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Emmanuelle Avril @emmanuelleavril.bsky.social · Dec 2

What? A CREW seminar session with Karl Pike (QMUL) on cumbersome political legacies. Where? at Sorbonne Nouvelle University and online. When? Tomorrow (3 December) at 3pm UK time (4pm Paris time). See you then!

CREW-UR4399-USN.bsky.social @crew-ur4399-usn.bsky.social · Nov 29

'Getting Over New Labour'
next research seminar pôle 3 @crew-ur4399-usn.bsky.social

Karl Pike @karlpike.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Queen Mary University of London @qmul.ac.uk
talking about his new book

Tuesday 3 Dec 2024 4-6pm (French time)
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

Getting Over New Labour

To understand the Labour Party today one needs to appreciate how people in the party have reacted to the New Labour legacy. Karl Pike examines the efforts each of the three leaders have made in reform...

www.agendapub.com

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Emmanuelle Avril @emmanuelleavril.bsky.social · Dec 1

Voter preference accommodation on immigration is a pernicious vicious circle

Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · Nov 30

A future Reform parliamentary party will consume chunks of caucuses like this one and similar in the Conservatives. Short term tactics, long term strategic defeat.

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Northern Labour MPs Set Up 'Red Wall Caucus' To Fight Reform UK

Exclusive: A number of Labour MPs in the North and Midlands have formed a group called the 'Red Wall Caucus' to fight the rise of Reform UK in thei...

www.politicshome.com

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Emmanuelle Avril @emmanuelleavril.bsky.social · Dec 1

Labour big donors blocking electoral reform on big donations... the consequences on UK democracy will be dire

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · Dec 1

NEW 🚨 Britain's electoral laws are broken - but successive governments have done nothing

Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy

But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...

Musk’s $100m to Farage will break our democracy

Keir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences

democracyforsale.substack.com

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · Dec 1

NEW 🚨 Britain's electoral laws are broken - but successive governments have done nothing

Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy

But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...

Musk’s $100m to Farage will break our democracy

Keir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences

democracyforsale.substack.com

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Nov 30

The number of UK universities now actively making redundancies has risen to 85. That number will be will over 100 by spring. I'm afraid this is happening faster, and will be worse, than even I thought. Solidarity and thoughts with and to all affected. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

UK HE shrinking

This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…

qmucu.org

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · Nov 30

A future Reform parliamentary party will consume chunks of caucuses like this one and similar in the Conservatives. Short term tactics, long term strategic defeat.

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Northern Labour MPs Set Up 'Red Wall Caucus' To Fight Reform UK

Exclusive: A number of Labour MPs in the North and Midlands have formed a group called the 'Red Wall Caucus' to fight the rise of Reform UK in thei...

www.politicshome.com

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CREW-UR4399-USN.bsky.social @crew-ur4399-usn.bsky.social · Nov 29

La séance est organisée par Emmanuelle Avril @emmanuelleavril.bsky.social Uni Sorbonne Nouvelle
en hybride à la Maison de la Recherche, 4 rue des Irlandais 75005 Paris et à distance

To obtain the link to participate online contact @thibaudharrois.bsky.social

www.univ-paris3.fr/pole-3-polit...

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CREW-UR4399-USN.bsky.social @crew-ur4399-usn.bsky.social · Nov 29

'Getting Over New Labour'
next research seminar pôle 3 @crew-ur4399-usn.bsky.social

Karl Pike @karlpike.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Queen Mary University of London @qmul.ac.uk
talking about his new book

Tuesday 3 Dec 2024 4-6pm (French time)
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

Getting Over New Labour

To understand the Labour Party today one needs to appreciate how people in the party have reacted to the New Labour legacy. Karl Pike examines the efforts each of the three leaders have made in reform...

www.agendapub.com

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