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Andrew Defty

@adefty

Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Lincoln, UK. Parliament, the intelligence services, a little bit of social policy. Views are my own.

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linkhttp://watchingthewatchers.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/ calendar_today06-07-2009 20:01:34

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The Sutton Trust (@suttontrust) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿšจ Just 8 of the top 50 constituencies providing the best opportunities for disadvantaged young people are outside of London. The North East and North West are overrepresented among the lowest ranked areas. Browse our new Opportunity Index โฌ‡๏ธ suttontrust.com/our-research/tโ€ฆ

๐Ÿšจ Just 8 of the top 50 constituencies providing the best opportunities for disadvantaged young people are outside of London.

The North East and North West are overrepresented among the lowest ranked areas.

Browse our new Opportunity Index โฌ‡๏ธ

suttontrust.com/our-research/tโ€ฆ
Andrew Defty (@adefty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Perhaps worth noting that although we have become accustomed to intelligence being placed front and centre in defence reviews, I believe this is the first time that counter-intelligence has featured prominently #StrategicDefenceReview

Perhaps worth noting that although we have become accustomed to intelligence being placed front and centre in defence reviews, I believe this is the first time that counter-intelligence has featured prominently #StrategicDefenceReview
Civil Service World (@cswnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Powerful yet discreet, Roy Stone worked at the heart of government for over two decades. Highly respected across all parties, he was a true public servant civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/articโ€ฆ

Hartlepool Borough Council (@hpoolcouncil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿšดโ€โ™€๏ธ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐Ÿšดโ€โ™€๏ธ Despite the rain, we had a fantastic morning hosting The Tour Of Britain Women. We'd like to thank everyone who supported the event and helped make it a memorable occasion.

๐Ÿšดโ€โ™€๏ธ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐Ÿšดโ€โ™€๏ธ
Despite the rain, we had a fantastic morning  hosting The Tour Of Britain Women. We'd like to thank everyone who supported the event and helped make it a memorable occasion.
Dr Katie Hunt (@katiebmhunt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An absolute majority of @UCU members at Lincoln have voted for industrial action - 86% of voters are ready to strike to protect our jobs, and 92% are up for ASOS. They say cut back, we say fight back! โœŠ

An absolute majority of @UCU members at Lincoln have voted for industrial action - 86% of voters are ready to strike to protect our jobs, and 92% are up for ASOS. They say cut back, we say fight back! โœŠ
Andrew Defty (@adefty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After an overwhelming vote of no confidence in the management UCU members at the University of Lincoln vote overwhelmingly for industrial action.

After an overwhelming vote of no confidence in the management <a href="/ucu/">UCU</a> members at the University of Lincoln vote overwhelmingly for industrial action.
Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | The Spy Historian (@spyhistory) 's Twitter Profile Photo

History will soon be made, but who will have the honour of finally taking a sledgehammer to the glass ceiling that has been in place for the past 116 years? The wait continues...but just for a short while ๐Ÿ‘€

Frank McDonough (@fxmc1957) 's Twitter Profile Photo

7 June 1954. Alan Turing died (aged 41). He was a key influence on theoretical computer science and computation with the Turing machine considered a model of a general-purpose computer. He was not fully recognised during his lifetime.

7 June 1954. Alan Turing died (aged 41). He was a key influence on theoretical computer science and computation with the Turing machine considered a model of a general-purpose computer. He was not fully recognised during his lifetime.
Adam Payne (@adampayne26) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How much council waste will Reform's 'Doge' unit find? Another great tilda martin data dive suggests not a lot โ€” and the Institute for Government agrees In 23/24, 51-78% of expenditure by now Reform-run councils went on social care and homelessness alone politicshome.com/news/article/aโ€ฆ

How much council waste will Reform's 'Doge' unit find?

Another great <a href="/matilda__martin/">tilda martin</a> data dive suggests not a lot โ€” and the <a href="/instituteforgov/">Institute for Government</a> agrees

In 23/24, 51-78% of expenditure by now Reform-run councils went on social care and homelessness alone

politicshome.com/news/article/aโ€ฆ
Andrew Defty (@adefty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Claims that UK spy agencies aided CIA torture after 9/11 to be heard in rare trial theguardian.com/world/2025/junโ€ฆ

Uni of Nottingham Press Office (@uonpressoffice) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Chancellor is set to announce how much money each government department will get, in this weekโ€™s Spending Review. Dr Daniel Lomas, an expert in intelligence and security services, looks at what may be announced on Weds๐Ÿ”ฝ ow.ly/AQTp50W68Y7 Dr. Dan Lomas Nottingham Politics

The Chancellor is set to announce how much money each government department will get, in this weekโ€™s Spending Review.

Dr Daniel Lomas, an expert in intelligence and security services, looks at what may be announced on Weds๐Ÿ”ฝ
ow.ly/AQTp50W68Y7

<a href="/Sandbagger_01/">Dr. Dan Lomas</a> <a href="/NottsPolitics/">Nottingham Politics</a>
Times Higher Education (@timeshighered) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Union members at the University of Lincoln have voted for strike action as the institution plans redundancies that could affect up to 285 employees timeshighereducation.com/news/lincoln-sโ€ฆ

Andrew Defty (@adefty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

โ€œThe union acknowledged there were challenges across the sector but said the crisis had been handled "especially poorly" at the University of Lincolnโ€ - University staff vote to strike over redundancies bbc.co.uk/news/articles/โ€ฆ