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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm increasingly surprised at the absence of research or investigations connecting recent politics with the off the scale availability of cocaine.

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Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This person went on GBNews to attack Labour & call for tax cuts but it turns out her parents took out £2.5 million from the business and that is the cause of her problems. But of course, the BBC simply takes her claims at face value because it suits a certain narrative. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bakery owner calls for Budget help for firms

Frankie Dyer has written to the prime minister urging Budget support for businesses.

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton - Potential New Boyfriend www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVoo...

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Dr Dunks - No P's

YouTube video by André Berthier

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The pace of development is amazing. It’s like a different city every time I visit but some things stay the same … nothing quite like a fraternal gift 😉

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Previous interviews can also be found on YouTube or at the main Foundations repository for our digital talking histories archive www.ipefoundations.org.uk/home

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We spent an hour or so discussing Chris's work on global governance, the rule of law, multinationals and the political economy of knowledge and innovation at the Whitworth Art Gallery @manchester.ac.uk

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It's a been a while as we've both had other things going on in real life, but Alex Nunn and I have restarted our *Foundations of IPE* interview series. The first of two new interviews conducted earlier this year is with Chris May. It's on YouTube here www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTLs...

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Just had confirmation that the final published version of this is now out and open access so anyone can read it! The collective organic intellectual strikes back: the EBRD Transition Report, the state and the new state capitalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The collective organic intellectual strikes back: the EBRD Transition Report, the state and the new state capitalism

This article argues that the Gramscian notion of the collective organic intellectual offers a fruitful way to analyse the recent legitimisation of state intervention in Eastern Central Europe, fore...

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

fewer perms and no Mike Yarwood revival (yet)

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The media is full of Keegan and Healey. It's like my childhood all over again.

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Definitely the half time “Entertainment”

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#defendexeteruni c.org/sffZcfYxMw

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I'll be discussing the role of regional development banks in the global political economy tomorrow and hopefully setting the scene for the other three participants to focus on the New Development Bank. There's a Zoom link below. It's 7am UK time, get the coffee on.

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Back in London for 5 minutes and already fucked off with people standing on the wrong side of the escalator 🤯

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I do sometimes worry that all the worried headscratching about youth unemployment might be missing the point. Everyone is always talking about how it relates to the education or welfare systems, no one wants to say "well the economy just produces far fewer entry level jobs than it once did"

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I always wonder how many of the 'university is not for all' gang made sure their kids went to learn a trade rather than get a degree.

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Much vaunted private sector turns out to be more interetsed in profit than efficient provision of service. No shit sherlock. though you'd obviously not be able to flush the toilet after even if they did give a shit www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘They’re a private company, run for profit!’: fury in Kent at South East Water’s outages

Water company blames increased demand in extreme heat, but customers want answers about lack of storage reservoirs

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Every time he opens his mouth Gordon Brown’s reputation gets enhanced

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

spent most of today without wifi access so managed to get some edits done. The 16000 word draft I was wrestling with to get down to 9,000 is currently at 21,805 words 🙄

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Let me guess 🤔 Is the answer because there are no jobs? The marketisation of UK HE has been the most dismal failure www.ft.com/content/8097...

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Why young academics are leaving academia

As more PhD holders compete for limited university jobs, many are reconsidering the appeal of industry careers

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The @manchestermill.bsky.social as ever doing great work. What's Andy Burnham good at? Being Andy Burnham. Lots of the content here rings true to my rather limited knowledge of the mayor. Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found it manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...

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Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found it

Watching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister?

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Really good piece on Manchester's development success (TL;DR Burnham had little to do with it). I'd add - the BBC moving to Salford and Eamonn Boylan - Stockport's equivalent of Bernstein. Those two between them and Leese How Manchester Turned Its Economy Around open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...

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How Manchester Turned Its Economy Around

From Gunchester to growth, from bombing to Burnham

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

My life's ambition is to have an ego the size of Burnham's.

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

As long as it's not his children ...

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Manchester and Salford are two different places 🙄

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Enjoying reading how little commentators know about Burnham & (Greater) Manchester. Best piece I've read is Jennifer Williams FT article www.ft.com/content/9dd4... btl comments illustrate why Andy will find Westminster very different from GM & that's if he can win Makerfield (fwiw I think he won't)

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Can Andy Burnham, Labour’s charismatic chameleon, reinvent himself again?

Greater Manchester mayor has earned public respect by going from insider to outsider, but economic doubts could undermine his bid for Downing Street

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

If Burnham’s the solution I’d rather Starmer just carried on.

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

total coincidence I was watching this last night

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

There are three types of economist in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 12/05/2026

Coincidentally, the number of staff currently at risk of redundancy (2700) at the University of Nottingham is the same as the number of jobs at risk at British Steel. Yesterday, the govt said they aren't neutral on job losses & so pledged to save those steel jobs. Watch as they blithely ignore HE.

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

In addition, she told universities to be careful not to “do things that frankly look as if the priority is money and bums on seats rather than quality”. Skillz minister, innit

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

that tacking right strategy seems to be really effective 🤔

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A UK university satellite campus next to the site the German Army surrendered Breslau in 1945. I may need to think about what that means for a while

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

In random life events I am staying at the same hotel as the exploited

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Started messing with LLM as a search tool. Could it identify EBRD employees and their university education? looking for socialisation patterns relations, etc. not wholly convinced with the accuracy of the list 🤔

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Stuart Shields @docstushi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

And season 1 of The Pitt had been so good 🙄

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