Wonderful as always to take our @strandgroup.bsky.social 'London: Governing the Global City' class to the Guildhall to discuss the ancient City of London's role in London, the UK and the world. Not sure whose bright idea was it to take a class pic in the crypt... 💡😬

Employability - serving civil service and @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies student @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Tom gives our students a masterclass on the civil service fast stream application process

Case study week on the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - Expert advisers @nickmacpherson.bsky.social @officialedballs.bsky.social prep students before they re-enact the day UK left the ERM in Sep 1992, a historic and chaotic 24 hours

Insightful session with Munira Mirza, former Deputy Mayor to Boris Johnson - discussing the limits and the possibilities of London’s mayoralty for our @strandgroup.bsky.social London government module.

"the civil service in the United Kingdom... easily bears comparison with the finest minds you'll meet in corporate law, or investment, or anywhere else" Douglas Alexander MP recently joined us and @strandgroup.bsky.social to discuss his life and career 📺 Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCD...

Delighted to welcome a new cohort of MA Government Studies students to ‘The History of the Civil Service’ module @strandgroup.bsky.social Over 10 weeks we examine how the Civil Service has evolved alongside changing role of the state Applications for 2026/27 open www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Watch last week's insightful Strand Group / @policyatkings.bsky.social event with Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander 'in conversation' with our Visiting Professor Catherine MacLeod. thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...

Great that @fletchersimon.bsky.social, political advisor and former Chief of Staff to Mayor Ken Livingstone, could join our London government module for the first time last week. Some serious insights into the mayoralty, alongside some excellent Trafalgar Square Pigeon discussion

Full house this evening for our event with @strandgroup.bsky.social ✅ Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander is discussing his career and the current geopolitical challenges facing government with Catherine Macleod

Case study week on the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - Expert advisers @nickmacpherson.bsky.social and @officialedballs.bsky.social help prep students before they re-enact debates over the 1976 IMF crisis

Wonderful start to the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - BOE Deputy Governor Sir Dave Ramsden explained the big themes in Treasury history to a mixed class of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social students and Treasury officials.

...and delighted to welcome Natan Doron, Mayoral Head of Policy at the GLA, to talk us through the challenges and opportunities faced by the capital today. Our students getting a crash course into what it's really like to govern one of the world's greatest cities (2/2)

All smiles as we're back underway with our 'London: Governing the Global City' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - Prof Tony Travers delivering his masterful '2000 years of London history in 45 mins' lecture to kick off... (1/2)

The MA Government Studies team are delighted to be back in the classroom, teaching our second cohort. The programme goes from strength to strength, with more students than ever before participating in our unique expert-led courses. Watch this space for the applications to open for next year…

Join us on 15 October at 1830 for an in conversation event with Douglas Alexander the Secretary of State for Scotland. To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con... In partnership with @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Delighted to share insights from my 📕 The Art of Delivery with @danbloom1.bsky.social for his deep dive @politico.eu piece on PM Starmer’s No10 machinery of govt changes 📰 www.politico.eu/article/keir... @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

📣 Great to hear my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ recommended in @financialtimes.com podcast by @stephenkb.bsky.social 📕 available now, let me know 💭 amzn.eu/d/0T9SFSA 🎧 episode open.spotify.com/episode/3Q8t... @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Great to hear Prof @officialedballs.bsky.social describing to ex-Chancellor Kwarteng how history repeats itself in the @strandgroup.bsky.social 'Chancellors and the Treasury' MA class on latest political currency pod. Sign up to join the MA this Autumn 👇🏽 www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Very much enjoyed being part of this panel alongside Baroness Deborah Mattinson, Lord Neil Kinnock, Sir Mel Stride and Professor Bobby Duffy Sharing reflections from my 📕 The Art of Delivery (@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social) @strandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social

Delighted to read this excellent review of my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ by Lord Francis Maude @politicshome.bsky.social ‘Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement its public service reforms.’

Lord Grade, Chair @ofcom.bsky.social begins @strandgroup.bsky.social lecture on Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media ‘Without good regulation markets risk running wild. … Good regulation means being fit for the times.’ ‘Modern regulators must do three things: Engage, Enable, Evolve.’

Lord Grade on the clearly documented harms to children from online platforms “I don’t know how the tech leaders sleep at night. Maybe they just count the clicks” - key lecture at @strandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Great to talk to Caroline Wyatt on Labour governments & the trade unions (from 16:10) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📣 Catch up: Fantastic to see my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ reviewed in @financialtimes.com by @stephenkb.bsky.social 📰 on.ft.com/3G1PoPn 📕 Buy the book and let me know what you think 💭 amzn.eu/d/615RqYr @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

Delighted to have written for @financialtimes.com on ‘Lessons for delivering change for a restless electorate’ Using research frm my new 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’ ✍️🔗 on.ft.com/3G2AKHG @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

Grateful to have been able to give Sir Tony Blair my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ It tells the untold story of how his government transformed Britain’s public services Using 600,000 words of Sir Michael Barber’s unpublished diaries plus interviews with Cabinet ministers, SPADs and civil servants

📣 Thank you Ed Balls & George Osborne for having me on brilliant @polcurrency.bsky.social podcast to ask about delivery in govt Ed is right - ‘The Art of Delivery’ 📕 shows how No10 and HMT working together effectively can galvanise the govt machine into action 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0J7D...

