Anand Menon
anandmenon.bsky.social
Anand Menon
@anandmenon.bsky.social

Director @ukandeu Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s

Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London in the United Kingdom and was appointed in January 2014 as director of the UK in a Changing Europe initiative. He was a special adviser to the House of Lords EU committee. .. more

Political science 72%
Economics 11%
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I did a lecture on the impact of Brexit on British politics. Watch it here if you're really bored www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
Reflections on the Brexit Revolution: 2025-26 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture
YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty
www.youtube.com

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🖊️ Heather Rolfe argues there are two key risks of Labour's plan to tighten rules on Indefinite Leave to Remain:
1️⃣ Loss of voters
2️⃣ Potential harm to provision of key services and to economic growth

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/labour-risks-leaving-its-voters-behind-over-settlement-proposals/
Labour risks leaving its voters behind over settlement proposals - UK in a changing Europe
Following policies from Labour, the Conservatives and Reform UK to either make it more difficult or impossible for migrants to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK, Heather Rolfe explores how the public feels about these proposals. 
ukandeu.ac.uk

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🌏 The post-WW2 global system was built on the principles of multilateralism

❓But now the underpinnings of that system are being called in to question

Join our expert panel as they explore the crisis in multilateralism 👇

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice-lunch-hour-multilateralism-in-crisis/
UKICE Lunch Hour: Multilateralism in crisis - UK in a changing Europe
To mark the launch of our  report on UK-EU relations and the crisis of multilateralism, join our expert panel online as they explore whether the system can hold, and if not, what might replace it.
ukandeu.ac.uk

Champions!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽 #lufc
"With 4.8 million UK-born citizens now living elsewhere, perhaps it’s about time to develop a strategy on emigration and the starting point needs to be better data."

John Mahon argues that we need a better understanding of people leaving the UK

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/who-is-emigrating-from-the-uk/
Who is emigrating from the UK? - UK in a changing Europe
John Mahon makes the case for having a better understanding of the British nationals leaving the UK. He argues that the cost to the state of British nationals leaving or returning to the UK varies, so it should develop a clearer strategy to deal with the impact of emigration.
ukandeu.ac.uk

🎉🎉🎉

Even better, we've got 2.

Blimey. 1970?

You should see me on Sundays, after the game.....

Go away

Damn straight.

Just pity poor Pep getting ready to go to the ground and shaking with nerves #LUFC

Er, I don’t know, but I can ask.

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Fiona Hill of Brookings on the possibility of the US fracturing as the Federal Government is gutted. See the whole fascinating @ukandeu.bsky.social discussion with her, Rana Mitter, Margaret Macmillan and @fromtga.bsky.social here: ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?

It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.

That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u

And maybe deport anyone who answers ‘red’?

Blimey
"The UK and EU need to start that strategic planning now if they want the 2026 summit to deliver substance rather than symbolism"

🗞️ @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social argues that the UK-EU reset needs strategic planning to achieve tangible results for Social Europe

🔗 www.socialeurope.eu/the-uk-eu-re...
The UK-EU Reset Needs Strategic Planning, Not Summit Improvisation
Without careful preparation and raised ambitions, the 2026 summit risks becoming a missed opportunity to inject real momentum into UK-EU relations.
www.socialeurope.eu

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No deal better than a bad deal? www.ft.com/content/22db...
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions failed after Britain refused to pay billions of euros in fees
www.ft.com
"The government is clamping down on migration for work and study in a way which is certainly going to have negative impacts for growth"

@jdportes.bsky.social of @ukandeu.bsky.social explains why the latest ONS figures showing a huge drop in net migration will impact economic forecasts

They’re already here, obvs

But doing so on a world class website...

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Labour's proposed extension of the waiting time for Indefinite Leave to Remain may not go down well with their voters, writes @heather-rolfe.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/labour-risks...

Reposted by Jonathan Portes

Though I have to say, much as @jamesbowes01.bsky.social predicted on the @ukandeu.bsky.social site recently 😉https://ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-collapse-in-immigration/
The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.
ukandeu.ac.uk

Sorry. Amol Rajan seems to refer to benefit claimants as ‘scroungers’. Obviously some people complained and he didn’t come back and simply say ‘sorry’!!

Oh FFS. The 'apology' was worse than the initial statement. Actually, why not just bloody apologise.

Thank God we’ve got Liverpool home and away over the festive period #mot

Yes, Brexit has hit the UK economy, and seriously. But to write about the budget solely from the perspective of what wasn't done on Brexit is a bit silly. There are all sorts of ways to drive growth domestically that don't involve a touch years long negotiation observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Rachel Reeves is in a budget double bind | The Observer
observer.co.uk

Yes Madam. Not Madame!