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 The Political Studies Association

I've been thinking a lot about Macron's decision to call for snap elections, and the consequences it may have on French and European politics, and I think I've cracked the code.

The article by Lawrence McKay Will Jennings (I'm not here, see you at 🦋🧵 ) 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? Nick Clarke, Will Jennings (I'm not here, see you at 🦋🧵 ), Jonathan Moss & Gerry Stoker analyse volunteer writing to examine this question: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #PolStudiesUKGE 12/27 The Political Studies Association @SAGECQPolitics Department of Politics and International Relations #voting

Political trust & authenticity: Viktor Valgarðsson, Will Jennings (I'm not here, see you at 🦋🧵 ), Nick Clarke & 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 The 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…

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I have a short article in The Conversation with Gerry Stoker about policy fatalism, where we argue that (1) people are very skeptical about govts ability to deliver but (2) they demand govt do more. This is a bind the next government will have to address. theconversation.com/british-public…

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, Will Jennings (I'm not here, see you at 🦋🧵 ), Gerry Stoker, Dr. Hannah Bunting, Dan Devine, Lawrence McKay & Andrew Klassen

Viktor Valgarðsson Will Jennings (I'm not here, see you at 🦋🧵 ) Gerry Stoker Dr. Hannah Bunting Dan Devine Lawrence McKay Congratulations to you all on a super useful piece!

"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

Currently watching the launch of the OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives 2023 Trust Survey. The UK has the 2nd lowest trust of the 30 OECD countries surveyed.

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…

Out now in Political Behavior! Connecting Local Economic Decline to the Politics of Geographic Discontent - by Jane Green Lawrence McKay Gerry Stoker and me. Using data from British Election Study we investigate *who* perceives economic decline in their local area...

Our new paper about authenticity and political trust is out in Political Studies today! 🥳 In it, Will Jennings (I'm not here, see you at 🦋🧵 ), Gerry Stoker, Lawrence McKay, Dan Devine, Nick Clarke and I use conjoint experiments from 7 countries to explore the determinants of trust🧵 See: doi.org/10.1177/003232…