In Oxford for #PSA2026? We kick off with a unique roundtable with speechwriters on what it is like to work with politicians. With @profafinlayson.bsky.social @daimoon.bsky.social @psapolleadership.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

I'll be presenting my approach to the relationship between democracy and rhetoric, whic I developed while working on authoritarianism, at the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social for the first time. This Tuesday at 1.30pm. What's more important is I'll be doing this alongside the people from whom I learned+

We will be at the PSA Annual Conference in Oxford, with 6 panels on political rhetoric and discourse, plus a Roundtable with professional speechwriters (co-organised with the @psapolleadership.bsky.social Full programme here 👉 www.psa.ac.uk/wp-content/u... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #PSA26