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Chetun Patel @chepat73.bsky.social · 7h

Case study week on the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - Expert advisers @nickmacpherson.bsky.social and @officialedballs.bsky.social help prep students before they re-enact debates over the 1976 IMF crisis

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Martin Stolliday @martinstolliday.bsky.social · 26m

Such a fantastic class and case study! I always enjoy the Tony Benn and Dennis Healey impressions.

Chetun Patel @chepat73.bsky.social · 7h

Case study week on the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - Expert advisers @nickmacpherson.bsky.social and @officialedballs.bsky.social help prep students before they re-enact debates over the 1976 IMF crisis

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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 42m

Full house this evening for our event with @strandgroup.bsky.social ✅

Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander is discussing his career and the current geopolitical challenges facing government with Catherine Macleod

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Chetun Patel @chepat73.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful start to the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - BOE Deputy Governor Sir Dave Ramsden explained the big themes in Treasury history to a mixed class of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social students and Treasury officials.

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Jack Brown @jwbrown.bsky.social · 1d

...and delighted to welcome Natan Doron, Mayoral Head of Policy at the GLA, to talk us through the challenges and opportunities faced by the capital today. Our students getting a crash course into what it's really like to govern one of the world's greatest cities (2/2)

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Jack Brown @jwbrown.bsky.social · 1d

All smiles as we're back underway with our 'London: Governing the Global City' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social
MA Government Studies - Prof Tony Travers delivering his masterful '2000 years of London history in 45 mins' lecture to kick off... (1/2)

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Martin Stolliday @martinstolliday.bsky.social · 2d

The MA Government Studies team are delighted to be back in the classroom, teaching our second cohort. The programme goes from strength to strength, with more students than ever before participating in our unique expert-led courses.

Watch this space for the applications to open for next year…

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22d

spokesperson for Sadiq Khan:

“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.

“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."

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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · 23d

Join us on 15 October at 1830 for an in conversation event with Douglas Alexander the Secretary of State for Scotland.

To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...

In partnership with @policyatkings.bsky.social

@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

In Conversation with Douglas Alexander MP - The Strand Group

The seventy-eighth Strand Group event will take place on 15 October where Douglas Alexander, the Secretary of State for Scotland, will discuss the challenges and complexities governments are navigatin...

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 29d

Very pleased to chair yesterday eve's discussion about #Enfield & building on Green Belt land there & in #London more generally. Event organised by The London Society & media partner @enfielddispatch.bsky.social. Lots to reflect on & write about! @leannetritton.bsky.social @jollyjourno.bsky.social.

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Chetun Patel @chepat73.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Chetun Patel @chepat73.bsky.social · Aug 8

Great to hear Prof @officialedballs.bsky.social describing to ex-Chancellor Kwarteng how history repeats itself in the @strandgroup.bsky.social 'Chancellors and the Treasury' MA class on latest political currency pod.

Sign up to join the MA this Autumn 👇🏽

www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 6

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.

IG nytimes

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Jon Davis @jonmdavis.bsky.social · Jul 25

Director’s Blog July 2025 - The Strand Group

Professor Jon Davis OBE

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Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social · Jul 15

Lord Grade on the clearly documented harms to children from online platforms “I don’t know how the tech leaders sleep at night. Maybe they just count the clicks” - key lecture at @strandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jul 15

Lord Grade, Chair @ofcom.bsky.social begins @strandgroup.bsky.social lecture on Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media

‘Without good regulation markets risk running wild. … Good regulation means being fit for the times.’

‘Modern regulators must do three things:
Engage, Enable, Evolve.’

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Jul 7

Hugh Muir recalls the response of London Mayor Ken Livingstone to 7/7 from Singapore. I agree that, despite his flaws & failings at other times, that this was an important message
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Jul 1

I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs

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Charles Wright @charleswright57.bsky.social · Jun 21

@heidialexander.bsky.social opens the door to DLR extension to Thamesmead in TfL funding deal confirmation letter. My On London story www.onlondon.co.uk/government-n...

Government notes 'substantial work' on DLR extension scheme

A letter from the transport secretary has provided greater encouragement than before for key transport infrastructure plan

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jun 19

Grateful to have been able to give Sir Tony Blair my book ‘The Art of Delivery’

It tells the untold story of how his government transformed Britain’s public services

Using 600,000 words of Sir Michael Barber’s unpublished diaries plus interviews with Cabinet ministers, SPADs and civil servants

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thank you Alastair Campbell for recommending my 📕‘The Art of Delivery’ to Rory Stewart on The Rest Is Politics

“It’s very, very readable.”

“It’s about how we matched process of the Spending Review to the work of the Delivery Unit and progress that was being made.”

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · May 29

Join us on 15 July when Lord Grade, chair @ofcom.bsky.social will give a lecture on 'Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media'

To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/lord-g...

@policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Lord Grade: Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media - The Strand Group

The seventy-seventh Strand Group event will take place on the 15 July where Lord Grade, the Chair of Ofcom, will give a lecture on 'Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media'

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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · May 20

Mid-career professional looking to better understand how government really works?

MA Government Studies is for you!

🗓️ Fits around work - all in-person teaching/tutorials on Thurs/Fridays
🎯 Choose to study full/part-time, or even one module at a time

www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Government Studies

The only course of its kind to go beyond teaching theory to apply an in-depth perspective of how the British state is run, taught by those within government.

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Richard Brown @richardbrown.bsky.social · May 15

Carers in #London are underpaid and insecurely employed. The White Paper could make things much worse. We don't talk about it because, as @stephenkb.bsky.social has observed, “at any given time, most people are not experiencing the care crisis”. But we need to. www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-brow...

Richard Brown: Immigration plans could cause London care crisis

If staffing levels worsen as a result of stopping overseas recruitment, the capital will be in the front line

www.onlondon.co.uk

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · May 14

Grateful for this endorsement from Baroness Sally Morgan for my book, which comes out next week!

The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

Pre-order 📚 amzn.eu/d/dRRTDrw

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