Zebedee (@revisesociology) - Political Hive

Zebedee

The Valley of Pleasure

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6 days ago

Pork Scratchings and the Death of the Awkward Question There is a video doing the rounds of Andy Burnham eating pork scratchings in a pub, and another of him having a genial chat with Gary Lineker. Neither of these are news but…

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8 days ago

Nobody Wants to Live Next to the Cloud Two years ago, if you were a governor or a mayor, an AI data centre was a gift. Billions in investment, a photo opportunity with a tech executive, a press release about jobs. Now…

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14 days ago

Attempt Number 23: Andy Burnham and the Great British Social Care Fudge Twenty-two goes at reforming social care in thirty years. Twenty-two green papers, white papers, royal commissions, cross-party talks and "national conversations". Twenty-two…

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26 days ago

Farage vs. Count Binface You just have to love British Politics, at least for its entertainment value, and it doesn't get better than the upcoming August 13 Face Off between Nigel Farage, leader of…

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about 1 month ago

How to Get Government to Work For Us... Paul Collier wrote an interesting piece in the New Statesman recently called “How to get government to work for us”. His main point was that real issue isn’t that Britain’s…

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2 months ago

Forget War, Pandemics and Climate Change, Potholes are the real problem! While the news these days is dominated by one international crisis after another, and plenty of political drama at a national level, what really drives everyday people nuts is…

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3199.406 VOTE

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4 months ago

A good couple of days for the Green Party, and the other one± So it's a pretty radical shift in UK politics this week... With Reform gaining over 1400 seats and the Greens gaining over 300, with MASSIVE losses for Labour and also big…

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3192.514 VOTE

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4 months ago

On Labour cutting Foreign Aid... Labour's developed a real reputation for flip-flopping on policy lately, and this is surely to its detriment.... Take the latest foreign aid issue. The latests policy decision…

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4 months ago

Why Politicians Secretly Love a Crisis The narrative around crises is that they are something we don't want, but I think many politicians actually welcome them.... When things are just going smoothly, politics can…

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4 months ago

Is economic stability possible in today's geo-political climate...? Chasing “stability” by sticking to strict fiscal rules feels extremely out of touch with today’s unpredictable world. But sticking to those fiscal rules was the basis of Rachel…

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