Bradley Ward

📢📢 I'm delighted (and relieved!) to share the news that I've been awarded a three year @LeverhulmeTrust fellowship at @sotonpolitics starting in Feb! The project is a huge opportunity to combine my interest in the left and governance just as @UKLabour enter power! 1/2

What does #KeirStarmer's revamped top team mean for the next phase of his government? @Broid_ says Darren Jones will play a pivotal role👇 theconversation.com/starmers-downi… @ConversationUK

My paper on the progressive network-system with my good friend @marcogug79 is open access for a limited time only. If you're scratching your head wondering how the left can win in the digital age, dare I say this is the place to start! ✊doi.org/10.1332/263522…

fulcrum.org/concern/monogr… DM if you want to arrange a presentation ❤️

My recent article on the state and climate policy now has a home in the new issue of @Env_Pol ! You can find it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@johntownley11 Does anybody know why no lines were drawn for the Palace goal? It’s incredibly close

NO GOAL: Ollie Watkins was called offside by VAR. Crystal Palace 1-0 #AVFC

Splendid to see research on Theresa May, Statecraft and the Environment cited new new work by @nathan_critch , Peter Kerr and Steven Kettell published in Parliamentary Affairs (@HansardSociety). academic.oup.com/pa/advance-art…

Dr Bradley Ward says that the current system of funding for political parties and a lack of capacity to deliver in government makes UK politics vulnerable to cronyism. In a @LSEpoliticsblog he says only deep structural reforms can prevent future scandals. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

Elon Musk’s alleged donation to Reform & Tulip Siddiq’s resignation raise further questions about party financing and centralisation in UK politics. Clientelism and cronyism will continue to thrive until significant reforms are made.

📣📣New publication! So thrilled to see my latest paper 'Going Digital … But What For? Parties' Ideological Positions and Divides on Platform Societies in Western Europe' out on @govandopp , open access for sharing, citing, criticising ☺️. Link 👇 #article" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cambridge.org/core/journals/… and a🧵

New article out in @SocMovStudies - compares all 54 major environmentalist protests in UK in 2010s, including by @XRebellionUK #ClimateStrike @GreenpeaceUK Shows two conditions sufficient for success - perseverance, & support from opposition parties tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated. A new essay by @bswud, @SCP_Hughes & me. Why the UK's ban on investment in housing, infrastructure and energy is not just a problem. It is *the* problem. And how fixing it is the defining task of our generation. ukfoundations.co

Good to see my article with @marcogug79 trending on the @JPolIdeologies homepage! If you want an alternative way of analysing ideologies labelled as populist, check it out 👉 doi.org/10.1080/135693…

New short piece published on @PolStudiesAssoc's website 'Engaging with the politics of structural disablement through Political Studies' psa.ac.uk/psa/news/engag… #PoliticalStudies #PolSci #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityTwitter

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Want something to read on your way to #EISAPEC24? 🚆 🛫 Check out our recent special issue on #ProgressivePolitics in Times of Crisis buff.ly/3AH2BtB

Rent prices increase substantially when Airbnb enters an area. In neighborhoods with high Airbnb activity, "rents are estimated to have increased by 7%, while increases in transaction prices are estimated at 17%" Evidence from Barcelona

🧵on our work on b’ham city council quoted in the FT today. Key takeaways: 🔺the bankruptcy was triggered on the wrong basis 🔺This had disastrous effects as unnecessary cuts & asset sales were rushed through 🔺Another recovery plan is still possible ft.com/content/0afe61…

Fantastic turnout from the anti fascists in Birmingham tonight

In the second part of the article, we draw on empirical examples to demonstrate how this framing can help to explain key dynamics in UK governance today. Overall, my view is that Labour will need to be more creative if they are to overcome these tensions.

We then highlight a consensus between the two schools around the idea that UK governance today is characterised by a centripetal–centrifugal dynamic between a power-hoarding centre and a range of forces eroding its capacity to deliver - we call this 'power without capacity'.

🚨 @JWard232, myself and Pete Kerr published on centralisation and fragmentation in UK politics a few weeks ago in @PolStudiesRev. It's now open access & will be of interest to students and scholars of British governance🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…