Really enjoying seeing all of the ways people are building on top of the financial disclosures project. projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...
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Really enjoying seeing all of the ways people are building on top of the financial disclosures project. projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...
That Trump repeats calls for Iran's unconditional surrender on same day he's got the defence industrial chiefs round for an emergency meeting on military supplies perfectly sums up his grasp of ends & means.
US allies in the Arab world have been plunged into a conflict they neither wanted nor consented to. Historian Eugene Rogan unpacks what this means for the Middle East: ft.trib.al/gBfGy2M
The Standards Committee proposal to redact the names of MPs' staff on the register is back in the news
An unsatisfactory result for transparency especially as it isn't being accompanied by anything else e.g. a full list of all job titles that all MPs employ
But it's a difficult balance...
We've published the 2025 local elections handbook in collaboration with the University of Exeter's Elections Centre. This includes ward- and candidate-level results from last year's locals. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/2025-local-e...
“The body is the primary subject of Trumpian politics. This is true both in the affirmative sense of right-wing aesthetics and in the punitive sense of managing the bodies of others to display power and contempt.” www.liberalcurrents.com/pervert-poli...
🚨 My first solo preprint is out!
I study Grok's fact-checking on X and show:
📌 Professional fact-checkers are a major source of Grok.
📌 Grok becomes more accurate as more articles from fact-checkers become available.
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I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely!
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Awesome database published by my @propublica.org colleagues where you can look up financial disclosures of over 1,500 of Trump's appointees. #NICAR26 data nerds will appreciate this one! projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...
if i was Kristi Noem i simply would not quote Orwell
The Constitution Unit. How will the 2026 Senedd election change Welsh politics? 5 March 2026, 1:00pm–2:00pm. Jess Blair (Director of Electoral Reform Society Cymru). Prof Laura McAllister (Professor of Public Policy and Governance of Wales at Cardiff University). Sir Paul Silk (former Clark to the National Assembly of Wales). Chair: Prof Alan Renwick (Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit).
How will the 2026 Senedd election change Welsh politics?
In 15 minutes join @jessblair.bsky.social, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social and @paulsilk.bsky.social to discuss the Senedd's possible makeup, new voting system and expansion.
Sign up for this free online event 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo....
The Constitution Unit. How will the 2026 Senedd election change Welsh politics? 5 March 2026, 1:00pm–2:00pm. Jess Blair (Director of Electoral Reform Society Cymru). Prof Laura McAllister (Professor of Public Policy and Governance of Wales at Cardiff University). Sir Paul Silk (former Clark to the National Assembly of Wales). Chair: Prof Alan Renwick (Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit).
How will the 2026 Senedd election change Welsh politics?
At 1pm join @jessblair.bsky.social, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social and @paulsilk.bsky.social to discuss the Senedd's possible makeup, new voting system and expansion.
Sign up for this free, online event 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo....
Donald Trump has said Keir Starmer is ‘no Churchill’, but his dismissal is based on a simplified version of history.
My thoughts on the poll showing the Greens have overtaken Labour following the Gorton and Denton by-election, whether this could be a "bandwagon effect", and what that means, for The Conversation: theconversation.com/how-to-under...
📢 Call for papers!
We are organizing the 6th Early Career Workshop in Quantitative Political Economy on 14-15 May 2026 at King’s College London!
Keynote: Shanker Satyanath (NYU)
No fee, travel grants might become available!
Submit at: tinyurl.com/qpe2026
New piece from w/ @hannahbunting.bsky.social & @jess-smith.bsky.social on the Gorton & Denton byelection, and what it might tell us about British politics.
We cover turnout, late-deciding voters, gender gaps & the continuing fragmentation of the party system 🧵
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‘Only A Northern Song’ ~ The Most Subversive Song in The #Beatles’ Catalogue?
oldgodsmadenew.blogspot.com/2026/03/only...
3 things you need to know:
Videos from #FOIFest are now online and can be seen at youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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You can take a look at the written overview on our blog at www.mysociety.org/2026/02/26/f... ...and...
Don't forget to sign up to indicate interest in joining the new #FOI Network: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
As Alan Renwick notes in this article, there are still some important omissions in the government's Elections Bill, as well as some significant gains. Well worth a read: constitution-unit.com/2026/02/26/t...
An important article - in an era of asymmetric warfare and dramatic power imbalances on the world stage, Western democratic leaders, so often in public, will likely come to regret the degradation of the norm against Head of State/Govt assassination by other states much more than autocrats will...
"He [Trump] is losing control of the decision to escalate... He can cut his losses now, pay a political price, try to stop the war, even though it would be a failure. Or he play for the long run and become Lyndon Johnson in the Vietnam War and face a more disastrous political outcome." - Robert Pape
Akash Paun and Rhun ap Iorwerth on stage at the IfG
Here @instituteforgovernment.org.uk to hear leader of @plaidcymru.bsky.social, @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social in conversation with @akashpaun.bsky.social
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"In 2015, only 1 per cent of private donations came from companies and individuals giving £1 million or more; by 2024, this had risen to 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱."
New research from @rosewhiff.bsky.social & @stevejgoodrich.bsky.social on the super rich's growing influence on UK politics.
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This is an excellent and very grounded summary of why you can't bomb to win.
