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So farewell to Philly PA from ⁦Anna Sanders⁩ & me - as ⁦APSA⁩ draws to a close - the City is gearing up for the mother of all debates Tue night in this ‘swingiest’ of all the swing states

The @UoMPolitics crew at APSA Powerhouse professors AngeliaWilson Professor Francesca Gains Rachel Gibson Silviya Nitsova our new prize wining The British Academy post doctoral fellow Anna Sanders (lecturer University of York prize wining alumna of our PhD Program!) Shout out Comparative Politics Research Cluster UoM Politics!

I don’t have a plan, I have concepts of a plan.

Behind the gate ⁦Friends Of Otley Lido (FoOL)⁩ - looking lovely in the Sept sunshine as we gear up for our Heritage Open Day this Sat 14th 10am - 4pm - come & look around - details here heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-eve…

The Northern Lights may be visible across parts of the UK this evening, with the Met Office forecasting "ideal viewing conditions" Read more 👇 news.sky.com/story/ideal-co…

Lido closed for 30 years to open for special tours bbc.com/news/articles/…

A MASSIVE thank you to everyone that came down to our Heritage Open Days event today, we have been blown away by your stories and support 💙☀️🌊 #lido #HeritageOpenDays #otley

An honour to open the Friends Of Otley Lido (FoOL) Heritage Day today which was trailed here bbc.com/news/articles/… 650 people came to tour the site and hear about the exciting proposals. Looking forward to working with the inspiring team to turn them into a reality 🏊🏻 #otleylido

An additional and heartfelt thank you to Ryk Downes 🔶 Otley Town Council and Katie White MP for their continued support of the #otleylido 💙

Thank you so much for coming down today Katie - we welcome your support wholeheartedly! And what a day it was!

Yesterday the government announced it plans to proceed with 8 provisional devo deals concluded by the previous administration. Today Akash Paun and I lay out in a new Institute for Government report how the government can reach 100% English devolution by the end of the parliament 🧵

Ohh this is wonderful! Taking my Mum next week - I love Opera North for how they make opera accessible - listen to that applause at the end

Our Special Issue in Parliamentary Affairs has been published: 'Instability and Inequality in the British State' 🔗 academic.oup.com/pa/issue/77/4 SI Editors: Jack Newman (On Bluesky: jacknewman.bsky.social) & Patrick Diamond Journal Editors: Louise Thompson & Alistair Clark Here's a 🧵 of the papers

3/ 📄 Weaponising women and gender: Party appeals to women voters ahead of the 2024 General Election Anna Sanders & Professor Francesca Gains 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsa…

Yesterday, I delivered my first speech in Parliament, known as a Maiden Speech. ❤️ I expressed my pride in representing Leeds North West—a region rich in history, vibrant communities, and a strong Yorkshire spirit. 🎖️ I highlighted Leeds North West's incredible legacy, from

For my sins I wrote up my US election prediction and my reasoning. Will I be right? One can hope. What did I predict? The answer is in the image...

Essential provisions for tonight’s watch party with childless, childfree (and hopeful) cat ladies - will follow ⁦⁦⁦Jennifer Piscopo⁩ ⁦⁦Rob Ford (Not the Canadian one. Or his brother.)⁩ ⁦⁦⁦Jane Green⁩ ⁦⁦⁩ ⁦⁦⁦Ben Ansell⁩ for expert psephological insights overnight

Listen to Prof Rob Ford (Not the Canadian one. Or his brother.) as he dives into the dynamics of one of the rhetorical closet elections is US history 🇺🇸 From national polls showing almost equal support for both candidates, the battle is coming to down to a handful of critical swing states. #USAElection2024

Some context for this 1) polls are about as good/bad as they've ever been nature.com/articles/s4156… cambridge.org/core/journals/… /thread

'Change & Continuity in British Politics: Can Starmer Govs Approach to Governance Resolve Crisis in Br. State' New @politicalquarterly.bsky.social article with Sam Warner Patrick Diamond from The Productivity Institute UoMPolitics UoM School of Social Sciences Comparative Politics Research Cluster UoM Politics Public Policy & Administration Specialist Group Political Studies Association onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…