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Very pleased to see this published with my amazing co-authors Tim Haughton & Emilia Zankina East European Politics. Here's to many more publications in the future! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚨 As Hester shows, ‘mega donors’ are buying British politics 🔴 Tories took £5m+ from Mohamed Mansour 🔴 Millions from Russian donors 🔴Tories and Labour now v reliant on a few super rich donors And it's a very bad thing for our democracy By me: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/frank-hester…

🚨Government transparency plunges to the lowest level ever 🔴Departments and government agencies granted just 34% of “resolvable” Freedom of Information requests in full last year 🔴 Cabinet Office data admits this is “the lowest figure since monitoring began in 2005” 🔴 Public

🚨 Interested in elections? Party funding issues have an impact on the results of elections and, also, may influence the policies pursued in government. Listen to me talk about these issues on #PeoplePowerPolitics Particularly relevant in advance of elections in the US and UK

❓ How does money affect electoral campaigning? And where does it come from? Listen to the latest #PeoplePowerPolitics episode 'All about money? Elections, Campaign Spending and the Effects on Democracy' to learn more 💰 Featuring Will Horncastle👇 CEDAR POLSIS Birmingham

Hi The Rest Is Politics, I hear Rory Stewart is looking for help making his mind up on how to vote. We've created a website called whogetsmyvote.org to help voters see how their opinions line up with the policies on offer. We'd love a shout-out to spread the word! Thanks :)

From Peter Geoghegan, Labour is now Britain's big money party #Politics #PartyFunding #DarkMoney open.substack.com/pub/democracyf…

💥New! Campaign financing was last regulated in 2000, allowing both major parties to continue to rely on a handful of large donors. @jrhopkin and @StuartWilksHeeg argue that the next government should reform the current regulation and put an end to this. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

If nothing else, Palmer and Eze have caused England's Expected Vibes (xV) to go through the roof.

Linked is my take on last week’s election result for Who Governs Europe. Big win for Labour, huge loss for the Conservatives, and an intriguing result for the Lib Dems and Reform #BritainElection #Politics

The England team was at as low an ebb as it had ever been when he took over. Bottom of their World Cup group, elminated by Iceland at the Euros, and a total disconnect between players and fans. What he's done in 8 years has been remarkable, and if you can't see that it's on you.

Had a great time graduating from Uni of Birmingham earlier this week…officially a doc! 👨‍🎓 #Graduation

New publication day 😃 Loved working on this paper that examines the question: ‘Which MPs get elevated to the House of Lords?’ 🤔 Out open access in Parliamentary Affairs now 🤓 #BritishPolitics #Lords #Parliament

1/3. We’re excited to announce our latest research note: “Introducing the RefCFRI: A Continuous Indicator Comparing Referendum Campaign Finance Regulation in 143 Countries.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02… Political Studies Association #SAGE

See below for a new article in The Conversation by myself, Stephen Holden Bates and Caroline Bhattacharya. It outlines our Parliamentary Affairs study, which finds that former MPs elevated to the House of Lords are often merely being rewarded for loyalty theconversation.com/peers-elevated…

New OA publication with the great Sergiu Lipcean (Universitetet i Bergen) & Will Horncastle (Uni of Beds School of Applied Social Sciences) in European Political Science Review on the paradoxical consequences of public party funding: doi.org/10.1017/S17557… Council of Europe OSCE/ODIHR IFES Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) Adenauer-Stiftung Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung UN Development National Democratic Institute International IDEA NIMD