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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 14d

EVENT | Douglas Alexander: in conversation

The new Secretary of State for Scotland will discuss domestic and geopolitical challenges governments are facing with Catherine Macleod, former Special Adviser to Alistair Darling

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📅 15 Oct, 18:30
📍King's College London

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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · 16d

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

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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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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 Great to hear my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ recommended in @financialtimes.com podcast by @stephenkb.bsky.social

📕 available now, let me know 💭 amzn.eu/d/0T9SFSA

🎧 episode open.spotify.com/episode/3Q8t...

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Sep 2

Delighted to share insights from my 📕 The Art of Delivery with @danbloom1.bsky.social for his deep dive @politico.eu piece on PM Starmer’s No10 machinery of govt changes

📰 www.politico.eu/article/keir...

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Keir Starmer wants to fix Britain. He’s still working out how.

As Britain’s prime minister embarks on another No. 10 revamp, some officials are questioning the structures he created to show “delivery” to the public.

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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 👇🏽

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Jon Davis @jonmdavis.bsky.social · Jul 28

As we come to the end of the academic year, I’d like to share some of the great work done by the Strand Group in 2024-25 with particular reference to the first year of the MA Government Studies

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Director’s Blog July 2025 - The Strand Group

Professor Jon Davis OBE

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · Jul 26

Congratulations to @jonmdavis.bsky.social on the first successful year of the MA Govt Studies thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/di...

Director’s Blog July 2025 - The Strand Group

Professor Jon Davis OBE

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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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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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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

Delighted to read this excellent review of my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ by Lord Francis Maude @politicshome.bsky.social

‘Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement its public service reforms.’

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Jon Davis @jonmdavis.bsky.social · Jul 14

Great to talk to Caroline Wyatt on Labour governments & the trade unions (from 16:10)

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PM - President Trump announces higher tariffs on the EU and Mexico - BBC Sounds

The EU warns it will take 'all necessary steps' to safeguard its interests.

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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · Jul 9

☀️ Tonight, our Summer Reception - kicking off with @bobbyduffy.bsky.social setting the scene and celebrating another year of progress

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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · Jul 9

… followed by Lord Neil Kinnock reflecting on the urgent importance of truth, fact and objective analysis in an age of ‘tectonic change’, conspiracy, clickbait and lies…

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jul 7

📣 Catch up: Fantastic to see my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ reviewed in @financialtimes.com by @stephenkb.bsky.social

📰 on.ft.com/3G1PoPn

📕 Buy the book and let me know what you think 💭 amzn.eu/d/615RqYr

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jul 1

Delighted to have written for @financialtimes.com on ‘Lessons for delivering change for a restless electorate’

Using research frm my new 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’

✍️🔗 on.ft.com/3G2AKHG

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jun 27

📣 1 MONTH since THE ART OF DELIVERY PUBLISHED 🎉

Great reviews in 📰, BBC Radio 4 & 5 + biggest politics podcasts🎥

📕 in hands of decision-makers who can use to inform how to deliver now 🎯

Many ppl ✍️ have said hw fascinating & insightful they’ve found it. Thank you
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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jun 20

Great to see @jaheale.bsky.social recommend ‘The Art of Delivery’ in The Spectator as ‘one of the two most important British political books published this summer’

The 📕 reveals how to turn rhetoric into reality in government

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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 18

Delighted to see ‘The Art of Delivery’ 📕 featured in @samfr.bsky.social hugely popular & insightful Substack ‘Comment Is Freed’ today

✍️ Read & subscribe open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...

📚 Get your copy, tell me what you 💭 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-ar...

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

Thank you @rentouljohn.bsky.social for showing how current govt can + is learning frm institutional memory of last govt that renewed our public services, New Labour under TB

My 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery’ tells this untold story. In large part thanks to Michael Barber📔

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · Jun 15

It is the right choice: NHS turn-round is possible, following the model of Michael Barber

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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.”

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · Jun 5

From the Commons Confidential newsletter: ⁦‪@mlclem.bsky.social on her book about Blair’s delivery unit, headed by ⁦‪Michael Barber

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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · Jun 3

"The antidote to all of that populism is serious delivery."

Catch up on the launch of @mlclem.bsky.social's new book, "The Art of Delivery", with former head of the PM's Delivery Unit Sir Michael Barber and @jonmdavis.bsky.social

Blair's 'delivery revolution' unveiled: new book reveals inside story of government reform

Author Dr Michelle Clement discussed her groundbreaking study of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit with its founder, Sir Michael Barber

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