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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 16d

spokesperson for Sadiq Khan:

“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.

“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."

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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · 17d

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...

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 24d

Very pleased to chair yesterday eve's discussion about #Enfield & building on Green Belt land there & in #London more generally. Event organised by The London Society & media partner @enfielddispatch.bsky.social. Lots to reflect on & write about! @leannetritton.bsky.social @jollyjourno.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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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 6

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.

IG nytimes

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Jon Davis @jonmdavis.bsky.social · Jul 25

Director’s Blog July 2025 - The Strand Group

Professor Jon Davis OBE

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Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social · Jul 15

Lord Grade on the clearly documented harms to children from online platforms “I don’t know how the tech leaders sleep at night. Maybe they just count the clicks” - key lecture at @strandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jul 15

Lord Grade, Chair @ofcom.bsky.social begins @strandgroup.bsky.social lecture on Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media

‘Without good regulation markets risk running wild. … Good regulation means being fit for the times.’

‘Modern regulators must do three things:
Engage, Enable, Evolve.’

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Jul 7

Hugh Muir recalls the response of London Mayor Ken Livingstone to 7/7 from Singapore. I agree that, despite his flaws & failings at other times, that this was an important message
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Jul 1

I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs

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Charles Wright @charleswright57.bsky.social · Jun 21

@heidialexander.bsky.social opens the door to DLR extension to Thamesmead in TfL funding deal confirmation letter. My On London story www.onlondon.co.uk/government-n...

Government notes 'substantial work' on DLR extension scheme

A letter from the transport secretary has provided greater encouragement than before for key transport infrastructure plan

www.onlondon.co.uk

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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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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thank you Alastair Campbell for recommending my 📕‘The Art of Delivery’ to Rory Stewart on The Rest Is Politics

“It’s very, very readable.”

“It’s about how we matched process of the Spending Review to the work of the Delivery Unit and progress that was being made.”

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

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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'

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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · May 20

Mid-career professional looking to better understand how government really works?

MA Government Studies is for you!

🗓️ Fits around work - all in-person teaching/tutorials on Thurs/Fridays
🎯 Choose to study full/part-time, or even one module at a time

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

Government Studies

The only course of its kind to go beyond teaching theory to apply an in-depth perspective of how the British state is run, taught by those within government.

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Richard Brown @richardbrown.bsky.social · May 15

Carers in #London are underpaid and insecurely employed. The White Paper could make things much worse. We don't talk about it because, as @stephenkb.bsky.social has observed, “at any given time, most people are not experiencing the care crisis”. But we need to. www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-brow...

Richard Brown: Immigration plans could cause London care crisis

If staffing levels worsen as a result of stopping overseas recruitment, the capital will be in the front line

www.onlondon.co.uk

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · May 14

Grateful for this endorsement from Baroness Sally Morgan for my book, which comes out next week!

The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services

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Pre-order 📚 amzn.eu/d/dRRTDrw

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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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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · May 14

So how does the London pedicab industry actually work.

www.londoncentric.media/p/londons-pe...

London’s Pedicabs: Sex, loathing, and highway robbery

The inside story of how capital's most chaotic and least understood form of transport actually works.

www.londoncentric.media

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · May 12

My book is out next week

Proud to be sharing endorsements I’ve received, starting with the great Professor the Lord Peter Hennessy

The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services

Pre-order here📕 amzn.eu/d/dRRTDrw

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Jack Brown @jwbrown.bsky.social · May 7

This is an incredible and extremely rare opportunity for prospective students - please help us spread the word as far and wide as possible!

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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Richard Brown @richardbrown.bsky.social · May 6

This is very good. So much that I’d forgotten - even when I was marginally involved!

Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · May 5

This took longer that I had planned, but I'm still quite glad I did it. 25 years of London Mayors. 25 big things that have happened: www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-tw... #london

Dave Hill: Twenty-five years of London Mayors

The institution is imperfect and underpowered, but the capital would be worse off without it

www.onlondon.co.uk

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · Apr 12

What Tony Blair told Keir Starmer about how to deal with Donald Trump. Me for Independent Premium www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · Apr 11

Welcome Lord Gove, who offered this assessment of the Tory record to our students a fortnight ago www.independent.co.uk/voices/micha...

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