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Paul Kelly

@pjthinker.bsky.social

Professor of Political Theory / Head of Department of Government London School of Economics Writing a book on Postliberalism for Polity

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Happy BC day to all who celebrate - from here in beautiful Victoria BC…

05.08.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You will get a brief respite in a week or so when the news is university is rubbish, β€˜I didn’t go to university and I am a high paid commentator for the Telegraph’ university is full of thick poor people on EDI admissions or A levels are not as hard as in my day. Then we can get back to small boatsπŸ‘†

04.08.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Get in, Loser, we’re doing Victorian theology Discourse!

#19c

03.08.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

All protests are banned at Canary Wharf - it’s a curious place and was set up that way.πŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘†

04.08.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

National ID cards have always been a magic solution in search of an actual problem…

03.08.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

So basically J-J Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origins of Inequality πŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘†

02.08.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All well and good but I think she will find that home is where right-wing white male commentators on @gbnewsonline.bsky.social tells her where it is - ditto Mail, Telegraph etc etc

02.08.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As Trump announced this perhaps the two subs was really only one sub or perhaps no subs moved as a result of the announcement πŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘†

01.08.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the trick with moving nuclear submarines is you don’t tell anyone. πŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘†

01.08.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great idea - to celebrate the great genius every street, highway, boulevard and road in US should be renamed Trump St and every state renamed Trump that should help.

01.08.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well perhaps Boris should indeed be in prison but I’ll leave that there…

01.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Little or no prospect of even a tokenistic attempt to look like they care about unlawful content without stronger regulatory intervention. Regular in person sessions on camera with Execs would help. An EHRC inquiry into X's defence of racist + misogynistic hate could require compliance with law

30.07.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

X invariably fail to remove the most egregiously unlawful content.

Nothing changed after Knowsley, when they rejected complaints vs open calls to burn the hotel down.

Nothing changed after Southport & Sunderland: the very posts for which users are in prison remain on X to this day!

30.07.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

I could see that πŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘†

30.07.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

BBC #r4today quotes Tories and LibDem responses to Starmer’s speech on Palestine but nothing from Reform despite otherwise devoting constant attention to Farage and his clown car. When issues are serious Reform are nowhere to be found. They are not serious and BBC actually knows that ….

30.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The FT View: The longer it has continued, the more it has borne the hallmarks of a vengeful assault by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to destroy the very fabric of Palestinian society. https://on.ft.com/3UBv3Us

29.07.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 535    πŸ” 289    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 53

You had me until β€˜Salvador Daliβ€™β€¦πŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘†

27.07.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Delighted to see England women win Euros - perhaps it will get the Epping Wan***s and their apologists off the front pages for a couple of days. Let’s have some real patriotic and proud flag waving at the victory parade …

27.07.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In Victoria BC seeing grandson and buying books at Munro’s bookstore as an act of defiance -the more I buy the worse it will be for Trump!!! Well maybe not but it’s my excuse…

25.07.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Never forget

25.07.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3
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Last night's policing plan in Epping
- no face-masks
- designated protest points at the hotel & civic centre for lawful protest
- avoid disruption of normal life by those protesting
www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/n...

25.07.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

So launched in a message on X - which is kind of in keeping with the Vibe… and the name ? β€˜What shall we call it - dunno it’s your party, no it’s your party, no it’s your party, no no no it’s your party, no it’s your party…’ πŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘†

24.07.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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he’s going to struggle to shake this off

23.07.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7
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LSE Library Fellowships Apply for our funded six week research fellowship designed to support researchers wanting to use our unique archives and special collections.

#History #SkyStorians @lselibrary.bsky.social are launching a Library Fellowships scheme to work with their archives and special collections, includes funding for travel/accommodation/subsistence up to Β£5k. 3 themed fellowships available. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

23.07.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone who screamed about the end of the world under Covid lockdowns thinks she would be happy with squaddies asking for her ID at gunpoint outside Waitrose…

23.07.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha No of course not ha ha ha ha Hang on I smell the toast burning ha ha ha πŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘†

23.07.2025 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last UG graduation ceremony as HoD this afternoon. Perhaps last ever - congratulations to all the @lsegovernment.bsky.social students graduating - I had the privilege of teaching all of you in year one - now it’s over to you.

22.07.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Concentration Camp Duty: The Last SS Guard Gregor Formanke stood guard in Sachsenhausen. Jerzy Zawadzki was nine years old, and a prisoner. When Formanek is indicted at age 99, their lives intersect once more.

He was the last SS guard, about to be tried when he died at 100. Let this warn the ICE agents who think they are only guards, following orders. Your masked crimes against humans and humanity will mark you to the end of your days.
The Last SS Guard @zeit.de
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...

20.07.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4686    πŸ” 1945    πŸ’¬ 147    πŸ“Œ 123

That and some stupid story about what Farage wants to do in government with no criticism or analysis - I find #r4today unlistenable and partisan. If I wanted @gbnewsonline.bsky.social I’d listen to @gbnewsonline.bsky.social - who are at least brave enough to be on this platformπŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘†

21.07.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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