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As Kingsley Amis reportedly said when informed of the longevity afforded by abstaining from cigarettes and alcohol, “you don’t live longer; it just feels longer”.

Have written for ⁦The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR⁩ on political legacies and how they affect political parties long into the future - borrowing Albert Hirschman’s phrase on the “centrality of side-effects”. theloop.ecpr.eu/political-lega…

We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Jonathan Dean. Jonathan was a stalwart member of PSA Women & Politics and a cherished friend to many of us. His good friends @merylkenny Elizabeth Evans Peter Allen have written a beautiful tribute to him: psawomenpolitics.wordpress.com/2024/06/05/rem…

Haywire: A Political History of Britain since 2000 SPERI's Co-Director Prof Andrew Hindmoor announces new book, which explores the compounding crises of British politics from war to financial collapse, austerity, Brexit and scandal More info here⬇️ bit.ly/3V4hFrK

When we talk about polls affecting voters, we usually talk about three effects: on whether they vote, how they vote, and what they expect the election result to be. I summarise how these three effects might look so far in this election campaign here: theconversation.com/could-labours-…

My colleagues Micha Germann & Iulia Cioroianu plus folks from other universities across Europe have developed a VAA to help UK citizens decide who to vote for on the basis of parties’ policy positions (and support research at the same time) — whogetsmyvote.org

Are you wondering which party you are closest to on key policy issues? Try out this free tool: whogetsmyvote.org Proud to have played a small part in putting this together, as part of a team of political scientists from across Britain Micha Germann Iulia Cioroianu

Don't really understand this from Starmer as reported in The Times and The Sunday Times. The register of members' financial interests does not abolish conflicts of interest. It publicises interests, revealing (potential) conflicts. It is not a magic wand for ensuring "there's no conflict of interest"

Expecting a Labour majority following the election? Wondering what a Labour government will want to do? I have a book for that! Getting Over New Labour covers Labour’s tumultuous post-2010 years, culminating in Keir Starmer’s leadership. amazon.co.uk/Getting-Over-N…

You can read a book about this (and consider the reasons why a distancing from New Labour happened). Getting Over New Labour: The Party After Blair and Brown amzn.eu/d/01Svnpee

New paper from myself and Dr Sean Haughey, addressing the issue of MPs security at constituency-level. Open access in Parliamentary Affairs. Get in touch if interested in the agenda! [1/2] academic.oup.com/pa/advance-art…

Next Sunday the All-Ireland hurling final will be on the BBC for the first time. It’s Cork vs Clare, a cracker of match in front of 82,400 screaming fans at Croke Park, for the highlight of the Irish sporting year. If you’ve never seen Hurling, here is a quick explainer…

The cynical spectre of Osbornomics is haunting the Labour party. Emergency cuts, empty pockets, a ‘maxed-out credit card’: why is Rachel Reeves using the language and logic of austerity? My column theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My article "Policy Discounting Across and Beyond the Lifespan" was published open access over the weekend EJPR journal. It shows that people prefer policies with short-term payoffs, but not because they will personally live to see those future benefits. ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

"How far into the future a policy is expected to pay off matters a lot less to voters than how big that payoff will be. The sooner the better, but much more so, the bigger the better." Crucial research finding from our Queen Mary Politics and IR colleague Matthew Barnfield theconversation.com/evidence-tells…

Britain has such strict anti-corruption rules that street cleaners are banned from accepting charitable donations, but politicians can accept hundreds of thousands of pounds in gig tickets, holidays, designer clothes, and lavish parties. What a country! theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

it's him who brought his kid into it! the only disclosure he needed to make was the value of the donation! the public interest here is not in whether you spent it on virtuous stuff or treats, it is in the fact that whenever the PM has a personal problem he calls Lord Alli

Most British thing I've ever heard. The service isn't there to be a service, the service is there as a low-level entrapment scam.

I hadn't thought of him this way before, but it's suddenly clear that Streeting is this decade's Michael Gove. No idea is too untested to be wielded against reality.