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Anand Menon

@anandmenon.bsky.social

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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

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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

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 11h

"As important as the new bilateralism is, then, it is closely and crucially linked to broader relations between the UK and the EU as a whole"

@jannikewachowiak.bsky.social & @anandmenon.bsky.social analyse warmer UK-German relations for @internationalepolitik.de

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A New Chapter for UK-German Relations

The Kensington Treaty, signed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in July, has great potential. But, crucially, its success or otherwise will be linked to EU-UK...

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 12h

Yes maybe. Though one mitigated by the polls and doubts about whether this gov will be able to do ‘long term’!

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Prison Radio Association @prisonradiouk.bsky.social · 12h

Another Outside In alumni, making waves at the BBC 🌊

Chris worked on National Prison Radio during his sentence, continued developing his skills with Outside In on release, and is now reporting for File on 4 Investigates on BBC Radio 4.

🎧 Tune in here: www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 12h

Politics has a real problem with time horizons. Many effective growth generating policies are medium term in nature vs need to show progress by next election. If they see closer links with the EU as one of the former, they need to start preparing the ground for it and having the argument soon, yes.

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 13h

I very much doubt it!

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political economic and temporal factors. Renegotiating the EU relationship beyond tinkering with the TCA will take time and not provide real benefits pre election.

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 13h

To date, Starmer has been hugely effective at reconciling closer links with China, 'reset' with the EU and a good relationship with Trump. That balancing act is only going to get harder. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

White House warns UK over China spy case fiasco

America says intelligence sharing could be damaged by Britain’s failure to prosecute alleged Chinese collaborators

www.thetimes.com

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 1d

‘Google, please translate’ 😉

John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 1d

My reading of it is he's using my/Born et al pre-2020 doppelganger estimates. I never thought of those effects as uncertainty-driven - more the expectation of trade barriers reducing investment in UK assets, and sterling devaluation raising the cost of imports and putting off EU immigrants.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Fun fact.

Trump watches are made in China.

Trump just slapped a massive tariff on himself

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

oh no

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

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Ben Canham @bencanham.bsky.social · 2d

By 19, I’d lost both parents. Bullied in
school. Ignored by family. Left out of
my mom’s funeral. Abandoned for
being autistic. Let down by the system.
I nearly gave up. But I didn’t. I’m still
here. Still healing. And that means
something. #WorldMentalHealthDay

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Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday I was in Brussels for the Global Gateway Forum - a gathering of world leaders to talk about how to connect a fractured world.
What I saw instead was something extraordinary - a moment when peace might have taken shape before our eyes.

🧵👇

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve googled it

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Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · 2d

The government's ‘pride in place’ programme aims to revitalise local places and empower communities.

But it remains to be seen whether the expanded regeneration scheme will mark a meaningful shift in power from the centre, writes @alwalker.bsky.social.

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Unpacking the pride in place programme - Bennett School of Public Policy

The government's new ‘pride in place’ strategy promises to empower communities to restore local spaces and revive high streets. The widened and rebranded regeneration scheme forms a key pillar of its ...

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 2d

Among the many possibilities for the next few years, the scenario of swapping one pair of dominant parties (Lab and Con) for another (Reform and LD) is intriguing, under-discussed and, in English elections, not entirely implausible either (several county councils made this leap in May)

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Aggregate Result of the 122 Council By-Elections (for 125 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:

RFM: 47 (+40)
LDM: 32 (+10)
CON: 13 (-15)
LAB: 12 (-30)
GRN: 11 (+3)
Ind: 5 (-4)
Local: 3 (-3)
SNP: 1 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)

Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

Understandably, we designed our institutions with an eye on the past, not the future. www.politico.eu/article/germ...

Nazi legacy complicates Germany’s efforts to fight Russian drones

Postwar constitutional provisions meant to keep the German military out of domestic affairs leave the country more vulnerable to the Kremlin’s incursions.

www.politico.eu

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

Come along. See if you can recognise me from the photo below....

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoyed doing this @ukandeu.bsky.social event with my #BGE2024 co-author @psurridge.bsky.social - and 👏 to @jillongovt.bsky.social for coping admirably with the 'two-Tims-problem'!

