Really great job on parties' campaigns and messaging on BBC Radio 5 Live by my School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary colleague, Dr Karl Pike (@p_ikek) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… (1hr9mins in) Here's his new book, btw:

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Amazing to see Daniel Gover and Philip Cowley presented with the President and Principal's Prize yesterday at the Queen Mary Education Excellence awards for their teaching on School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary Parliamentary Studies module and internships.

Congratulations to Daniel Gover and Philip Cowley who won the President and Principal's Prize at the Queen Mary University of London Education Excellence awards yesterday for their teaching on our Parliamentary Studies and Placement modules!

Book burning. Presumably there was a Hamas HQ behind the bookshelf, or under the bookshelf, or hidden inside the actual books.

This is collective punishment. They are not hiding it anymore.

As we get into the rhythm of the #election campaign, School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary and Mile End Institute experts will be commenting - keep an eye on Tim Bale Philip Cowley Patrick Diamond Daniel Gover Dr Sofia Collignon Karl Pike Colm Murphy Richard Johnson Dr James Strong Javier Sajuria Garcés

Parliament expected to be 'prorogued' today, and to 'dissolve' next week. Different from each other - and from a regular 'recess' (or 'periodic adjournment').

Some of the key differences explained here, from a report I co-wrote a few years ago.

If you are looking for some insights about women representation for this coming #UK #Election2024 Addressing Barriers to Women's Representation in Party Candidate Selections - Collignon - The Political Quarterly - Wiley Online Library Mile End Institute
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Ejemplo brutal de contradicciones, sesgos cognitivos y polarización: reconocer el estado palestino está bien, pero si lo hace Sánchez, está mal.
¿Cómo afectan los sesgos partidistas la opinión pública? Veamos tres estudios recientes 🧵 1/5

Eh? Labour doesn't need a MASSIVE swing: their vote is now very efficiently distributed; they're making a comeback in Scotland; and there is plentiful evidence from the locals of Lib-Lab tactical voting. And then there's Reform UK hurting the Tories. Campaigns? 2017 an outlier.

Les tengo una idea a los organizadores: la izquierda necesita un partido donde las mujeres dejen de ser minoría.

Vote Labour Thursday 4 July.

🧐 'El principal riesgo de estas fuerzas radicales no es solo la destrucción del discurso y la convivencia política, sino que el efecto que tiene en nuestro sistema político y en el respeto a los DD.HH', señala nuestro director Javier Sajuria Garcés en su columna en La Tercera 👇🏽

Israeli forces have been targeting hospitals in northern Gaza again. Video shows medical staff and patients, including a newborn, fleeing Kamal Adwan Hospital after a missile attack.

Change.

The. End.

The music over his voice, the rain, the gloomy day. A perfect image of the last 14 years.

The average change in government poll margin between this point and the subsequent general election result is... 0.14 points.

For the six general elections where the government was behind at this point, the avg change is 5.1 pts.

The government is currently ~20 points behind.