Dr Nigel Fletcher
@nigelfletcher.bsky.social
UK political historian, lecturer and writer;
Co-founder of the Centre for Opposition Studies.
Cake, campery & historical/constitutional trivia. 🍰🏳️🌈 📖 🇬🇧
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Co-founder of the Centre for Opposition Studies.
Cake, campery & historical/constitutional trivia. 🍰🏳️🌈 📖 🇬🇧
Website: www.nigelfletcher.org
Subscribe to my newsletter:
https://nigelfletcher.substack.com
Unless I did it in my sleep that wasn’t me!
February 4, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Unless I did it in my sleep that wasn’t me!
*(those caveats):
This isn't quite the end - I have a lot of work to do to finish off the last chapter tomorrow.
And of course we are then into the edit, and rewrites.
But when in November it was all just a stack of research with 90,000 words to write, it felt impossible. So I'm taking the win.
This isn't quite the end - I have a lot of work to do to finish off the last chapter tomorrow.
And of course we are then into the edit, and rewrites.
But when in November it was all just a stack of research with 90,000 words to write, it felt impossible. So I'm taking the win.
February 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM
*(those caveats):
This isn't quite the end - I have a lot of work to do to finish off the last chapter tomorrow.
And of course we are then into the edit, and rewrites.
But when in November it was all just a stack of research with 90,000 words to write, it felt impossible. So I'm taking the win.
This isn't quite the end - I have a lot of work to do to finish off the last chapter tomorrow.
And of course we are then into the edit, and rewrites.
But when in November it was all just a stack of research with 90,000 words to write, it felt impossible. So I'm taking the win.
Robing Room or Royal Galley, I’m guessing. The latter was used for Reagan after Michael Foot objected to him speaking in Westminster Hall.
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The President’s speech - History & Policy
Nigel Fletcher shows that this is not the first time a US President's proposed visit to the UK has become deeply controversial
historyandpolicy.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Robing Room or Royal Galley, I’m guessing. The latter was used for Reagan after Michael Foot objected to him speaking in Westminster Hall.
historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...
historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...
Oooh! Thank you.
January 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Oooh! Thank you.