Uk voter registration down in 2024 - interesting signals for #GE2024

Whatever is going on with the unprecedented UK's #GE24 ? Join us at University of Glasgow for a lecture by UK's leading polling expert Prof Sir John Curtice online and inperson 26 June 6pm to find out! free and open to all eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-si… What Scotland Thinks

On our latest episode of the Spotlight podcast, Sergi Pardos-Prado discusses countering anti-immigrant sentiment, what doesn’t work, and makes a powerful point about the dangers of ‘copying the narratives of the extreme right’. Listen to the full episode uofgspotlight.com

This is a fantastic opportunity for a University of Glasgow student - you get to shadow Andy Burnham in Manchester (I like both Andy and Manchester so I am a bit biased but it will be amazing!). Please share widely with anyone who might be interested. Deadline fast approaching! ⏰

Want to hear PROF SIR JOHN CURTICE unedited and uncensored? When he has time to really get into the details? TOMORROW 6PM University of Glasgow inperson & online, free and open to all. register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-si… PSA Parliaments The Political Studies Association

📣 If you don’t have accepted ID, the deadline to apply for free voter ID is tomorrow, 26 June. ❗️You must apply before 5pm if you live in England, Scotland or Wales and by midnight if you live in Northern Ireland.

it shld go w/out saying: harassment, intimidation and threats directed at political candidates is fundamentally incompatible w/democratic values. All party leaders sold decry threats and abuse directed at opposition. politico.eu/article/uk-ele… #GE24

Want a warm-up for the last UK #GE24 Leader Debate? Join us at University of Glasgow for a free public lecture by PROF SIR JOHN CURTICE tonight, 6PM, inperson and online - still time to register eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-si… The Democracy Network PSA Parliaments EPOP The Political Studies Association

Absolute nightmare travelling w/ British Airways today. Zero attempt to help customers at the T5 “customer service” desk. Perhaps rudest rebooking - throwing tix and then walking off refusing to answer questions. Never seen anything this bad from an airline

Want to hear PROF SIR JOHN CURTICE's full analysis of #GE24 and its implications for UK politics (rather than BBC Radio 4 snippets)? TOMORROW 6PM University of Glasgow free & open to all inperson and online. register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/prof-sir-joh…

Horribly prescient research by ⁦Robert A. Pape⁩ mentioned in the ⁦The Guardian⁩ : Trump rally shooting comes amid rise in support for political violence | Donald Trump | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

In this week's Trendy from @Tortoise, Rachel Wolf and I discuss with special guest, Christopher J Carman University of Glasgow, some of the long-term trends underpinning the current state of the #USA2024 presidential election. podfollow.com/trendy/episode…

Oft. Fundraising for the Trump & Biden campaigns BEFORE the debate disaster from Financial Times. So much captured in these graphs: (1) Becoming a convicted felon only seems to have improved Trump’s funding prospects; (2) Biden campaign as already faltering BEFORE the debate…

“Cringe” doesn’t say enough here. And - question - if far right US (former) elected officials campaigned actively in British elections, what would the press say…?

"Given the 60% turnout of Great Britain’s registered electorate of about 47 million people, even 4% of those who did not try to vote because of the ID rules would amount to about 750,000 denied a vote." theguardian.com/politics/artic…

10 years following the #Scotland #IndyRef instead of looking to the somewhat revisionist accounts, have a look at clear academic analysis of The Referendum that Changed a Nation 2014-2019 from Scottish Election Study 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🗳️ Ailsa Henderson Rob Johns Jac Larner amazon.co.uk/Referendum-tha…

Is there a candidate Americans (sort of) like? Harris (just barely) tips into net positive approval rating while Trump remains flat in the negative territory #US2024 #POTUSelection washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Would be nice to hear some clear and impartial analysis of the impact of the #scotland #indyref on #bbcgms rather than the somewhat revisionist accounts. If only there were a book that came out in 2022 that provides that analysis… amazon.co.uk/Referendum-tha… from Scottish Election Study 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🗳️ team