RT @SAThevoz: For anyone who wants to read the article version, published in the journal ‘British Politics’ in 2020, its here. https://t.co…
RT @SAThevoz: For anyone who wants to read the article version, published in the journal ‘British Politics’ in 2020, its here. https://t.co…
For anyone who wants to read the article version, published in the journal ‘British Politics’ in 2020, its here. https://t.co/XN13cjOP1W
RT @post_liberal: A House of Lords may be undemocratic but having a House of Peers is even worse https://t.co/nn4ZoKJX7S https://t.co/aS1V…
@OhGodWhatNowPod @sturdyAlex @YasmeenSerhan @hannahfearn Peer-reviewed journal article in ‘British Politics’ (2020) 2/3. https://t.co/f72zWieIs1
RT @post_liberal: A House of Lords may be undemocratic but having a House of Peers is even worse https://t.co/nn4ZoKJX7S https://t.co/aS1V…
House of Lords-related sleaze thread:
RT @post_liberal: A House of Lords may be undemocratic but having a House of Peers is even worse https://t.co/nn4ZoKJX7S https://t.co/aS1V…
RT @edwest: Completely absurd that we have a system where you can just buy a place in the upper house. Bizarre https://t.co/MrtzNrYqyM
RT @post_liberal: A House of Lords may be undemocratic but having a House of Peers is even worse https://t.co/nn4ZoKJX7S https://t.co/aS1V…
RT @edwest: Completely absurd that we have a system where you can just buy a place in the upper house. Bizarre https://t.co/MrtzNrYqyM
RT @edwest: Completely absurd that we have a system where you can just buy a place in the upper house. Bizarre https://t.co/MrtzNrYqyM
Completely absurd that we have a system where you can just buy a place in the upper house. Bizarre https://t.co/MrtzNrYqyM
RT @post_liberal: A House of Lords may be undemocratic but having a House of Peers is even worse https://t.co/nn4ZoKJX7S https://t.co/aS1V…
A House of Lords may be undemocratic but having a House of Peers is even worse https://t.co/nn4ZoKJX7S https://t.co/aS1Vj6K7s6
RT @ProfTimBale: This is it Radford, S., Mell, A. & Thevoz, S.A. ‘Lordy Me!’ Can donations buy you a British peerage? A study in the link b…
This is it Radford, S., Mell, A. & Thevoz, S.A. ‘Lordy Me!’ Can donations buy you a British peerage? A study in the link between party political funding and peerage nominations, 2005–2014. Br Polit 15, 135–159 (2020). https://t.co/I7ehzo275n
The "cash for peerages" paper was subsequently published as a peer-reviewed academic journal article in British Politics. Former Electoral Commissioner David Howarth called it a “rather brilliant article”; Michael Crick "extraordinary." https://t.co/WTHr
@lewis_baston @drjennings Original 2015 paper https://t.co/yDFYnKc8s1 and peer-reviewed 2018 article version https://t.co/WTHrDdMIsZ Today’s Sunday Times story is partly based on a collaboration we’ve done with updated data, using the same approach (plus
@drjennings Already been done! “when the ‘usual suspects’ for a position, like former MPs and party workers, are accounted for, donations seem to play an outsize role in accounting for the remaining peers.” https://t.co/SxnJaBOJBc
RT @post_liberal: The old House of Lords was undemocratic, which was bad enough, but the de facto House of Cronies created by Blair is even…
So wait you mean when the traditional rights of the aristocracy are broken the main beneficiaries are political operators and the extremely wealthy shocked I'm so shocked
RT @yuanyi_z: Finally, political science research you can use.
RT @yuanyi_z: Finally, political science research you can use.
Finally, political science research you can use.
RT @MattGrossmann: Donations can buy you a seat in the House of Lords, after accounting for preferences for Former MPs & party officials #S…
RT @post_liberal: The old House of Lords was undemocratic, which was bad enough, but the de facto House of Cronies created by Blair is even…
RT @post_liberal: The old House of Lords was undemocratic, which was bad enough, but the de facto House of Cronies created by Blair is even…
The old House of Lords was undemocratic, which was bad enough, but the de facto House of Cronies created by Blair is even worse: undemocratic AND riddled with cronyism. ‘……donations seem to play an outsize role in accounting for the remaining peers.’ htt
And the study can be found here. https://t.co/uv8Fzd9zdG
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
Denial is not just a river in Africa; link it to the blindingly obvious and it becomes politics.
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @Staedtler: The Tories are up to their neck in coincidence
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
The Tories are up to their neck in coincidence
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
RT @ProfTimBale: Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://…
Way to ram home your statistical point! Great article on how donations can buy you a seat in the Lords. (Source: https://t.co/hvfUctQFC5) https://t.co/MnYyOtQ8uU
Addendum: none of this should be all that surprising since peerages in the UK are, to a substantial extent, bought through party donations. See https://t.co/jEa4tIvZNT (sadly non-OA).
RT @SAThevoz: Ever fancied purchasing a peerage? Find out more about this illicit trade, in this peer-reviewed article in the journal Briti…
RT @MattGrossmann: Donations can buy you a seat in the House of Lords, after accounting for preferences for Former MPs & party officials #S…
RT @MattGrossmann: Donations can buy you a seat in the House of Lords, after accounting for preferences for Former MPs & party officials #S…
RT @SAThevoz: Ever fancied purchasing a peerage? Find out more about this illicit trade, in this peer-reviewed article in the journal Briti…
RT @MattGrossmann: Donations can buy you a seat in the House of Lords, after accounting for preferences for Former MPs & party officials #S…
Donations can buy you a seat in the House of Lords, after accounting for preferences for Former MPs & party officials #SocSciResearch https://t.co/Jj7NDP8U5w
My husband's paper got published. Can donations buy you a peerage? 👀 https://t.co/LOVQ8J84Gt
RT @pimlicat: And here’s a handy guide to buying a peerage by @sradford22 @SAThevoz and Andrew Mell https://t.co/GyHAVNkAiC
And here’s a handy guide to buying a peerage by @sradford22 @SAThevoz and Andrew Mell https://t.co/GyHAVNkAiC
RT @SAThevoz: Ever fancied purchasing a peerage? Find out more about this illicit trade, in this peer-reviewed article in the journal Briti…
RT @SAThevoz: Ever fancied purchasing a peerage? Find out more about this illicit trade, in this peer-reviewed article in the journal Briti…
Ever fancied purchasing a peerage? Find out more about this illicit trade, in this peer-reviewed article in the journal British Politics: https://t.co/XN13cjOP1W