Come and work with me! Or even better, with my amazing colleagues at School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary! We are looking for s 2-year fixed term lecturer in Comparative Politics. We have a growing and thriving cluster in the field, just ask if you have questions.

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Hung parliament latest.

Are you a politics & gender scholar who fancies working with niharika pandit Rainbow Murray @[email protected] Paul Kirby Hannah Wright Alex Dr Sofia Collignon Kim Hutchings, Nivi Manchanda, & other brilliant colleagues & students School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary (+ fab faculty feminists)?
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Really enjoyed talking with Hannah Al-Othman about Getting Over New Labour. Big thanks to Hannah, to Tim Bale for his intro, to Alison Howson and to Tom Chidwick at the Mile End Institute for putting it all together! And huge thanks to those who came along to talk about the book.

My department, School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary, is hiring a Lecturer in Political Economy (T&S). Come join us!

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Wow – that's some serious tactical swing

In Con/Lab wards:
LAB +9
LD no change

In Con/LD wards:
LAB +2
LD +6
spectator.co.uk/article/things…

Have written a short article for The Conversation on the frame and arguments of my book: After struggling with its past, is the Labour party looking to the future? theconversation.com/after-struggli…

🚨NEW OPINION POLLING!🚨

Much has been written about the difficulty of accurately polling ethnic minority voters in the UK. In our latest polling report, Farah Hussain explores what ethnic minority Londoners think about 🇬🇧 politics and life in London.

🔗qmul.ac.uk/mei/research-p…

Cowley's law of by-elections applies here too - the swing matters more than the outcome.

Eg, a narrow Con win in N Yorkshire is essentially the same - as a measure of party standing- as a narrow lose (that is v bad!).

politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

Nice artwork from The House magazine for my piece in the latest issue. Free to read (along with all the other articles) here: library.myebook.com/thehouse/the-h…

Two dead heats in the Lords this afternoon, which is unusual. Tied votes on amendments to the Victims & Prisoners Bill. In these situations the amendments are not carried, as there isn't a majority in favour of them.

Analysis of latest (from last week) Mile End Institute polling of the London mayoral contest, by Elizabeth Simon. ‘Is the London mayoral race tightening?’

theconversation.com/is-the-london-…

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Party members should be stripped of the ability to pick their leader when the Tories are in government, Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 committee, has said.

Read more here ⬇️
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

🧵As Procedure Committee meets today in private, it faces a dilemma around its relationship with the Government. Ministers have rejected the Cmtts recommendation that the Foreign Sec answer questions from MPs at the 'bar of the House' of Commons. How will it respond? 1/

With the news that Dan Poulter has defected to Labour, a handy Institute for Government explainer from me and jack pannell on why, how and how often MPs change party allegiance instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mps-…

Useful breakdown of Mile End Institute London polling by Elizabeth Simon and Farah Hussain

theconversation.com/sadiq-khan-on-…