Jonathan Hopkin

We just can’t stop the self-harm.

Crypto got everything it wanted. Now it’s sinking The slump could spread across financial markets

Crypto got everything it wanted. Now it’s sinking
economist.com/finance-and-...

Well, at least 1 bitcoin still equals 1 bitcoin

Politics at the moment looks like a bunch of people trying to win some absurd bet

can't believe the BBC edited Donald Trump's posts to make it seem like he threatened violence against members of Congress

@gelliottmorris.com's piece on what Americans actually want from parties is fascinating. It also (re-)produces a classic finding: Almost no one is in the "socially liberal but economically conservative" bucket, but those who are have very popular Substacks
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...

😂

Where are all the free market types? Turning the most powerful economy in the history of the world into a hotbed of crony capitalism with a rigged justice system

And yet elite mainstream discourse seems to be hyperfixated on how the left flank of the Democratic Party alienates people

VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it

Why 40% of the median. Why not 37% of the 52nd percentile

God is he still there

Could never quite put my finger on what I dislike about Ronaldo so this is helpful

Great point - the government has now so alienated its natural support base that none of us are willing to give it any credit for the good things it’s doing

The Weekly Howl The British government just did something I agree with, and it feels almost gross to mention it. Also: who invented the week? And some Beeching-themed maps.

"It would mean more people could benefit from those frequent Central Line services. It is exactly what I hoped this Labour government might do.

"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."

Don’t worry they’re just like everyone else

Trust in institutions: very hard to build, very easy to destroy

Is this really what anyone wants who might vote Labour?

It also changes behaviour. Some people - usually the people we must need to keep - will be giving up on this country and making plans to get out. Others will be applying for UK nationality to hedge against future changes, and will get the chance to vote against this kind of thing

For some of us this is personal. Labour needs to think about not only the matter of principle, but also how many voters are affected by this themselves

Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus

Once you start messing around with Leave to Remain, who is going to trust the government to respect past commitments? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I wanna invent time travel and then require every high school student to take a class called "All The Shit We Fixed Before You Got Here" where they tour smog-filled US cities, polio wards, pre-vaccine hospitals, buildings with no safety regulations, kids working in mines, etc.

This is all John Roberts’ fault Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it

New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.

US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.

open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...

Surely it’s a 52% chance

I mean, it's Trump's DoJ that has the files, so there are going to be some overheating shredders in there

It's time we asked a different question about migration: Why are so many British people leaving the UK?

inews.co.uk/opinion/immi...

Good point

She can’t even lay a glove on the weakest Labour PM in history

New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...