David Baker

Technical author & journalist, poet, song writer, with an interest in politics, economics, psychology, guitars, choral music, countryside.

[David Baker @Dave_R_Baker]

Ex-US President Bill Clinton once said, “There are two kinds of people in this world: those who put people in boxes and those who just want to get along with everyone.”

It could also be said that those who put themselves in a box can find it difficult to think outside it.

[David Baker @Dave_R_Baker]

@davidyelland

https://t.co/0tYRXRyIsd

[David Baker @Dave_R_Baker]

@implausibleblog David Yelland is right. Something fundamental has changed in the system. It relates to how voters are informed and how they are persuaded to vote for a particular candidate or party by unregulated, targeted ads on social media.

[David Baker @Dave_R_Baker]

@implausibleblog David Yelland is right. Something fundamental has changed in the system. It relates to how voters are informed and how they are persuaded to vote for a particular candidate or party by unregulated, targeted ads on social media.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Keir Starmer has told MPs that he will not resign or have a long drawn out leadership contest, describing it as the most irresponsible thing he could do"

David Yelland, "The media has become an anger factory and I suspect that has been created by people who are not friendly to this country" @davidyelland 👏

"We're all angry, and the media feeds the anger"

"Something fundamental has changed in the system and we need a national conversation on that"

Theo Bertram, "Populism, like content creators on social media thrives on polarisation, that's how you get clicks, get attention"

[Eirenocracy @eirenocracy]

Is Eirenocracy the future for a UK Parliament with multiple-party democracy?
https://t.co/tSM5L47G3F

[Eirenocracy @eirenocracy]

A Christmas Message
In an increasingly divided world, the only hope for peace is to reinforce the politics of reconciliation:
https://t.co/60ukn0chmJ

[David Baker @Dave_R_Baker]

@SBJGlasgow @billysloanshow Sounds familiar. Clarendon gig in Hammersmith back in 1986? 😀

[David Gauke @DavidGauke]

My ⁦@NewStatesman⁩ piece on why the rise of anti-Tory tactical voting means that uniting the right will not be sufficient for a Conservative revival. https://t.co/VZvX3PIUxI

[David Baker @Dave_R_Baker]

@RestIsPolitics https://t.co/8YvLXwEyOo

[Eirenocracy @eirenocracy]

Recent governments seemed more interested in getting re-elected than in governing effectively in the national interest. Is democracy a means of arriving at a consensus & social stability or just a way of enabling a majority to dominate? #GeneralElection
https://t.co/OKYHlPqoXe

[David Henig 🇺🇦 @DavidHenigUK]

Honourable exceptions to political reporting of course including the FT - couple of decent longish reads today, both with a slightly sceptical tinge, on planning reform and industrial strategy. Both of course genuinely challenging policy challenges. https://t.co/qZUEmHaL6A

[Peter Jukes @peterjukes]

Voter ID rule may have stopped 400,000 taking part in UK election, poll suggests https://t.co/JNA88FXRal

[nature @Nature]

By eavesdropping on the brains of living people, scientists have created the highest-resolution map yet of the neurons that encode the meaning of various words https://t.co/kzkhQOJh4s

[David Baker @Dave_R_Baker]

@peterjukes
Interesting article from Vince Cable that merits a wider audience:

https://t.co/YoaJwQT8fp

[Vince Cable @vincecable]

What the Tories may have to learn from the demise of the pre-war Liberal Party https://t.co/aQUCCdq4bh

[Eirenocracy @eirenocracy]

The trouble with divisive politicians is that they would rather politicize a problem for their own ends than agree to implement an evidence-based solution in the national interest. #GeneralElection
https://t.co/OKYHlPqoXe

[Eirenocracy @eirenocracy]

Recent governments seemed more interested in getting re-elected than in governing effectively in the national interest. Is democracy a means of arriving at a consensus & social stability or just a way of enabling a majority to dominate? #GeneralElection
https://t.co/OKYHlPqoXe

[David Baker @Dave_R_Baker]

@edwinhayward
Interesting article from Vince Cable that merits a wider audience:

https://t.co/YoaJwQT8fp

[Vince Cable @vincecable]

What the Tories may have to learn from the demise of the pre-war Liberal Party https://t.co/aQUCCdq4bh

[Eirenocracy @eirenocracy]

With the help of social media, voter exclusion, & illegal funding, some politicians have been able to undermine & "manage" democracy by manipulating the outcomes of democratic elections & referenda through disinformation using unregulated, targeted online ads. #GeneralElection

[David Baker @Dave_R_Baker]

@martinjbaker7
Interesting article from Vince Cable that merits a wider audience:

https://t.co/YoaJwQT8fp

[Vince Cable @vincecable]

What the Tories may have to learn from the demise of the pre-war Liberal Party https://t.co/aQUCCdq4bh

[David Baker @Dave_R_Baker]

@LibDemsNWHants
Interesting article from Vince Cable that merits a wider audience:
https://t.co/YoaJwQT8fp

[Vince Cable @vincecable]

What the Tories may have to learn from the demise of the pre-war Liberal Party https://t.co/aQUCCdq4bh

[David Baker @Dave_R_Baker]

https://t.co/YoaJwQT8fp

[Vince Cable @vincecable]

What the Tories may have to learn from the demise of the pre-war Liberal Party https://t.co/aQUCCdq4bh

[Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm]

Join us on ⁦@Channel4 on TV and YouTube at 9.45pm for⁩ “Britain Decides with The Rest is Politics and Gogglebox” - on air uninterrupted with no commercial breaks for all the reaction, analysis and results through the night until 9am tomorrow. Can’t wait. So excited!!!