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My colleague David Walsh is talking about the health impacts of #austerity in Glasgow on the 10th December, based on the work in our book policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-murder. Sign up here: www.royalphil.org/lecture/dr-d...
Social Murder?
Social Murder? - Austerity and Life Expectancy in the UK; Combining robust evidence with real-life stories, this book reveals the shocking impact of austerity policies on life expectancy and offers an...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
My colleague David Walsh is talking about the health impacts of #austerity in Glasgow on the 10th December, based on the work in our book policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-murder. Sign up here: www.royalphil.org/lecture/dr-d...
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Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
Really happy to have co-authored this blog with Mhairi and David. Was a pleasure to work closely with Bruce Link and Jo Phelan as well, whose ideas have been hugely influential in my own research. Read below!
📣 New Blog!
In this blog, Mhairi Mackenzie @uofgussp.bsky.social describes Fundamental Cause Theory and presents an important framework on how to mitigate rather than exacerbate inequalities, and how to actively work to undo fundamental causes of health inequalities
www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
In this blog, Mhairi Mackenzie @uofgussp.bsky.social describes Fundamental Cause Theory and presents an important framework on how to mitigate rather than exacerbate inequalities, and how to actively work to undo fundamental causes of health inequalities
www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
Thirty years on: reflecting on Fundamental Cause Theory and its implications for action
Thirty years on: reflecting on Fundamental Cause Theory and its implications for action
www.gcph.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Really happy to have co-authored this blog with Mhairi and David. Was a pleasure to work closely with Bruce Link and Jo Phelan as well, whose ideas have been hugely influential in my own research. Read below!
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We cling to the fiction that we live in a nice, liberal democracy, with free speech and the right to protest.
But when the powerful feel they’re losing their grip, the invisible hand of liberalism is very quickly replaced with the iron fist of state repression.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
But when the powerful feel they’re losing their grip, the invisible hand of liberalism is very quickly replaced with the iron fist of state repression.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
More than 70 arrested at London protest against Israel’s war in Gaza
Thousands gather in Whitehall and allegedly break through police line to advance to Trafalgar Square
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We cling to the fiction that we live in a nice, liberal democracy, with free speech and the right to protest.
But when the powerful feel they’re losing their grip, the invisible hand of liberalism is very quickly replaced with the iron fist of state repression.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
But when the powerful feel they’re losing their grip, the invisible hand of liberalism is very quickly replaced with the iron fist of state repression.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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1. The implicit deal behind Starmerism was this: you might not like what he stands for (or fails to stand for), but at least he knows how to win elections. If you want the Tories out, he’s your only hope.
But now? It’s as if he’s going out of his way to lose in 2029. 🧵
But now? It’s as if he’s going out of his way to lose in 2029. 🧵
November 29, 2024 at 8:21 AM
1. The implicit deal behind Starmerism was this: you might not like what he stands for (or fails to stand for), but at least he knows how to win elections. If you want the Tories out, he’s your only hope.
But now? It’s as if he’s going out of his way to lose in 2029. 🧵
But now? It’s as if he’s going out of his way to lose in 2029. 🧵