I can feel the tug of the halter at the nape of her neck, the wind on her naked front... and tribal, intimate revenge… (That’s life. That’s what all the people say)

“Since 2015, the two largest parties, Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party, have experienced a rapid feminisation of their leadership” Neil Matthews and sophie whiting on gendered political leadership change in Northern Ireland 🔓⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Is it time to ditch GDP as a measure of progress and come up with a new metric that puts the planet at its core? Find out on #TheClimateQuestion with Jordan Dunbar and Tanya Beckett

New pre-proof of review paper with Marta Marchlewska and Mikey Biddlestone in Current Opinion in Psychology! Why do narcissists find conspiracy theories so appealing? doi.org/10.1016/j.cops… 1/N

I was home in #Belfast to tell the untold story of how the LGBT scene thrived at the end of the Troubles, the unsolved tragic murder of Darren Bradshaw and a celebration of how far we’ve come today. All 6 episodes are available on BBC Sounds and Mondays at 1100 BBC Radio 4

Jim Allister joins Terence O'Neill as the only other person who at parliamentary level who has beaten a Paisley. Paisley lost Bannside to O'Neill in 1969. #ge24

It's absolutely bonkers how much more marginal Britain has become. With most results in, the average seat majority looks to be about 6,700, down from 11,200 in 2019. We have a Labour landslide, yet at the constituency level seats are tighter than any point since 1945 #GE24

So many “This is no 1997 when life was good and I was, coincidentally, 25.” takes floating about

One wise but depressing part of the welcome for new MPs is a mock front door constructed by parliament’s security department. It is used to demonstrate security measures MPs can install at homes & constituency offices incl spy holes, alarms, video intercoms and CCTV cameras.

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…

I'm recruiting a Postdoc (20 months) for the attached project. The deadline for applications is 8th August. Link below. Happy to answer informal queries ([email protected]). Retweets appreciated 👍 tinyurl.com/4fttzsc2