"it's about addressing a lack of institutional memory which can lead to a government being conducted in an ahistorical environment" @strandgroup.bsky.social's @mlclem.bsky.social on her new book: The Art of Delivery 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDKS... 📖 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-ar...

Thank you @stephenkb.bsky.social for sharing excerpts from my new book ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’ Available now 📕 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-ar...

Thank you to all who came to my book launch for ‘The Art of Delivery’ with Sir Michael Barber @jonmdavis.bsky.social Incredible to have such an engaged audience of 300 people, inc cabinet secretaries and students past & present @strandgroup.bsky.social 📕 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-ar...

Join us on 15 July when Lord Grade, chair @ofcom.bsky.social will give a lecture on 'Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media' To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/lord-g... @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Big thanks @matt-forde.bsky.social offering enthusiastic endorsement of MA Government Studies teaching @strandgroup.bsky.social We chatted about how the MA brings in critical decision makers who were actually in the room to help us understand how government works www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Fantastic to be on BBC Radio 5 Live @mattchorley.bsky.social show earlier this week w Ryan Wain to talk about my new book ‘The Art of Delivery’ We discussed delivery challenges for government then and now Listen back 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Pre-order 📕 amzn.eu/d/5t4BmZu

‘It sounds absolutely phenomenal.’ – @matt-forde.bsky.social on my 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’ *Out tomorrow* amzn.eu/d/1GQvqjC @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

Really enjoyed joining the brilliant @matt-forde.bsky.social on his ‘The Political Party’ podcast to chat about my new 📕‘The Art of Delivery’ Plus how PMs learn on the job and what it was like to see the McCartney and Jagger of 1970/80s politics… Listen here 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/65mB...

"...as Blair said after his time in Government it [the Delivery Unit] was more revolutionary than they realised at the time" @strandgroup.bsky.social's @mlclem.bsky.social speaking to BBC radio 5 about her new book: The Art of Delivery Info & book launch ➡️ thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/book-l...

Mid-career professional looking to better understand how government really works? MA Government Studies is for you! 🗓️ Fits around work - all in-person teaching/tutorials on Thurs/Fridays 🎯 Choose to study full/part-time, or even one module at a time www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Mid-career professional looking to better understand how government really works? MA Government Studies is for you! 🗓️ Fits around work - all in-person teaching/tutorials on Thurs/Fridays 🎯 Choose to study full/part-time, or even one module at a time www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Read Mario Pisani's lecture 'Wars, fires and pandemics: how events have shaped 350 years of Treasury buildings' delivered in HM Treasury & chaired by Permanent Secretary James Bowler thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/wars-f... Join MA Government Studies 2025/26: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Delighted to announce that we have several studentships to be awarded for this Autumn following last year’s eight winners MA Government Studies Deadline for applications 23 May: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/student...

Excellent write up of our ‘New Labour Years’ class with @stewartwood.bsky.social in @rentouljohn.bsky.social Commons Confidential newsletter Apply to join @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies 2025/26 cohort👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr... @policyatkings.bsky.social

What Tony Blair has told Keir Starmer about how to deal with Donald Trump – me for Independent Premium www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Brilliant write up by @rentouljohn.bsky.social of our very special final @strandgroup.bsky.social 'New Labour Years' class with Sir Tony Blair Sign up to join the MA Government Studies this autumn 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr... @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

1/ Today, we publish a new working paper: what should the UK learn from Bidenomics? At its core are 15 interviews—including 5 former Council of Economic Advisers members (3 of them Chairs), 4 former NEC Directors & 2 former Cabinet members. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcb...

Thank you to Sir Tony Blair for sharing his experience of government with our students at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for our final teaching session of 2024/25. An excellent end to a phenomenal teaching year. Join MA Government Studies for 2025/26: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

A superb way to end the teaching year. Fantastic questions from our excellent student cohort.

Fascinating insight from special @strandgroup.bsky.social class w Sir Tony Blair, in @rentouljohn.bsky.social article Shows value of history, TB was responding to student Q about how 🇬🇧Prime Ministers can build effective relationships with 🇺🇸Presidents then & now www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Thank you to Sir Tony Blair for sharing his experience of government with our students at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for our final teaching session of 2024/25. An excellent end to a phenomenal teaching year. Join MA Government Studies for 2025/26: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Huge thank you to Sir Tony Blair for joining us to wrap up our inaugural teaching year MA Government Studies Join us this Autumn - places filling fast: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/ma-governmen...