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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Markus Frohnmaier, deputy chairman of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag, listening to a Syrian-born German citizen’s concerns about the safety of his friends and family after the Saxony-Anhalt election result. Arrogance. Contempt. His face says it all. #frohnmaier #afd #sachsenanhalt

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A few things (international) commentatoes should remember. Only 2 million people live in Sachsen-Anhalt. Half of Berlin, a tenth of NRW. Around 400k will vote AfD. Even with this strong result, 80% of people living in S-A will not have voted for the AfD. In a state that is a far-right stronghold.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Channel 4 News have produced this news report where Reform UK is offered illegal funding by undercover reporters posing as wealthy US donors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXut...

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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

”It’s not just Labour; their disgust is at a society they feel has let them and their families go under. A similar process is at work in other “industrial graveyards” from Grangemouth to Port Talbot and across the west.” Aditya Chakrabortty in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Capitalism is dying’: in Luton, these former car workers have a moral tale for our times | Aditya Chakrabortty

Abandoned by the company they worked for, let down by Labour and their unions – now they watch their friends turn to Reform for answers, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

One of the interesting aspects of all this footage is it reveals that parties/strategists firmly believe that opinion polls can be used for significant political advantage.

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Johnny Sjöblom @sjobis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

På söndag hålls ett redan nu mycket omdiskuterat val i den tyska delstaten Sachsen-Anhalt. Klart är att ytterhögerpartiet AfD går mot en valseger. Diskuterade med statsvetaren @drmkuisma.bsky.social vad vi har att vänta. yle.fi/a/7-10102728

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Tyska ytterhögern gör succé och nu ifrågasätts ”brandmuren”

I Tyskland kan ytterhögerpartiet AfD för första gången bli del av en regering. I delstaten Sachsen-Anhalt väntas partiet få över 40 procent i valet.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Here's a short list of real experts if you are a journalist who wants someone to talk to about the AfD (which I assume might happen the next days): @asheinze.bsky.social @krausewe.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @markuskollberg.bsky.social @denis-cohen.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social

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Timo Rossi @timorossi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Älä turhaan lausu Peltokankaan, sinun rasistisi nimeä.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

this is so incredible I can’t stop laughing because he forgot to include Reagan

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Ville Ranta @villeranta.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Maahanmuuttopopulismin uudet tuulet @hs.fi

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Capgate” continues. Finns Party MEP Sebastian Tynkkynen — who used “SEND THEM BACK” himself in June, tied to the EU return regulation vote — and MP Miko Bergbom (2nd Deputy Chair, Finns parliamentary group) post the cap again on Facebook, saying it’s not a joke… #Finland #FinnishPolitics

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"Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States." W. E. B. Du Bois, who died on this day in 1963

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Wow a montage showing what disgusting excuse for a human being she is.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🚨🚨 BREAKING: #Uefa is pursuing criminal legal proceedings against #Fifa president Gianni Infantino over scrapped plans to sell of stakes in World Cup and its others competitions to private investors. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

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Gianni Infantino: Uefa pursuing criminal legal proceedings against Fifa president

Uefa is pursuing criminal proceedings against Fifa president Gianni Infantino over the scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup.

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Timo Rossi @timorossi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Oulussa puukkomies levittää pelkoa maahanmuuttajiin. He ovat kyselleet kaupungilta ohjeita missä voivat liikkua turvallisesti. Jotta tilanne pahenisi sisäisestä turvallisuudesta vastaava ministeri poseeraa väkivaltaan yllyttävä slogan lippiksessä. Tässä on painava syy heittää ministeri pihalle.

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The former neo-Nazi activists behind Germany’s rising far-right star

A generation after Germany banned a neo-Nazi youth organization, four of its former members now hold influential roles around the politician who could become the country’s first far-right state premier since the Federal Republic of Germany was founded in 1949. www.politico.eu/article/form...

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Four former members of a banned organization modeled on the Hitler Youth are part of the inner circle of the man who could become the AfD’s first state premier.

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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Two Finns Party government ministers post a photo on FB: “SEND THEM BACK” caps, captioned “Ratkaisu” — solution. One of them oversees migration policy. Framing people as a “problem” with a “solution” isn’t a joke — it’s a rhetorical structure with an ugly history. #Finland #FinnsParty

Screenshot of a Facebook post by Wille Rydman. Two people (Rydman and his gov colleague Mari Rantanen) pose for a selfie indoors at what appears to be a conference or event, both wearing white baseball caps reading “SEND THEM BACK” in blue text. On the left, a man in a grey blazer and light shirt. On the right, a woman in a denim jacket with her arm around him, smiling. The post caption reads “Ratkaisu” (Finnish for “solution”).

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Who’s resisting Farage? The “anti-Reform army” is made of two equal camps: young left-wing graduates, and right-wing-on-economics conservatives who fear Reform means chaos not order. Even they agree: women don’t like him. Aditya Chakrabortty in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Does Nigel Farage know what people really think of him? I do – and he won’t like it | Aditya Chakrabortty

An anti-Farage army of voters is there to be galvanised, as exclusive data shows. But getting them out will be tricky, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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Tieteentekijät @tieteentekijat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Arvoisa sosiaali- ja terveysministeri Wille Rydman. Poliitikkojen tehtävä ei ole ohjailla, mitä saa tutkia. Heidän tehtävänsä on varmistaa, että tiede saa riittävät ja vakaat resurssit. tieteentekijat.fi/poliittinen-...

