Anand Menon
anandmenon.bsky.social
Anand Menon
@anandmenon.bsky.social

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

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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I did a lecture on the impact of Brexit on British politics. Watch it here if you're really bored www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
Reflections on the Brexit Revolution: 2025-26 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture
YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Interesting (only read abstract so far). My fear is some European ‘defence postures’ are smoke and mirrors. Supposedly deployable troops are not. Equipment is not maintained and usable etc
What Trump has made me realise is how much the post-Cold War relationship hinged on shared values rather than shared interests. Trump is illustrating how, whether on Ukraine and Gaza, our interests diverge and, absent those values, there's not much holding us together.

On paper. Those big powers needed significant US backing to defeat Libya.

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Yes, but it is also a fact now that there is a pattern to it.

As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
The Trump cycle on Russia-Ukraine. Some pro-Russian plan emerges. Instant commentariat renew their "Trump as Russian plant" stories. Plan is amended under EU (and US) pressure. Putin rejects it. Instant commentariat is puzzled. Rinse and repeat. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
How Rubio Tried to Bring a Pro-Russia Peace Plan to Middle Ground
www.nytimes.com
‼️Budget week is finally here, which means one thing...

🤓Our economics panel will be meeting to unpack what's in the Autumn Statement

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UKICE Lunch Hour: Assessing the budget - UK in a changing Europe
Join our expert economics panel as they dissect the details of the Autumn Statement.
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Ah ok. Explicable maybe?

Goooooaaaaaaal 🎉🎉🎉🎉👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

There is no way that’s a foul

On one then, why the claim it will reduce numbers? On the second she certainly seemed to imply that policy failure accounts for racism, surely?

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Covering the Stephen Nolan show on 5 Live tonight (9-12) and then it’s Budget weeeeeek! I feel SO ALIVE
Do we really think tinkering with rules about ILR etc will fundamentally change the incentives of those risking their lives, and those of their kids in dinghies? And is legitimising racism by seeing it as a logical reaction to policy failure really takes basis on which to proceed?

Yes. But my point is that one key element is externally imposed discipline. Which is what Sunak overlooks
Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.

time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com

Pass on my grateful thanks!!

Ah ok.

It wasn’t the Commission in all cases. For Spain the IMF was important

I thought he was a Man Utd fan from Sheffield?

And what do the Piigs have in common? Some degree of external cos train to force leaders to do what they normally would not be able to UK is not alone in its budget blues. But we can learn from the ‘Piigs’

www.thetimes.com/article/9d4e...
UK is not alone in its budget blues. But we can learn from the ‘Piigs’
Financial chaos has brought down political leaders in France and Germany — we could all take lessons from smaller countries forced to cut spending
www.thetimes.com
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.

European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!

Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com

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I’m not saying they should. I’m saying they don’t.

Vision?!!

I may be slightly too hungover to argue cogently

FoM strikes me as quite unlikely in the current context. And I’m not sure this gov can walk and chew gum tbh. And in the interim why not address one big structural problem - social care, or property taxation- while there’s a huge majority?

I think HMG does have a sense of urgency. But it’s not reciprocated.

It may be the May deal, but it's not longer on offer. One of the ironies of May is people underestimated just what a remarkable achievement it was to get the EU to offer it.

They won't let us salami slice our way back.