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James Baggaley

@jimbaggaley.bsky.social
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
We found people appreciated universities as local institutions that demonstrated global success (people were happy to have something that is leading the world). However, there are also concerns that not all are benefiting. This is about working-class communties locked out or disrespected.
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
At the same time, a politics of community and belonging is waiting to be seized. Labour is in part there with pride in place. As I say in the piece, there are signs in the polling and broader culture that this politics of place is a powerful political foundtion.
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We didn't know the soft powerwe had until it was gone. RIP John.
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We're hiring a Project Manager (Progressive Ecosystems) at the @uclpolicylab.bsky.social. Join the team and help support those endeavouring to bring about social change 👏👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
“By coming together, we give life to our democracy.” A glimpse of what it will take to build a healthier politics at tonight’s founding assembly for Liverpool Citizens at St George’s Hall.
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Come for the piping hot takes and stay for the charity shop bargins 💫
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
It's understandable why climate campaigners 'go big' when talking about decarbonisation but as @samalvis.bsky.social points out....ensuring we focus on the everday is vital to long-term support for net-zero. Folks aren't thinking about COP when they go to change their boiler...
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I get the Guardian has quit twitter but when is the campaign to end pub queuing arriving on Blue-sky!? We can’t lose one of the great campaigns of our generation.
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The report brings together amazing folks working in research and communities across Britain. There is now clear evidence that there is a growing epidemic of loneliness across the developed world, and we'll be doing more work at the UCL Policy Lab to explore and tackle it.
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Successful public services reform will be driven by improving the human interactions within services. A key message from today's UCL @instituteforgov.bsky.social public service conference.
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
But as Peter Hyman points ou, respect is bigger than just rhetoric. It also goes to policy - with state failure and unresponsive institutions being a key part of any reforming agenda. There is scope for change but must be about a common good.
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
We found something similar in the UK. With voters feeling politics and politicans failed to ‘respect people like me’. This is particularly true for those without a college/uni degree but also goes to wealth and geography. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
As Gary Gerstle said to Ezra Klein, we've neglected another track in which people's capacity for connection and hope extends well beyond policy, government, and abstract rights. We do not dream in child tax credits or reduced NHS waiting lists, for that matter. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
The killer line from UK commentary of US election comes from Peter Hyman “There is a swamp, and it does need draining...government hasn’t performed for about 20 years, hasn’t performed on the economy for working people. It’s done what people see as unnecessary wars.” www.thetimes.com/article/aa36...
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