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Former British prime minister Boris Johnson, who introduced a contentious requirement for voters to show photo ID while voting, was turned away from a polling station for forgetting to bring his reut.rs/3UIvdu7

#Pint24de in #Göttingen : Scientists will present their #research at your local pubs from May 13-15. No previous knowledge is required; talks in German & English. Find all events and tickets here👇:
pintofscience.de/events/goettin…
Pint of Science Germany e.V. #wisskomm

More about the Institute of Criminal Law and Justice: uni-goettingen.de/de/32133.html

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Great cooperation between Stanford Criminal Justice Center (Stanford Law School) & Göttingen Institute of Criminal Law and Justice. Together we offer students the virtual seminar 'Police and Prisons: German and American Approaches to Reform and Abolition (2030)' this summer.

We’re hiring a lecturer in political theory in the School of Politics and International Relations at QMUL. Do get in touch if you have questions and feel free to share with your networks. jobs.ac.uk/job/DHJ467/lec…

Heißes Wetter, heißes Podcastthema heute in Berlin: Unsere EU to go-Folge zur Kapitalmarktunion mit Sebastian Mack und Johannes Lindner ist im Kasten! 🎬 Stay tuned!

⌛️Noch 2 Wochen für Eure Themenvorschläge für 'It's a Match' - Eure Gelegenheit für Mentoring und Vernetzung beim #DVPW Kongress am 24. September!

#dvpw2024 #PoWi #Politikwissenschaft #PhD #Postdoc #IchbinReyhan #IchbinHanna

Protest ist legitim, Bedrohung und Einschüchterung nicht. Egal, ob beim Aufstellen von Wahlplakaten oder bei Veranstaltungen. Gut, dass Demokrat*innen klar machen: Das geht nicht. Das stützt gerade auch die vielen Ehrenamtlichen im Land, die für unsere Demokratie einstehen.

Just shows the arbitrary nature of voter ID rules - the government gets to decide what counts, and what doesn't

BREAK Former Scottish finance secretary Kate Forbes has announced she is not running for the SNP leadership. bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-s…

BREAKING: Donald Trump just said he would not defend NATO allies if Russia attacks. Retweet so all Americans know Trump is going to support Vladimir Putin if elected President.

This is EXACTLY what many Tory MPs thought would happen after 1997 (Reader it didn't). h/t John Rentoul

Europe faces a choice: a more multi-ethnic continent or labour shortages, tax rises, stretched public services. My FT op-ed
ft.com/content/3e92cb…

You’ve got until 10th May to apply for six groundbreaking roles at the Global Fund for a New Economy from Chief Economist to Director of Strategic Communications and VP Ops. We’ve also just announced Co-President position - open until 31 July. All info @ globalneweconomy.org

Alphabetical Cartogram xkcd.com/2927

Polls are open in England and Wales as voting begins in local elections bbc.in/3wsEFZc

Brexit was always going to be a SHITSHOW (in capitals!) Obvious from outer space. Could not and was not ever going to be any other way.

Whitehall knew it. The EU knew it. Even most of its cheerleaders knew it. Where are they now?

Timothy Garton Ash I remember that day well, not least because it also happened to be Ralf (Lord) Dahrendorfs 75th birthday by wonderful historic coincidence (he thus would have been 95 today).
I remember celebrating both #EU enlargement and his birthday at European Studies Centre whose former Warden he was.

Slightly surreal and spellbinding at the same time. I had the privilege of seeing in May morning from the top of Magdalen tower. A once in a lifetime experience!