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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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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...

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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.

www.politico.eu

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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...

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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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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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jul 21

Very much enjoyed being part of this panel alongside Baroness Deborah Mattinson, Lord Neil Kinnock, Sir Mel Stride and Professor Bobby Duffy

Sharing reflections from my 📕 The Art of Delivery (@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social)

@strandgroup.bsky.social
@policyatkings.bsky.social

The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · Jul 17

Last week we hosted our Summer Reception to reflect on the biggest challenges, opportunities and ideas on the policy landscape right now.

➡️ Find out more in our latest bulletin: mailchi.mp/kcl/summer-r...

✉️ And subscribe for future updates: kcl.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

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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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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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Jon Davis @jonmdavis.bsky.social · Jul 14

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

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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.

www.bbc.co.uk

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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

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

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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

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

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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 3

📣 Thank you Ed Balls & George Osborne for having me on brilliant @polcurrency.bsky.social podcast to ask about delivery in govt

Ed is right - ‘The Art of Delivery’ 📕 shows how No10 and HMT working together effectively can galvanise the govt machine into action

🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0J7D...

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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · Jun 2

"it's about addressing a lack of institutional memory which can lead to a government being conducted in an ahistorical environment"

@strandgroup.bsky.social's @mlclem.bsky.social on her new book: The Art of Delivery

📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDKS...

📖 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-ar...

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · May 29

Thank you @stephenkb.bsky.social for sharing excerpts from my new book ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’

Available now 📕
www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-ar...

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · May 29

Thank you to all who came to my book launch for ‘The Art of Delivery’ with Sir Michael Barber @jonmdavis.bsky.social

Incredible to have such an engaged audience of 300 people, inc cabinet secretaries and students past & present @strandgroup.bsky.social

📕 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-ar...

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

Big thanks @matt-forde.bsky.social offering enthusiastic endorsement of MA Government Studies teaching @strandgroup.bsky.social

We chatted about how the MA brings in critical decision makers who were actually in the room to help us understand how government works

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

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · May 25

Fantastic to be on BBC Radio 5 Live @mattchorley.bsky.social show earlier this week w Ryan Wain to talk about my new book ‘The Art of Delivery’

We discussed delivery challenges for government then and now

Listen back 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Pre-order 📕 amzn.eu/d/5t4BmZu

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · May 26

‘It sounds absolutely phenomenal.’
– @matt-forde.bsky.social on my 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’

*Out tomorrow*
amzn.eu/d/1GQvqjC

@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · May 26

Really enjoyed joining the brilliant @matt-forde.bsky.social on his ‘The Political Party’ podcast to chat about my new 📕‘The Art of Delivery’

Plus how PMs learn on the job and what it was like to see the McCartney and Jagger of 1970/80s politics…

Listen here 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/65mB...

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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · May 22

"...as Blair said after his time in Government it [the Delivery Unit] was more revolutionary than they realised at the time"

@strandgroup.bsky.social's @mlclem.bsky.social speaking to BBC radio 5 about her new book: The Art of Delivery

Info & book launch ➡️ thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/book-l...

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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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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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