Nick Pearce

Nick Pearce

@iprnickp.bsky.social

Prof Public Policy & Director, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath. Trustee at Foundations and HEPI. Chair, Living Wage Commission.

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Nick Pearce
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Remarkable result

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

This thread comes to a close... ... as we now have a final result. Let the records show that, with 92% of the vote countywide, Lula is up 3.3%. (Can he end up doubling his 2022 margin?)

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PompeyNewsNow 🎙️ PO4cast
@pompeynewsnow.bsky.social

FT: Norwich 0-1 #Pompey 🔵 Marezi (pen) The Blues are up to 13th in the Championship and unbeaten since having three goalkeepers in the match day squad. A week is a long time in football. #PO4cast 📸 Jake Smith

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Very good from @alanrenwick.bsky.social

UCL Constitution Unit@conunitucl.bsky.social

How should a national commission on electoral reform be designed? On Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced a national commission on electoral reform. @alanrenwick.bsky.social argues that such a body should have three key features, and emphasises the care that should be taken. Read it 👇️

blogs.ucl.ac.ukHow should a national commission on electoral reform be designed?On Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced a national commission on electoral reform. In this article originally published in the Conversation UK, Alan Renwick explains that such a body should secure public involvement, not aim for a particular result and listen to the experts. He also emphasises that any change to the electoral system should be carried out with the greatest possible care.

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Europe Elects
@europeelects.bsky.social

Sweden, SVT projection at 21:45: Seat projection national parliament S-S&D: 98 (-9) M-EPP: 71 (+3) SD-ECR: 62 (-11) V-LEFT: 29 (+5) C-RE: 25 (+1) KD-EPP: 22 (+3) MP-G/EFA: 22 (+4) L-RE: 20 (+4) +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/sweden

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Institute for Policy Research (IPR)
@uniofbathipr.bsky.social

We're pleased to share reflections on a year of sustained research, policy engagement and impact across our team! Discover our commitment to strengthening the role of robust evidence in policy decision-making in our Annual Report 2025/26. @uniofbath.bsky.social | @iprnickp.bsky.social

bath.ac.ukInstitute for Policy Research Annual Report 2025/26Find out about the IPR’s work and achievements over the course of this year.

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Europe Elects
@europeelects.bsky.social

Germany, Saxony-Anhalt regional parliament election today: ➤ Eligible voters: ≈1.69m ➤ Polling stations open: 8:00 AM–6:00 PM CEST ➤ Incumbent gov't: centre-right CDU (EPP) – centre-left SPD (S&D) – liberal FDP (RE), led by Minister-President Sven Schulze (CDU) ➤ europeelects.eu/2026/08/30/g...

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Duncan Bell
@duncanbell.bsky.social

I'm honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Congratulations to all the other new fellows. 🍻

Academy of Social Sciences@acadsocsciences.bsky.social

We are delighted to welcome a new cohort of outstanding social scientists to our Fellowship, whose work highlights the importance of the #socialsciences in understanding and helping to address societal challenges. Look out for some of our new Fellows later today. ➡️ acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...

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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge
@campolis.bsky.social

👏🎓Huge congratulations to @duncanbell.bsky.social who has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. 🎉

Academy of Social Sciences@acadsocsciences.bsky.social

We are delighted to welcome a new cohort of outstanding social scientists to our Fellowship, whose work highlights the importance of the #socialsciences in understanding and helping to address societal challenges. Look out for some of our new Fellows later today. ➡️ acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...

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Dr. Henry Tam
@henrytam.bsky.social

Andy Burnham & his mentor, David Blunkett, have both cited communitarianism as a key strand in connecting people with progressive politics. "We need to", as Burnham said in his 2025 essay, "rediscover communitarianism" renewal.org.uk/blog/redisco... @renewaljournal.bsky.social @iprnickp.bsky.social

renewal.org.ukRediscovering communitarianism“We need to rediscover communitarianism afresh as a defining but often overlooked strand of the Labour tradition. From the co-operative movement to trade unions, Labour’s greatest achievements have co...

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walkhighlands
@walkhighlands.co.uk

The area affected by the Cairngorms fire, as seen from Meall a Bhuachaille summit this evening, showing the extent of the burnt area. Meall a' Bhuachaille is open via the route from Glenmore - but not from the Ryvoan side, which remains off-limits at the moment.

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Katie Martin
@katie0martin.ft.com

In a world of dreadful billionaires, be Dolly

Hillary Rodham Clinton@hillaryclinton.bsky.social

Dolly Parton did all the good she could, for all the people she could, for as long as ever she could. From her legendary songwriting to the Imagination Library—which sent 1 million books a month to children across the country—she was the best of America. Dolly, we'll miss your great heart.

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Lost Glasgow
@lostglasgow.bsky.social

Dolly Parton RIP - what a woman, what a songwriter, what a humanitarian, and what an American. Pic: Dolly arrives in Glasgow in 1977 for the Silver Jubilee Royal Variety performance at the King's Theatre.

