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I am deeply grateful and honoured to have been asked to give this year's Reith Lectures by the BBC. The title of the series is 'Our Democratic Future', which is no simple topic but I hope to do it justice. A v quick thread on details. 1/n
Ben Ansell
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Ben Ansell
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Politics Professor, Nuffield & Oxford, FBA. Host of BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Reith Lecturer. Columnist for Prospect.
- Just loving the UK right now, where the godfather of the Prime Minister’s son and the ex-partner of his wife are furious that the Leader of the Opposition might pressure a police force not to issue a penalty for having a curry because that might compel Prime Minister to resign.
- Without wishing to be too critical, this is the author of the 2017 Conservative manifesto agreeing with the author of the 2019 Cons manifesto that the economy of the last decade has been a disaster for young people. If only they had been in a position to do something about it.
- Political Theory Comparative Politics Formal Theory International Relations
- In amazing train news I am stuck on the Chiltern line because a train today hit the corpse of a cow that had been hit by a different train two days ago, left by the side of the track, exploded and rolled back onto the track again. And you thought James Cleverly had a bad day.
- Can’t imagine how you guys found exponential growth of a virus so hard to understand.Who needs quadratic equations? A few people, for sure, but not as many as would benefit from learning about business and geopolitics from a very young age. Our education system is not fit for purpose …
- It is deeply unconservative to say that only people earning above the 73rd percentile of the income distribution can live with who they love. A very very misguided policy.
- I’m sorry but this is much funnier than Liz Truss possibly planning on ending NHS cancer care.
- I recognise that Trussonomics is basically Ayn Rand read by somebody who just drank eight cans of Dr Pepper but I don’t understand why they think lowering the top rate of tax will attract global talent if they just end up cratering the pound.
- They said the Conservative Party could never make a connection with teens and yet here we areWestminster Voting Intention: LAB: 44% (=) CON: 19% (-1) RFM: 15% (+1) LDM: 9% (=) GRN: 8% (+1) SNP: 3% (=) Via @YouGov, 19-20 Mar. Changes w/ 12-13 Mar.
Breaking: New poll has Reform within **two points** of the Tories after Nigel Farage's return. Tories 19% Reform 17% Via Sky news.sky.com/story/reform-u…- British political choices over the past decade.
Replying to @SamfrWe're poorer as a country. Someone has to take the hit. Is it going to be the same people who took the last two hits? Or do we share it about this time?
