"The grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a Labour government....."

I wonder how many of the Lab MPs calling for Starmer to go are aware of the spectacular absurdity of all this coinciding with a king's speech. Is it a reflection of their desperation or their relative parliamentary inexperience?

The brave knight

Why Labour faces credible electoral threats from minor parties to its left – with challenges in some of its safest seats. By Thomas Quinn, @profnjallen.bsky.social and John Bartle. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-ser...

"I'm a quitter, not a fighter"

📘 BJPIR 25th Anniversary Special Issue 📝 This issue marking BJPIR's 25th anniversary features 17 articles covering topics from football to AI, from the politics of journal content to quantum ontology and from Putin to epistemicide. ➡️ Find the new issue here:

Why on earth is the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree the main item on the BBC news website? How many trees were felled in the major rainforests in the time I've written this post? I blame Kevin Costner. Grumpy rant over.

Delighted to see "Gender and the Collegial Face of Executive Politics: Priorities, Presence, and Power" online in @govjournal.bsky.social ! It's been a real joy collaborating with @kennywilliamie.bsky.social & @nsiklodi.bsky.social 🙂 The article is OA: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gove...

Back at work after a long Easter break. Here's an article (OA) that John Bartle (inactive on the other place) and I penned for a special 20th anniversary issue of British Politics: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

no idea who made this but it’s genius

So, so proud of this book! It was an honour to be asked by @estrangeirada.bsky.social & @louisevthompson.bsky.social to join the editing team and work with 70+ incredible practitioners & academics who shared their expertise for the benefit of students of Parliament: global.oup.com/ukhe/product... 🧵

ICYMI: The latest issue of Political Insight is out and features 3 ✨open access✨ articles! You can find the full issue at the link below. And don't forget: PSA membership gives you free access to all issues of Political Insight 👀

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Do PMs meet gender equity commitments in cabt committee assignment? @nsiklodi.bsky.social, @profnjallen.bsky.social and I examined the Justin Trudeau and David Cameron cases in the latest issue of @govandopp.bsky.social . www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

How (economically) left- or right-wing is your MP? A new dataset and interactive website can tell you... www.mpsleftright.co.uk (🧵, 1/12)

Fourth most-read article in 2024 - well done all @rhulpirp.bsky.social students who contributed to this project :D

Apply for a PhD position in our Politics department at @rhulpirp.bsky.social! Happy to supervise thesis in social media and politics, legislative politics, and/or computational methods. Hit me up if you're interested! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKW353/p...

Welcome to all our new (old?) followers. Thank you for joining us & for your patience. We are just gearing up & will start posting properly soon. What content & conversations would you like?

You know you're getting old when you want to say that no politician gives it to them straight like Blair used to....

Keir Starmer’s rewrite of the ministerial code is long overdue The prime minister has made important first steps on bolstering standards, say Sachin Savur and @timdurrant.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/star...

I've no idea who else is out there - but I've (obviously) joined this place!