UKICE Lunch Hour: the state of the right - UK in a changing Europe

UK in a Changing Europe is bringing together a team of experts to understand the developments in right-wing politics. Join us online to hear their analysis of the state of the right.

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

While I am, by nature, a tight fisted bastard, this is a good read every day so you should consider it

Jack Kessler @jackkessler.bsky.social · 2d

My newsletter, Lines To Take, is changing.

Here’s what’s next — and why I hope you’ll join me.

✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/this-newsl...

Music was blaring, lights strobing, bodies gyrating. There was glitter everywhere. Welcome to Daybreaker, an early morning dance movement based in 33 cities around the world, where people come to “sweat, dance and connect with ourselves and each other”. It is also how I ended up in a nightclub at seven in the morning, sober and alone, approaching strangers to ask if they were having a good time.

I suppose I should consider myself lucky. My editor at the time had initially (and a little too cheerily, I felt) suggested I go walking with wolves somewhere in the Lake District. Back in 2019, Daybreaker was a noisy example of what seemed like a striking shift in our consumption habits. The so-called “experience economy” was booming then and — following the Covid-19 interruption — has come back with a vengeance

“The history of economic progress,” Joseph Pine II, who helped coin the term “experience economy” told me (and many others, I suspect, given the rhyme), “is paying a fee for what used to be free.”

Can you see where I’m going with this?

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Jack Kessler @jackkessler.bsky.social · 2d

My newsletter, Lines To Take, is changing.

Here’s what’s next — and why I hope you’ll join me.

✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/this-newsl...

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

‘Fix the foundations of higher education’. Jesus Christ, it’s like being governed by robots.

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 3d

This is good. But I think we should bear in mind just how long people think the parties have been failing them for. 2015 was a dress rehearsal for current fragmentation and disillusion. The Brexit hiatus I think hides the fac that this is a long term thing dating back far before Truss or Johnson.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3d

Some thoughts on an undercovered line in Kemi Badenoch's speech and the Tory party's half-right theory of 'why Reform are leading the polls' more generally in today's note:

Tories need a leader who can say sorry

British public remain angry with the previous government, with many turning to Reform as alternative to Labour

www.ft.com

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 3d

"The underlying point is that, given the history, there was nothing like sufficient trust that the UK state could, or would, provide the safeguards and protections of minority rights in Northern Ireland, and that remains the case today."

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The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and Human Rights - UK in a changing Europe

Andrew McCormick explains the role ECHR membership plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement.

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 3d

Warm invitation @eulegalstudies.bsky.social annual lecture with the most inspiring @ukandeu.bsky.social Director Prof @anandmenon.bsky.social with Reflections on the Brexit ‘Revolution’ - please join us @cambridgelaw.bsky.social on 3 Nov 5.30pm - open to all.

www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...

2025-26 Mackenzie Stuart Lecture: 'Reflections on the Brexit

Speaker: Professor Anand Menon, Director, UK in a Changing Europe Biography: Anand Menon is Director of the UK in a Changing Europe and Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3d

Some thoughts on an undercovered line in Kemi Badenoch's speech and the Tory party's half-right theory of 'why Reform are leading the polls' more generally in today's note:

Tories need a leader who can say sorry

British public remain angry with the previous government, with many turning to Reform as alternative to Labour

www.ft.com

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 3d

And for more infromation on what polling is and how it works, check out our report here 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/poll...

Polling: what is it, and how does it work? - UK in a changing Europe

Rob Ford, Zain Mohyuddin and Sophie Stowers explain what public opinion polling is, what it measures and how it works.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 3d

"Are they [MRPs] any use to anyone at this stage of the Parliament? No! Do something more useful. Stop producing these polls. They're not magic."

Expert pollster @psurridge.bsky.social reflects on polls and electoral reform

Catch up on the discussion in full here 👇 www.youtube.com/live/ivRLHUb...

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 3d

No idea what you said, but I'm taking a gamble and liking it. Hope you're doing well!

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