Heinz Brandenburg
@heinzbrandenburg
Political scientist, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Excuse me Guardian, but that is not how ranking works. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
"Men at Sanaa University campus in Yemen salute during a demonstration to show their support for the Houthi." It is a salute, yes. But... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Do not show this to Matt Goodwin. He'll throw a fit. Among UCU members, Conservatives and Reform have a combined vote share of 5%. www.ucu.org.uk/media/15839/...
FFS. The previously most corrupt FIFA boss making his ethical case against the now most corrupt FIFA boss.
If you know anything about Aberdonians, they don't do dancing in the streets.
Questions I get asked from German friends: What sports are we up to in Scotland?
So why does everyone think that 2024 was THE tactical voting election? it wasn't. 2019 was the high point of tactical voting. Using the @britishelectionstudy.com panel data to plot this over the most recent four elections.
"Never before has a team left it so late to claw back a two-goal deficit at the World Cup." Well, I am old enough to remember Belgium leaving it seven minutes later about a week ago. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
This is the typical populist concept of democracy. Openly rejecting the relevance and validity of rules and institutions. It is purely about electoral validation.
Yes, sure. Because it means we'll get treated to more weeks of constant Farage media presence.
No, at seven times the market value of the Mexico squad, England were really not the underdogs.
On the evidence, it would be utterly irresponsible to let England get anywhere near actually winning the thing.
This was level-pegging when I checked a couple of hours ago. Probably the safest bet you can get to put money on the US to win this tie now. And I obviously don't mean this because Balogun makes such a difference.
The photo seems to suggest that he wasn't allowed to intercept that milkshake.
L'art pour l'art. In general, Spain are the anti-France. Their 3-0 wins give you about 10% of the enjoyment of watching the French winning 3-0.
I think their 2010 win with those four 1-0 wins warranted no less punishment.
How unfair that those pesky Mexicans wouldn't relocate their capital to sea level.
Who is to say that an effect can't precede a cause? Not Alan Shearer or any other English pundit aside from Wayne Rooney.
This could make it quite a memorable July in Glasgow. 10 hours of uninterrupted sunshine don't happen every year.
Given how nobody is talking about this match anymore, especially about the quite astonishing batting of Mitchell, I would say "overshadowing" is quite the right word.
Perfect result being four other third-placed teams on less than three points.