Rob Ford

@robfordmancs

Professor of Political Science, Manchester University. Author, Editor, In God we trust, all others require data Dr B Fisher

Manchester, England
manchester.academia.edu/RobertFord
Joined November 2010
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    Feb 16

    I'm starting to wonder if the far right failing and lib left bouncing back might be the next Thing To Happen That No One Expected?

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    16 hours ago

    From - This. Absolutely, 100% this. 👏👏👏

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    10 hours ago

    Slightly alarming how intense their lives sound, Emily Maitlis is very honest How do newsreaders escape the news?

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    Jul 7

    Re Labour deselection row, here's some stats from 2016 survey of Lab members who joined post

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    Jul 7

    This article by Mark Bovens & Anchrit Wille used ESS data on political preference by education level

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    Jul 7

    David Cowling's thoughts on "The Losers' Election"

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    Jul 6

    SMBC is great. read it.

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    17 hours ago
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    And people of prime age who buy houses and have kids vote Tory, which will diminish the recent association with taxpayer dependency

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    17 hours ago
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    Housing could be such a good Tory campaign. Win back economic liberals annoyed about single market, trads will like the family formation

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    Jul 7

    Mansplaining, G20 style. Watch Angela Merkel’s eye-roll.

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    Jul 5

    How I spent my first 4th of July as President 42-45

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    Jul 7

    "batteries, like solar panels before them, are getting cheaper much faster than anyone expected":

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    Jul 7

    Whenever someone says that a group voted against their own interests, there's a strange assumption that money is the only possible interest.

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  14. Jul 7

    This is excellent. Thesis 3 & 4 get to heart of what went wrong over EU & immigration that led to UKIP & Brexit

    clear & succinct summary of what populism is & how to combat it. I’ll be referencing this a lot in future!
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    Jul 7

    Life imitates art.

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  16. Jul 7
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    I had no idea tho what a prominent role Robert Maxwell had played in building the world of academic publishing as it is now

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  17. Jul 7
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    I suspect that once the collapse of traditional academic publishing comes (& it seems inevitable eventually) it will happen v quickly.

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  18. Jul 7

    It is bonkers and wrong and needs changing but unfortunately there are some strong forces producing inertia 1/2

    Why scientific publishers make insane amounts of money—explained in 3 paragraphs.
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  19. Jul 7

    This is very interesting and a lovely piece of writing too

    Where have the leaders gone? I talked to advisers, academics and journalists about the dearth of talent at the top:
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    Jul 7

    Does diversity increase creativity?

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    Jul 6

    I'm usually one of these. Maybe two. On a really good day, three.

    The rudest, pettiest, angriest and stupidest Tweets I see often come from academics.
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