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David Klemperer
@dmk1793.bsky.social

I've written an essay for @ippr.org about why democratic reformers need to expand their horizons beyond trying to finish the work of Charter 88, and should now shift their focus towards rebuilding the public sphere and confronting private power 1/4

onlinelibrary.wiley.comAgainst Private Power: A Democracy Agenda Beyond Charter 88Since Charter 88, democratisation efforts in the UK have focused on constitutional reform to change the internal structures of the Westminster state. Today, however, the major challenge for democracy...
Nick Pearce
@iprnickp.bsky.social

This ages me. Unfortunately our guarded optimism was misplaced.

Political Quarterly@politicalquarterly.bsky.social

Originally published in 1999, a review of the 1998 Crick Report finds introducing statutory citizenship education into schools could combat political apathy and civic disengagement. By @iprnickp.bsky.social and Sarah Spencer thepoliticalquarterly.substack.com/p/from-our-a...

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Thomas Aubrey
@thomasaubreycca.bsky.social

A huge thanks to the @lse-ei.bsky.social as my 2 year Visiting Senior Fellowship has just finished - where I extended my 2022 book on liberalism & public policy to international relations & trade. The paper on the topic was published by the European Legacy here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tandfonline.comWhy Liberals Should Embrace the Demise of the ‘Liberal International Order’The decline of the Liberal International Order is increasingly acknowledged by observers of international relations. This decline has left liberals struggling to respond to the rise of a more reali...
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In Dublin this week for university and Pension Commission meetings, and dropped into the National Gallery - it has some great new acquisitions, including this by Hannah Hoch

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Past Glasgow
@pastglasgow.co.uk

Replying to @pastglasgow.co.uk

And after nearly two decades of inactivity, a minor miracle: the scaffolding that has obscured the facade of Alexander "Greek" Thomson's Egyptian Halls for nearly two decades is finally being removed. Hopefully this is the first step towards the delivery of the CPO-backed scheme to save the building

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David S. Moon
@daimoon.bsky.social

I have a provocatively titled piece in the latest issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social, in which I propose that among the lessons of the “Epstein files” revelations is the value of a properly directly, healthy paranoia suited to an age of opaque networks, dark money, and unaccountable elites. (1/2)

Renewal@renewaljournal.bsky.social

Subscribe to read: @daimoon.bsky.social on how the Epstein Files show the need for "political paranoia", and why social democrats should pay attention to "parapolitics" renewal.org.uk/articles/in-...

renewal.org.ukIn defence of paranoia: rethinking politics after the Epstein FilesA quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.
Nick Pearce
@iprnickp.bsky.social

Tom is right. Hattersley was a committed and thoughtful egalitarian, as well as a pragmatic politician. Few Labour politicians of his era engaged so seriously with its public philosophy.

Tom Clark@tom-clark.bsky.social

RIP Roy Hattersley. A pragmatic style of politics in unswerving service of radical, egalitarian ends. A rare blend then, which would be rarer still today. www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-kelly-r...

thenewworld.co.ukRoy Hattersley, former Labour deputy leader, diesCommitted pro-European who formed half of the so-called dream ticket with Neil Kinnock was 93

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Stuart Hoddinott
@stuarthoddinott.bsky.social

Love this as a prevention case study: - Low cost, even revenue raising in the short term - Improves health outcomes and reduces costly hospital admissions Shows political leadership is key: - Politically costly for Khan to implement - Did it despite cost savings landing outside GLA

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests

theguardian.comEmergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggestsImperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones Low emission and clean air zones attract controversy whenever they are proposed, but there is growing evidence that they work in improving air quality. The Bradford zone was followed by a reduction of about 25% in GP visits for heart and breathing problems and survey data shows that the central London zone was followed by a reduction in the likelihood of a person taking sick leave. Now analysis of health records has found emergency admissions to hospital reduced after the introduction of the T-charge and ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) in central London. Continue reading...

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The Anglo-Hellenic League
@anglohellenic.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce that the winner of the Anglo-Hellenic League's Runciman Award 2026 is Julian Hoffman, for his wonderful book, Lifelines. Yannis Tsaousis, the Greek Ambassador to the UK, presented him with the prize at the ceremony at King's College London tonight. Congratulations Julian!

Nick Pearce
@iprnickp.bsky.social

The splintering of the left bloc in Greece is worthy of Sophocles.

Owen Winter@owenwntr.bsky.social

Syriza has gone from 45% to 1% in polls in eleven years. Luckily Greeks can still choose to vote for the Alexis Tsipiras party (polling 15%) or the Yanis Varoufakis party (polling 3%)

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Review by Jonathan Parry of H.S.Jones’ new biography of the ‘snivelling professor’ of Anglo-America, James Bryce. Important figure in the intellectual genesis of the ‘special relationship’, even if politically marginal and unsuccessful app.lrb.co.uk/2026/05/22/j...

app.lrb.co.ukJonathan Parry: James Bryce’s LiberalismCertain Kinds of CarpetJonathan Parry Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect by H.S. Jones. Princeton, 445 pp., £38, JanuaryIf historians​ are remembered posthumously, it tends to b...