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Excellent piece by Michael Kenny in The Conversation on English devo. The disaffected inhabitants of “provincial” England have felt their views and interests count for little in the citadels of democratic government. What does this mean for the future of a UK union-state model?

Our British Politics Election Year seminar is on Friday 26 Jan Nuffield College with Gerry Stoker University of Southampton. Find out more bit.ly/3SaZrDP. Our thanks to lucy barnes & Anneliese Dodds for last week's excellent opening to our information series Nuffield Library (no longer active)

This week’s British Politics Election Year seminar is on Friday 2 Feb Nuffield College with Rob Ford (Not the Canadian one. Or his brother.) @UoMPolitics. Find out more bit.ly/48QH6D3 Our thanks to Gerry Stoker University of Southampton for last week’s master-class on the importance of ‘place’ in British elections.

In the run up to #GE2024 on 4th July, we'll be posting Political Studies articles discussing issues surrounding UK General Elections. 🗳️ All articles in this curated series are #freeaccess in June and July. Follow #PolStudiesUKGE for daily updates 📘 @SAGECQPolitics Political Studies Association

The article by Lawrence McKay William R Jennings DDS Gerry Stoker now appears in our JEPP SI 'Regional Inequality & Political Discontent in Europe'. It shows that perceptions of geographic bias are widespread across five European democracies. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

How do voters make decisions in a context of low #politicaltrust? @nobbyclarke31, William R Jennings DDS, Jonathan Moss & Gerry Stoker analyse volunteer writing to examine this question: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #PolStudiesUKGE 12/27 Political Studies Association @SAGECQPolitics Department of Politics and International Relations #voting

Political trust & authenticity: Viktor Valgarðsson, William R Jennings DDS, @nobbyclarke31 & Gerry Stoker explore the characteristics citizens & elites look for in a "good politician": journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… (OPEN ACCESS) #PolStudiesUKGE 14/27 Political Studies Association @SAGECQPolitics Department of Politics and International Relations

At today's Reform UK Manifesto event Farage said: "We’ve put up with the minds of...children, from a young age right through university…being poisoned”, raising the question: does studying at university cause attitude change? My research suggests the answer is: no, not really.

Read my latest article to find out why this seat that should be considered safe for the Conservatives is expected to turn red on election night. linkedin.com/pulse/election…

This is one of the latest seat distribution estimates for the French Assemblée nationale after 7 July by IFOP institute. 1/

Do we need to ‘complete the map’ of English devolution top-down? Or embrace asymmetry & empower local communities to collaborate on bespoke regional solutions? Catherine Durose UK in a Changing Europe INLOGOV ukandeu.ac.uk/english-devolu…

Overall, we* find that trust in "representative" institutions has been declining by ~10 p.p. among democracies since 1990, but trust in "implementing" institutions has been rising! *Myself, William R Jennings DDS, Gerry Stoker, Dr. Hannah Bunting, @DanJDevine, Lawrence McKay & Andrew Klassen

"The reason the Tories stand on the brink of a historic defeat is a slow, rolling competence shock that has alienated voters across the spectrum, not just a few months of insurgency on their right flank." 👏John Burn-Murdoch ft.com/content/d30bba… via @ft

Fantastic workshop! As my facial expression reveals, I am not used to embracing positivity, but the energy was infectious! Lots of great ideas in the pipeline here

I joined with the wonderful Parth Patel and IPPR for this analysis of voter turnout in the UK elections, and our findings were pretty stark. Not only was turnout historically low but the gaps between different kinds of places in the UK are clear. 🧵theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Our new paper about authenticity and political trust is out in Political Studies today! 🥳 In it, William R Jennings DDS, Gerry Stoker, Lawrence McKay, @DanJDevine, @nobbyclarke31 and I use conjoint experiments from 7 countries to explore the determinants of trust🧵 See: doi.org/10.1177/003232…

What makes a politician trusted by citizens? Viktor Valgarðsson, William R Jennings DDS, Gerry Stoker, Lawrence McKay, @DanJDevine, @nobbyclarke31 find attributes of authenticity are as important as competence & integrity: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Political Studies Association @SAGECQPolitics Department of Politics and International Relations

🆕 What causes #PoliticalTrust? @DanJDevine, Viktor Valgarðsson, Will Jennings, Gerry Stoker & Dr. Hannah Bunting present the first experimental study of the distinct roles of ✅ competence, 😊 benevolence and 🤝 integrity in shaping trust in government. 👉 bit.ly/3VqdrMr #OA

What makes a politician trusted by citizens? Viktor Valgarðsson, W Jennings, Gerry Stoker, Lawrence McKay, D Devine & @nobbyclarke31 find attributes of authenticity are as important as competence & integrity: buff.ly/41DzrXI Political Studies Association @SAGECQPolitics Department of Politics and International Relations

Do people today (dis/mis)trust politics? Gerry Stoker argues that trust in political systems has decreased in the last decades in democracies. Watch the video and learn about the difference between dis- and mistrust and how to measure trust. Full video: regroup-horizon.eu/video-trust/