Adrian Blau

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Professor of Politics at King's College London. I work on politics, philosophy & history. My surname rhymes with "flaw". BlauBlog: http://adrianblau.wordpress.com (He/him)

Screenshot from BBC News website showing a Ryanair plan, with the following headline: "Man nearly sucked out of window mid-air on Ryanair plane, passengers say".

Spoof front cover of a book by Alexander Dumas, with a picture of Nigel Farage in 19th-century clothes. The new title of the book is “The Country of Dodgy Crypto”.

Leroy Jenkins. (If you know, you know.)

Statement from Matt Goodwin, Reform UK candidate: “Given the reports we are reading in UK media about family voting and sectarianism, I am deeply concerned about the extent to which the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election is a free, fair, and democratic election.”

A terrible-looking blowup blue Christmas bauble, costing 90 Euros.

Screenshot of tweet by Home Office (a UK government department): “Britain welcomes migrants who contribute to our economy and society. High earners, entrepreneurs and skilled frontline workers like NHS staff will be fast-tracked to settlement - rewarding those who give, not take.”