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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A great time in Macau with two talks and the Autumn Festival marked by a stupendous full moon

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Looking forward to the second of my two Hong Kong talks later today

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Listening to a remarkable track by Thea Gilmore - she's only making it available for a short period on line only as part of an experiment to see if that leads people to engage more with the music rather than treating it as background noise - a bit like a live performance www.theagilmore.net/echo

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ECHO | Thea Gilmore

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Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy @crispp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/

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Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts

Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Interesting qualitative study of smartphone addiction in young adults “”I can never be in a room alone and not be on my phone.” Understanding smartphone addiction of young adults". You can read more about it here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

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Frontiers | “I can never be in a room alone and not be on my phone.” Understanding smartphone addiction of young adults

The literature on smartphone addiction, particularly concerning young adults, is mostly quantitative and focuses on screen time and the self-assessment of wh...

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Depressing reading: Loss of academic staff and "cold spots" for humanities and social science degrees threaten strategically important skills for UK, says British Academy. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/loss-of...

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Annoying. I should have said ‘genuine stupidity.’

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Last day of IconS and a full room to discuss Defending the Political Constitution

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Great to be able to present my book at Icon-S in Dublin today with excellent critical comments

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Please consider signing this position to Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter - mainly in the humanities and social sciences, which historically have been the university's core strengths. www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

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Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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The Constitution Society @consoc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Out today and free to read: Brexit and the UK constitution. Essays on the economy, immigration and regulation by John Springford, Jonathan Thomas, Catharine Barnard and Joel Reland and an introduction by Katy Hayward: consoc.org.uk/publications/brexit-a…

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Brexit and the UK Constitution - The Constitution Society

Brexit and the UK Constitution is an edited collection surveying the impact of Brexit 10 years after the UK voted to leave the European Union

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Am looking forward to discussing my Defending the Political Constitution at Icon-S in Dublin on July 1st 14-15.30 with Jeff King, Iseult Honohan, Carmen Pavel, and Ignacio Giuffre All welcome!

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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Question for historians and jornos: is Hesgeth the first fascist to make a speech on a Normandy beach in 81 years?

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Reading this reminded me how during the Thatcher years Bernard Crick suggested Labour was the party of Burke. One could understand the appeal of such a stance - but more now than then there is a real desire for transformative policy making. open.substack.com/pub/benansel...

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Pardogatto Progressivism

The switch in radicalism from left to right is the key challenge of our age

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Great turnout and discussion of my colleague Shuk Ying Chan’s important book on Postcolonial Global Justice. With thanks to Adom Getachew, Désirée Lim-Risso and David Owen for their excellent commentary.

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

My contribution to the current debate on the Canadian Notwithstanding Clause and the superficial - but in my view misleading - comparisons with similar clauses in the Human Rights Act open.substack.com/pub/constitu...

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Declarations of Incompatibility in Canada and the UK: Are They Really the Same?

Richard Bellamy is Professor of Political Science at University College, London (UCL), a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) and a Member of the Academia Europaea (MAE).

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Breaking: it turns out that a strategy that literally every political scientist went 'No, don't do that. That's nuts!' is, in fact, nuts.

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UK elections: Reform surges in English local elections

Nigel Farage’s party has won about 300 seats in early results

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 08/05/2026

This is so much a continental European election result it’s almost funny. True Britain Democrats (PfE) 26% Ecology/Planet Action (G-EFA) 18% Christian Democrat Union (EPP) 17% Socialist Workers Revolutionary Party (S&D) 17% Europe Liberalism! (Renew) 16% Others 6%

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Looked at another way: Leave/Right bloc: 47% ; Remain/Left bloc 51% But Remain/Left bloc more evenly split despite being bigger, so Leave/Right bloc does better under FPP. As in 2019 with Johnson's Leave coalition. But that could change if left bloc vote coalesces nationally or locally

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

A call for Post Graduate Teaching Assistants at UCL in various aspects of political science, including political theory for the second year compulsory module on POLS0063 - Ethics and Public Policy www.ucl.ac.uk/pg-teaching-...

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PGTA - Political Science

Political Science are looking for PGTAs. Start date: 1st September 2026. Deadline to apply: 11.59pm, 17th May 2026.

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Susan J. Smith @sjs1869.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

This is a new role packed with potential. An exciting direction of travel to get caught up in…

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The claim that those opposing her unjust snd cruel policies on immigration are somehow anti democratic in opposing the views of millions of voters is precisely the argument used by right wing populists like Vance snd Farage, comparison with whom she objects to. … www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Shabana Mahmood swears at ‘white liberal’ hecklers over Reform remarks

Home secretary accuses protesters of trying to ‘delegitimise’ concerns people have over immigration

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Great new CRISPP Special Issue now out: Articles by the editors, James Johnson, Tom Malleson, Rainer Bauböck, Arash Abizadeh, Sarah Song, Courtney Jung, Simone Chambers, with a reply by Joseph Carens

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

If you missed the book launch, there's no excuse - you can now watch the video! With thanks to all the great commentators. youtu.be/H_mnwtQRHTw?...

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Defending the Political Constitution: A Book Launch of Richard Bellamy’s latest book

YouTube video by UCL Laws

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Thanks to Alan Renwick for asking me to do this podcast with him on my latest book Defending the Political Constitution. No need to spend £105 to read it - thanks to Alans's expert questioning I'll talk you through it for free. uncoveringpolitics.com/episodes/the...

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The Nature of Constitutions and the Role of the Courts | UCL Uncovering Politics

This week we’re looking at the nature of constitutions. What are ‘legal’ constitutions? What are ‘political’ constitutions? And why might the latter be better than the former?

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Also to runner up Brian Smith

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Congratulations to Patrick Lenta for winning the 2025 CRISPP Essay Prize for the best essay in a normal issue published in Vol 27 (2024)

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

You can read a free chapter of Defending the Political Constitution here: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Get a 30% discount on my new book Defending the Political Constitution with the code on this flyer: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

My new book now out on line with OUP Academic - hard copies available from 22January Defending the Political Constitution url: academic.oup.com/book/61802

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

@benansell.bsky.social provides evidence for what many of us had thought - Reform leaning Labour voters in marginal seats are a Blue Labour myth, by pursuing them with Reform-light policies they are haemorrhaging Labour voters everywhere. eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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Labour at the Margin...

...of survival

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Max Hegarty, who is studying aerospace engineering, said the proposals also affect students on other courses.
He has taken modules in German, and said this enabled him to do an internship in Germany.
"So much of our European engineering is based in Germany," he said.
"While a lot of people are willing to learn English, not returning that effort to them is not great for that collaboration, for that international co-operation that we need.
"Cutting funding for modern languages courses serves only to paralyse our growth as a country."

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Finally a glimpse of light in the darkness. And wow ehat a speech - pure poetry www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Great to make a flying visit to my old stomping ground

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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Delighted to announce a hybrid event to launchThe Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory: ed Richard Bellamy and Jeff King UCL 13 Oct 2025, 18:05 – 19:30, followed by a wine reception. Event details and how to book an on line or in person place – are here www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

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The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory: Launch Event

This event is organised by the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.

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