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Social Policy Blog @socialpolicyblog.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The blog post is based on an article by Damien Pennetreau, Claire Dupuy, and Virginie Van Ingelgom, published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (Open Access). doi.org/10.1017/ics....

Front page of a Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy article titled “Normative feedback of hybrid ALMPs: Citizen-level norms of social solidarity in France and Belgium” by Damien Pennetreau, Claire Dupuy and Virginie Van Ingelgom.

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Social Policy Blog @socialpolicyblog.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

New on the Social Policy Blog: “Why has social investment not (yet) changed how citizens think about solidarity" by Damien Pennetreau, Claire Dupuy, and Virginie Van Ingelgom. socialpolicyblog.co.uk/2026/05/14/w...

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Why Social Investment Has Not Changed Views of Solidarity

A study of France and Belgium explores why social investment policies have not fundamentally changed public understandings of solidarity.

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Top stuff from @casmudde.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Social Policy Blog @socialpolicyblog.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The blog post is based on an article by Rik van Berkel and Talieh Sadeghi, published in Social Policy and Society (Open Access). doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Cover page of a journal article titled “Employers’ Capabilities, Opportunities, and Motivations to Employ People with Disabilities” by Rik van Berkel and Talieh Sadeghi, published in Social Policy and Society, with abstract text shown below the title.

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Starmer being chased by Mandygate… Jason White in @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

“The UK population’s health is poor, getting worse and not undergoing the same steady improvement seen in countries such as Japan, Norway and Spain, according to a new analysis of healthy life expectancy in 21 countries by the Health Foundation thinktank.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study finds

Exclusive: Health Foundation says Britain is ‘going backwards’ compared with most other rich countries

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Social Policy Blog @socialpolicyblog.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

New on the Social Policy Blog: “Do Workplace Structures Limit Fathers’ Use of Parental Leave?" by Simon N. Chapman, Sanni Kotimäki, Satu Helske, and Anna Erika Hägglund. socialpolicyblog.co.uk/2026/04/23/d...

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Do Workplace Structures Limit Fathers’ Use of Parental Leave?

New research examines how workplace structures influence fathers’ use of parental leave, highlighting norms, inequality and labour market context.

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

“In the face of a Europe-wide trend towards ‘the normalisation of repression’, where ‘the defence of human rights is increasingly equated to extremism’, it is time, they said, ‘to raise our heads and resist, together’.” www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

‘Raise our heads and resist’: how Europe’s civil society is fighting back against the far right

Rightwing parties are using parliamentary queries, legal traps and policing to target NGOs and stifle dissent

Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

When even the King is quietly reconsidering the ‘special relationship’… @bjennings90.bsky.social in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Cartoon of two hikers on a coastal path in England looking at a small, caricatured King Charles III hiding in bushes. A sign points to the “King Charles III England Coast Path.” The king whispers, “Please don’t tell anyone I’m here. I’m trying to avoid a trip to the US.”

Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Minna Canth Day, the Day of Equality. Fitting timing, Finland tops the “happiness” ranking again, meaning life satisfaction: trust, security, and equal freedom to make your own life choices. Not a luxury, the welfare state is a Nordic USP. A society people trust is one they will defend.

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Trump and Netanyahu’s “tough geopolitics” seems to be working out quite well… for Putin. Ella Baron in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

If it’s really “not political” (as Reform UK claims) and just for money, delivering a Cameo with, say, feminist or environmentalist slogans should be no problem. Somehow I doubt it… www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...

What Nigel Farage will say for money

The Reform UK leader has a lucrative side-hustle sending paid-for Cameo messages. But an analysis of more than 4,000 of them show they include videos for a neo-Nazi group and a rioter. Henry Dyer repo...

Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Ben Jennings on Trump and Hegseth’s premature victory lap energy in the Middle East. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

It is interesting to me* how this total military, geopolitical, & economic omnishambles is not being covered in the press with remotely the same fierce EPIC DISASTROUS FAILURE urgency that Joe Biden’s not 100% surgically clean withdrawal from 🇦🇫 was covered 🤔 [*It is not remotely interesting to me]

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Konrad Litschko @litschko.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Im Terrorprozess gegen die Sächsischen Separatisten gibt sich AfDler Kurt Hättasch harmlos. Aber: Bei ihm fand sich NS Literatur, vor Ort baute er einen Szenetreff auf. Und seine Frau ist Miteigentümerin des rechten Haus Montag in Pirna. 💥 Recherche mit @jeanbaeck.bsky.social taz.de/Terrorvorwur...

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Terrorvorwurf gegen AfD-Politiker: Die nicht ganz so „anständige“ Familie Hättasch

AfD-Politiker Kurt Hättasch weist im Prozess um die „Sächsischen Separatisten“ alle Vorwürfe zurück. Dabei steht er dem Neonazismus näher, als er zugibt.

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Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

“This has never been about the contribution of individuals but the underlying principle that was agreed by Parliament over 25 years ago that no-one should sit in our Parliament by way of an inherited title.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Hereditary peers to be removed from Lords as bill passes

The bill abolishes the 92 seats reserved for peers who inherit their titles through their families.

Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Tim Bradford’s Stop The World Cartoon 11 March 2026. For the @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/tim-bradford...

Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Ella Baron on Trump’s Iran war predictions, in the @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...