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Terence Daintith: Attacking the Attorney General: Some constitutional and administrative context ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/03/06/t...

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Delighted to be part of this excellent open access publication in celebration of Geert Bouckaert library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

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It was a pleasure to chair @carr-lse.bsky.social workshop on Perri 6 and Eva Heims work on international cooperation - fascinating contributions by Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Ed Page and Geoff Mulgan.

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In our press cuttings today because of a beaver release on National Trust land. Wait till the Star hears about the fine collection of knockers we care for.

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This is a very good thread that should not have been necessary at all. Governments, if you believe your own analysis of the value of (much) aid spending, it makes zero sense to make wholesale cuts. And if there's some secret discount rate to the benefit of aid, I'd love to see it.

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Hello - CARR - LSE'S Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation is now also here. Info about our latest work on risk and regulation, including events, will feature here

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Join @carr-lse.bsky.social for workshop on International cooperation when mistrust deepens Friday 28 Feb 2-6pm; www.lse.ac.uk/accounting/c...

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I’m getting really fed up of these abstract attacks on ‘regulation’ - why is Andy Haldane advocating the Doge approach for UK - blanket halving the number of regulators and their budgets? on.ft.com/416pqlx 1/2

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📣 Call for Panels and Papers 🏛️ Biennial Conference of the Standing Group on Regulatory Governance 🔎 Beyond the Regulatory State? 📅 11–13 Jun 2025 📍 @hertieschool.bsky.social ✍️ Submit by 4 Mar @kaiweg.bsky.social @martinlodge.bsky.social #polisky

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This has already long been put in place by the ‘legacy publishers’. All reviews are owned by the publisher and editors can send manuscripts onwards to journals set by publishers. It is all about keeping papers within a publisher ecology.This is ‘innovation’ favoured by asset sweating publishers.

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It's a sign of the times that, pre-publication, this HE redundancies article started out as a story about UEA with Durham added. Then Kent was added...then Cardiff. A microcosm of UK HE right now, and a typical day in the life at the moment. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

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As a tribute to Professor Christopher Hood who died earlier this month, we have made this 2006 article written with Martin Lodge free to view. From Sir Humphrey to Sir Nigel: What Future for the Public Service Bargain after Blairworld? @ox.ac.uk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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So, after Nick Timothy on "How to win an election" and David Frost on "How to do a great trade deal", the Telegraph adds another to its list of star columnists...

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"Wer glaubte, dass man Hitler integrieren, kontrollieren, domestizieren, entzaubern könne, wurde bald schon eines Besseren belehrt. Auch der Versuch mancher Demokraten [...] Hitler mit seinen eigenen Waffen zu schlagen, indem man seine Themen aufgriff & seine Strategien kopierte, liefen ins Leere."

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There are around 10k private school kids in Edinburgh. 51 have moved to state schools in January. As I've repeatedly said the effects of VAT on fees are going to be minimal. www.thetimes.com/article/ab42...

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»Man kann das Werk des Thukydides auch als Chronik einer inneren Zerrüttung lesen.« https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/pflichtlektueren-fuer-demokraten-thukydides-und-der-krieg-110226527.html

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This is a superb piece - incrementalism as steering www.faz.net/einspruch/kr...

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Christopher Hood has died today. Public administration has lost one of its absolute best. RIP

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There is only one team in Fulham

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Wieviel Bach muss man hören, wieviel Wein trinken, um die offenbar unaufhaltsame Würdelosigkeit der kommenden Monate besser ertragen zu können?

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Out now! New study w/ @cornelban.bsky.social on European policy elites and economic crisis management. What do we find? 'Fidelity', in contrast to the idea of "Ivy League-educated transnational pragmatists who float between private and public realms" Open Access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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As I read that chief execs should be paid like football stars - maybe a little read would help (open access, so no need for a premium salary): press.lse.ac.uk/site/books/m...

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University of Oslo is hiring 2-4(!) Associate Professors in Political Science. The call is open to candidates from all subfields. Deadline is February 3rd. It comes with amazing colleagues, great work conditions, and lots of snow. Brown cheese, salmon, and cross-country skis can be supplementary.

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Rarely read such a poor column.

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We are looking forward to Monday's workshop on societal resilience www.lse.ac.uk/accounting/c...

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The Albanese Government committed to rebuilding public sector capacity prior to the 2022 election but reliance on consultants is still an overwhelming feature of its policy making. The overuse of consultancies leads to bad government decisions ⤵️ australiainstitute.org.au/report/neith... #auspol

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Let's just DOGE it, and start over. See my latest @3streamsblog.bsky.social on DOGE, the nature of efficiency in systems, and the lessons of public policy. 🏛️🗺️🌐 medium.com/3streams/to-...

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‘No boss that requires everyone back at the office uses public transport’. Discuss.

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The sort of difficult conversation that is entirely absent in the UK: www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

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No country for old football men

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My worry about this is that if you don’t address primary and social care failings, and diagnostic issues, you are tackling symptoms not causes. Streeting’s hospital league table plan riles medics and bosses www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

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You're invited to the LSE’s Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation seminar, Rethinking the Separation of Powers. 🗓️ Thursday 14 November 🕰️ 4pm to 5.30pm 📍 Marshall Building, 2.06, #LSE 🗣️Frank Vibert, Paul Kelly and Martin Loughlin Sign up now: forms.office.com/e/uNrnStLjui

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The “administrative presidency,” already crucial to policymaking, is about to go into overdrive…

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Please register (free) for a policy-focused election debrief at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). I'll discuss what we saw, what it means, and prospects for policy reform in energy, the environment, infrastructure, and much more. 🌐🏛️🗺️ ecpr.eu/Events/316

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In case your vote hangs on whether Elon Musk can find $2 trillion in savings in the federal budget, I've written up some relevant history @goodauth.bsky.social . (Spoiler alert: no, he can't.) goodauthority.org/news/elon-mu...

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Not alone.

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Important 🧵on our new peer-reviewed paper: The pandemic is as bad as it ever was for babies - in year to Aug 2023, 6,300 babies under 1 were admitted to hospital wholly or partly BECAUSE of Covid. They are ONLY age group where admissions have NOT gone down over time 1/17

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@sog-rc27.bsky.social remains the most wonderful community of international researchers in public policy, administration and management.

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Reality of "war on red tape" slogans: company pumping raw sewage into iconic lake in national park for years with impunity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Was there ever a government that did not promise to 'slash red tape'?

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Coming soon -- fully open access publishing in all the ECPR's journals, with Cambridge as the new publisher. So, so pleased to see this deal finalised ecpr.eu/News/News/De...

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98% of the adult cares homes closed to protect people from harm were run by for profit companies. And 90% of children's homes. Time to end this absurdity. Core public services should not be cash cows for private equity. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,250,203!

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My team at the ONS is organising the first ever UK Statistics Assembly to discuss with users and producers, the country’s priorities and needs for statistics. Visit to register and complete the call for contributions ⬇ uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/uk-statistic...

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It was wonderful to be at the EGPA conference in Athens - much to learn for public administration beyond the paper presentations and engaged discussions. The need to have a conversation about the sustainability of these events - environmental and financial - remains.

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This is a fascinating piece, love the finding about UK Supreme Court judgements. That said, I do wish we’d stop using the term “new elite”, even to, as this piece does, dismiss it. Rightly, no-one else bar Goodwin is currently suggesting that the UK has a “new” elite (we should be so lucky).

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