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Martin Stolliday @martinstolliday.bsky.social · 19m

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

Chetun Patel @chepat73.bsky.social · 6h

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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Chetun Patel @chepat73.bsky.social · 6h

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 · 35m

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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Martin Stolliday @martinstolliday.bsky.social · 1d

Such a fantastic module.

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)

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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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 20d

EVENT | Douglas Alexander: in conversation

The new Secretary of State for Scotland will discuss domestic and geopolitical challenges governments are facing with Catherine Macleod, former Special Adviser to Alistair Darling

➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📅 15 Oct, 18:30
📍King's College London

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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...

thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 Great to hear my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ recommended in @financialtimes.com podcast by @stephenkb.bsky.social

📕 available now, let me know 💭 amzn.eu/d/0T9SFSA

🎧 episode open.spotify.com/episode/3Q8t...

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.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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Jon Davis @jonmdavis.bsky.social · Jul 28

As we come to the end of the academic year, I’d like to share some of the great work done by the Strand Group in 2024-25 with particular reference to the first year of the MA Government Studies

thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/di...

Director’s Blog July 2025 - The Strand Group

Professor Jon Davis OBE

thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · Jul 26

Congratulations to @jonmdavis.bsky.social on the first successful year of the MA Govt Studies thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/di...

Director’s Blog July 2025 - The Strand Group

Professor Jon Davis OBE

thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk

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Martin Stolliday @martinstolliday.bsky.social · Jul 1

Excellent from @mlclem.bsky.social on the challenges ahead

Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jul 1

Delighted to have written for @financialtimes.com on ‘Lessons for delivering change for a restless electorate’

Using research frm my new 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’

✍️🔗 on.ft.com/3G2AKHG

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jul 1

Delighted to have written for @financialtimes.com on ‘Lessons for delivering change for a restless electorate’

Using research frm my new 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’

✍️🔗 on.ft.com/3G2AKHG

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jun 18

Delighted to see ‘The Art of Delivery’ 📕 featured in @samfr.bsky.social hugely popular & insightful Substack ‘Comment Is Freed’ today

✍️ Read & subscribe open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...

📚 Get your copy, tell me what you 💭 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-ar...

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

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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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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · May 29

Timely new book by Michelle Clement, ‘The Art of Delivery’ on the Delivery Unit - the big innovation at the heart of what is as it stands the first and only Labour government to be elected to consecutive full terms of office.

This meant that Blair and his government were required to identify and adhere to a clear set of objectives.

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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'

thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk

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Martin Stolliday @martinstolliday.bsky.social · May 28

A great privilege and joy to be at the launch of my colleague and friend Dr @mlclem.bsky.social ’s book ‘The Art of Delivery’

It’s a truly remarkable book by a remarkable historian

amzn.eu/d/6Lp832C

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · May 27

📣 PUBLICATION DAY for my new book 🎉
‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’

It tells an as yet untold story of how transformative change was actually delivered - how a PM turned rhetoric into reality

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · May 27

Big thanks @matt-forde.bsky.social offering enthusiastic endorsement of MA Government Studies teaching @strandgroup.bsky.social

We chatted about how the MA brings in critical decision makers who were actually in the room to help us understand how government works

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

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Jon Davis @jonmdavis.bsky.social · May 14

Really interesting obituary of the great Prof Joe Nye: www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

In 2012 he gave a superb lecture for us - ‘What is Ethical Foreign Policy Leadership?’: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Events like these are central to our MA Government Studies: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk

Joseph Nye obituary: Political scientist who conceived ‘soft power’

Paternalistic American who was valued and influenced politicians on both sides of the Atlantic, dies aged 88

www.thetimes.com

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Martin Stolliday @martinstolliday.bsky.social · May 7

A fantastic opportunity to be part of an amazing programme

Jon Davis @jonmdavis.bsky.social · May 7

Delighted to announce that we have several studentships to be awarded for this Autumn following last year’s eight winners

MA Government Studies

Deadline for applications 23 May: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/student...

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