#Commons

Glenn Campbell

GlennBBC

Scottish Tory leader ⁦@Douglas4Moray⁩ was among 14 Conservatives who voted against the government last nightHe backed a Lords amendment to the agriculture bill to require future trade deals to respect

Constitution Unit

ConUnit_UCL

1/8Thread NEW BLOG: As parliament begins semi-virtual working, Greg Power, founder of @gpgovernance, suggests this will present significant challenges to the crucial informal politics of Westminster parliamentary lifehttps://bit.ly/3bzE2h6 2/8S

URSULA Edelheid (no, that's not my real name)

dietweeterei

1/ Ursula K. Le Guin started publishing in the 1960s when the hype for #Tolkien’s #TheLordOfTheRings was at its peak. She is also the source of one of the most

David Lunn

DJLdistraction

“This government stands unequivocally against Critical Race Theory”. It’s not just Trump: the Tories are every bit as extreme in their attacks on legitimate and profoundly important academic work. I

Guy Branum

guybranum

We don't talk enough about the role the Holy Roman Empire played as a model for Federalism in the drafting of the US Constitution. So much of what we HATE

Jan J. Zygmuntowski

ZygmuntowskiJ

Yesterday @EU_Commission published the proposal for Data Governance Act #DGA. Let's critically unpack the file. The set of measures is a good step forward, but we are still not discussing

Ash

ashindestad

London's seats vs the Black British population: Asian British: White British It's so interesting to me how ethnicity (and class) plays a major role in vote patterns in London. London's

Dr David Turner

TurnipRail

1/ British railways continued to build non-corridor stock into the interwar years, this coming to dominate suburban routes, whilst corridor and saloon coaches were found on main line services. Non-corridor

Holly Bourne

holly_bourneYA

This is a very niche thread that I hope finds its people but OH MY GOD, I literally cannot concentrate on anything since watching the 2006 Celeb Big Brother episode

Dr. Sarah Carmichael

carmichaelsk

This semester, my students made new Wikipedia pages for different rock units through the @WikiEducation program. Here are examples of just a few of them (thread): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hill_Syenite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Alan Russell

soxgnasher

Hackney Downs Riot In the 1870’s, there were several popular movements to prevent the private enclosure of previously public land; many had been rumbling on for decades as London became

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Last summer, I did an interview with the Singularity Blog podcast (my last interview was all the way back in 2012). As is my wont, I got to talking about

Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani

thatpsychprof

It is such a privilege to lead our Teaching & Learning Commons through this period. The university community is turning to us for help and the team is delivering. It

Joe Mayes

Joe_Mayes

A question I have about the Brexit border plan... how will exports to the EU work between January 2021 and July 2021? 1/ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/899991/200713_BPDG_-_Bo

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Shouts of “come on Andy!” and clapping as Burnham is about to start Burnham: “let’s be clear who is most affected by a T3 lockdown. It’s people working in pubs,

Sam Bowman

s8mb

Collective action problems and Covid: a thread. Many people, rightly, point out that Covid is not just a matter of individual choice, because it is a negative externality. Mary's behaviour