Louis Stockwell

Doctoral candidate in Politics @PAISwarwick. Researching direct democracy and politicisation.

[LSE EUROPP blog @LSEEuroppblog]

Has Britain moved on from Brexit?

New focus group evidence shows that while Brexit has receded from the spotlight, it continues to haunt the political imagination of voters.

✍ @AnneMarieHoude & @Louis_Stockwell @JCMS_EU https://t.co/gEVDdqRStR

[Shifting Sovereignties @ShiftingSovs]

🎓 New article by Louis Stockwell on "Contesting regional sovereignty from below: the unsettling effect of unilateral independence and autonomy referendums"
https://t.co/BeLJLcFXsh

[Louis Stockwell @Louis_Stockwell]

Life in the current polity all a bit much?Thinking of seceding or pushing for greater autonomy? You might want to consider a unilateral referendum. Before you do though, you should check out my new article on their interesting but inconsistent effects:
https://t.co/LwlCtaPUdz

[Stan's Account @tristandross]

easy to look back on the last near-two decades of austerity and observe that it only made the economic situation for all but a small handful of the already-wealthiest population worse, but listen, what if we tried it again, forever?

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

I just can’t get past Labour winning 65% of seats off 34% of the vote.

Absolutely wild mismatch between the headline result and, well, everything else.

Britain is now a multi-party system, and first-past-the-post can’t cope.

[Louis Stockwell @Louis_Stockwell]

Well this was a nice surprise! Thanks to the @ECPR_Federalism jury for their decision and for the opportunity to present this in the summer. Hopefully see you in Dublin!

[ECPR SG Federalism & Regionalism @ECPR_Federalism]

🥳🎉We are very happy to announce @Louis_Stockwell as winner of our Best Paper Prize 2023, presented @ECPR General Conference 2023!

Title: The efficacy of unofficial referendums as regionalisation and independence protest events:
issue salience, polarisation, and mobilisation

[Louis Stockwell @Louis_Stockwell]

Amazing team, thanks for adopting me @POLI_VUB ;)

[POLI (@dfuturevub.bsky.social) @POLI_VUB]

🚀✨ VUB Poli at #ECPR2023 in Prague 🇨🇿!

Our team is rocking the conference—some papers presented, more to come! Stay tuned for cutting-edge insights and presentation pictures! 🌍📝💡
#VUBPoli #PoliticalScience #ECPRConference #ResearchInMotion 🌟📊🌆 @ECPR

[Louis Stockwell @Louis_Stockwell]

Aisde from the possible pension restoration (a big win but one that would benefit permanent staff and the highest paid the most), I can't see how these vague commitments represent any significant improvement for the majority of low-middle earner & casualised UCU members.

[UCU @ucu]

🚨BREAKING: YOU DID IT! 

We have agreed a two week period of calm after breakthroughs in talks covering: 

- pensions
- ending zero hour contracts
- ending casualisation
- tackling workload
- pay 

Watch and RT

#ucuRISING

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

We face the biggest group of strikes in recent history today. That is not surprising. A belligerent and out-of-touch government is deliberately trying to crush the living standards of public sector workers when paying up makes total sense. A thread…..

[Louis Stockwell @Louis_Stockwell]

Never would have thought that ending homelessness could be as simple as giving homeless people somewhere to live.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” https://t.co/EH3reri9lz

[HeWantsWealth 📈📊🏡💰🇯🇲 @hewantswealth]

BUY TO LET IS NOW DEAD 🏡

[Warwick PGR Collective @PgrWarwick]

‼️ We, as a collective group of PGRs at Warwick, have written an open letter to the University to support us in light of cost of living. We're tired of being under-supported, our rights being stripped, and resources being taken away.
Please sign below!
https://t.co/K3jfhV16Yj

[Matt Zarb-Cousin @mattzarb]

Don’t know about you guys but I just love living in a democracy and being introduced to my new Prime Minister and government several times more frequently than casting a vote

[Louis Stockwell @Louis_Stockwell]

Actually hard to comprehend how fucking dystopian this is.

[Ben Smoke @bencsmoke]

people are going to freeze to death this year because of energy crisis. turning it into light entertainment is beyond bleak.

[Louis Stockwell @Louis_Stockwell]

It's pretty simple really. As @rutgerbregman pointed out, nobody cares when the bankers go on strike.

[James B @piercepenniless]

Concerned by the creeping right-wing view that 'essential' workers ought to be banned from striking - something you hear about teachers as well as railway workers. The right to withdraw your labour should not depend on it being convenient for others. Solidarity with the RMT.

[pez @periuspb]

can't afford food? bag of pasta 5p. landlord physically assaulting you? must've not paid your rent. privatised rail extortionate? actually I think you'll find that's an open return and do you expect the taxpayer to fund your travel? welcome to britain and things can't get better

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Return tickets from Manchester:

▪️India £343

▪️Jamaica £345

▪️Brazil £325

▪️Ivory Coast £319

▪️London (rail) £369

[Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar]

1) Give this the Academy Award.

2) Join a union.

[Ben Judah @b_judah]

I have non-ironically come round to the idea that the burden placed on young people in the UK to protect mainly the old has been so severe there needs to be a financial societal thank you to the those under thirty. We’ve got 21 year olds with no symptoms isolating for 10 days.

[Louis Stockwell @Louis_Stockwell]

@lewisbloss @theinetwork @PAISWarwick Thanks mate! The idea for the project genuinely owes much to our many lamenting conversations over several Hertog Jans 😂

[Louis Stockwell @Louis_Stockwell]

Really not one for self promotion on here, but allowing myself a short (& belated) personal update! After five amazing years @theinetwork, last month I started a PhD project @PAISWarwick. Here's some more information on my research for anyone interested: https://t.co/uJJalizEuK