Academic Convenors @sebastiankoehler.uk & Susana Salgado for a friendly, group-based session to find the right methods training path for you!

⏰ 11:30–12:15
📍 Room 4, Law Building
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On Wednesday (at the crack of dawn), we continue with a book panel, celebrating two OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it, co-hosted with the great @sldelange.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/ecpr...

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

🇨🇭🇪🇺 After Trump’s 39% tariff bombshell on Switzerland, even traditionally eurosceptic voices seem to be shifting towards the EU.

My dear colleague @goodmirco.bsky.social has just published his (first!) article that shows who the diehard eurosceptics are & how Switzerland compares to other countries

Why Westminster is easily the most wasteful layer of Government Westminster policy decisions have cost us all eye watering sums of money

With Brexit, HS2, the Rwanda scheme and more Westminster is easily the most wasteful layer of Government in the UK. Over the past year alone blowing almost double the Scottish Government’s entire annual budget - www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 28% (=)
LAB: 21% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
LDM: 15% (-1)
GRN: 10% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 17-18 Aug.
Changes w/ 10-11 Aug.

Umfrageverlauf: #Wahltrend Bundestagswahl (bis zum 21.08.25) - zugehöriges Flächendiagramm (Summendarstellung) ist auf unserer Website ➤ dawum.de/Bundestag/ | #Wahlumfrage #Sonntagsfrage #btw2025

Captured Societies in Southeast Europe In Southeast Europe, there is a growing disjunction between “the way the world is” and the world that is described by law. The informal practices that address problems when formal institutions fail ca...

Still no book, but we have an advertisement.
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Important read 👇

On the risk of confusion🤔 between @epssnet.bsky.social and EPSA
See

epssnet.org/epsa-reform-... and the report of the EPSA working groups that gave rise to this and the FAQs here:

epssnet.org/news/qa/

Wondering about submitting your proposal to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference? See 👇🏻 and its exciting new panel formats.

#GermanLinksQuiz: our series explores British-German links by asking what connects familiar aspects of UK life with Germany. Questions on a Wednesday, answers on a Thursday. Feel free to post your guesses below 👇 Enjoy and be kind in your comments!

🧳 First time attending our General Conference? 👇 #ecprgc25
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Zum 30. Jubiläum der @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de befragen wir #30umdie30: Die Politikwissenschaftlerin Lisa Zehnter analysiert am @wzb.bsky.social wie Parteien kommunizieren.

👉 www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel...

#WZB #Politikwissenschaft #LeibnizMagazin

We will see whether linguistic analysis provides us with predictive tools.

Pasternack: Die vier Dimensionen des ostdeutschen Wissenschaftsumbaus ab 1990 - Copyright

HoF-Publikation: Die vier Dimensionen des ostdeutschen Wissenschaftsumbaus 1990ff.
Der ostdeutsche Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsumbau in den 90er Jahren ist inzwischen nicht nur zu einem zeithistorischen Thema geworden, sondern weckt als solches ...
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📢NEW ARTICLE!📢

The young, the radical and the dissatisfied: the transformation of the Portuguese right-wing electorate in the 21st century

Read the article by L. Heyne, L. Manucci & @marinacostalobo.bsky.social here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Why is this happening?’: violent attacks terrify Ireland’s immigrant community Spate of physical incidents includes attack on a six-year-old girl at a County Waterford housing estate

“transformed a once mono-ethnic country into one where a fifth of the population was born overseas + anger over a lack of affordable homes has fuelled resentment towards immigrants and asylum seekers” Are you sure about that? Ethnicity of victims suggest attacks were racially motivated.