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David Woodruff

@dmwoodruff.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, LSE. CPE, central banks, monetary history, intellectual history of social science, Karl Polanyi, Soviet economic history, complaining about neoliberalism, etc. He/him.

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Just to be clear, I don't think 'British born' has any moral relevance here whatsoever. My point is just that Farage's claim should be called out as flatly absurd.

02.03.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Reform won 'British born' vote w/ 28.7% of total voters then no more than 57.4% of voters were Bb. G&D census has 51.1% as 'White - Eng, Scott, Welsh, NI, or Brit', so presumably Bb. Farage's claim *possible* only if <13% of rest born in UK, which is absurd: ~60% of UK Pakistanis eg born here.

02.03.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

28.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13048    πŸ” 5286    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 182

This is not a reasoned political response. Labour has spent two years making all the voting groups who backed the Greens feel unwelcome and unheard, and now attacks them for daring to back someone else. They believe Labour isn’t listening and Starmer seems determined to prove them right

27.02.2026 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1154    πŸ” 320    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 28

Starmer's delusional copium: Galloway's party won 3766 votes in 2024 GE in Gorton & Denton; equivalent to 3792 votes yesterday given more voters. But Greens beat Reform by 4402 votes! Meanwhile, the percentage of voters choosing Labour halved, equivalent to 9364 votes. Just a ridiculous statement.

27.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Freudenfreude >> Schadenfreude.

27.02.2026 07:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Five days left to apply for the finance summer school vol. 3 πŸ‘‡

24.02.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lyrics written by someone who attended the The London School of Economics, of course.

21.02.2026 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Pacific Northwest tree octopus - Wikipedia

Reminds me of this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific....

18.02.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I once hunted down the original β€˜inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon’ speech. It’s so lightweightβ€”just MV=PQ solved for M. Friedman’s pres address is as bad, just ignoring existing expectations discussion and Phillips curve theory. Almost 6 decades of obvious error!

17.02.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

17.02.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 21765    πŸ” 7744    πŸ’¬ 299    πŸ“Œ 637

Ich würde gerne lesen, aber für Großbritannien gibt es keine Abo-Mâglichkeit :-(. Verdammter Brexit! Kânnen wir noch hoffen?

16.02.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

14.02.2026 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 23642    πŸ” 8260    πŸ’¬ 602    πŸ“Œ 1357

All three of my employers have made the list!

14.02.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trans lives are real and they matter. The courts must recognise that The High Court’s decision is wrong and we will appeal it

"Judges swear an oath to 'do right to all manner of people after the laws and usages of this realm, without fear or favour, affection or ill will.' All manner of people and without fear or favour. We need to tell them that trans lives are real and they matter."

13.02.2026 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 193    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7

You can get acquainted with the ridiculous, horrific details of the proposed plans and make your voice heard at this link: www.gov.uk/government/c...

12.02.2026 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This. Honestly I think the economic impact of ICE on Minnesota is just ramping up, and for people living in fear nothing has changed.

ICE are still here breaking stuff, hurting people, and violating the 4th Amendment and most driving rules.

Minnesota Forever. Abolish ICE.

11.02.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Earned settlement The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.

Yes. One can comment on these awful
proposals until tomorrow at midnight. www.gov.uk/government/c...

11.02.2026 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.

11.02.2026 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6149    πŸ” 2239    πŸ’¬ 294    πŸ“Œ 130

Something compelled me to make this

10.02.2026 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3667    πŸ” 1072    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 36
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Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.

He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.

Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

08.02.2026 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1736    πŸ” 837    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 156

This is a fascinating, if depressing, read.

07.02.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

Get Palantir out of the NHS

https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media

05.02.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 446    πŸ” 228    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 10
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We’re delighted to announce that the Politically In/Sane podcast is now part of POAL!

Hosted by Marc Bokobza, the podcast dives into Political Behaviour, exploring how people think, feel, and act politically with insights from prominent experts.

Find it here: www.poal.co.uk/events/

05.02.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone with a profound but unrepentant emdash addiction it is driving me mad seeing commenters yell β€œAI slop!!!” whenever there is even a single β€” anywhere in the copy.

04.02.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 234    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 7

Can’t match the prose, Joe, but I do share the sentiment.

04.02.2026 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got, I kid you not, model.

03.02.2026 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Applications are open for the Finance Summer School 2026. Last two have been at Brown. This one is at LSE thanks to LSE European Institute and Huth Initiative, plus the Berkeley Program on Finance and Democracy. Stellar Line up. Apps open: forms.gle/WsEVk4Yy52Dn...

03.02.2026 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

It would drive me crazy, too, if Macs did something analogous. I don't know if this is the right resource but you might be able to fix it: support.lenovo.com/us/en/soluti...

03.02.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Protest sign from MN that says, β€œDEARLY BELOVED.
WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY
TODISMANTLE THIS THING CALLED ICE.” with a picture of Prince in the left hand lower corner.

Protest sign from MN that says, β€œDEARLY BELOVED. WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TODISMANTLE THIS THING CALLED ICE.” with a picture of Prince in the left hand lower corner.

10/10 ICE protest sign

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