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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.

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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.

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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

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.’

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
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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

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

@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...

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Using 600,000 words of Sir Michael Barber’s unpublished diaries plus interviews with Cabinet ministers, SPADs and civil servants

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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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'

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...

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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.

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

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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

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...

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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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

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

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.

So how does the London pedicab industry actually work.

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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

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

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

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

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

Brilliant write up by @rentouljohn.bsky.social of our very special final @strandgroup.bsky.social 'New Labour Years' class with Sir Tony Blair

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Deep hatred for these chairs - equally unscientific but repeated student feedback agrees they are awkward and weird (although ours have wheels on the bottom, making them feel&look like baby walkers when you move in them)

Sir Tony Blair speaks to King's postgraduate students Students on the MA Government Studies course heard from former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair during their final class

Last week, MA Government Studies students had the chance to speak with Sir Tony Blair about his time as Prime Minister and the challenges facing the current government.

More about the discussion & the course ⬇️
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Thank you to Sir Tony Blair for sharing his experience of government with our students at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for our final teaching session of 2024/25.

An excellent end to a phenomenal teaching year.

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Huge thank you to Sir Tony Blair for joining us to wrap up our inaugural teaching year

MA Government Studies

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What an honour to be part of my first teaching panel alongside the wonderful @gordoncorera.bsky.social who gave expert insight on the decision to withdraw Huawei from UK infrastructure. An excellent resource for my PhD research on the History of Digital Policy in partnership with DSIT.

Tremendous case study from Visiting Fellow @gordoncorera.bsky.social on why Huawei was stripped from Britain’s telecoms to wrap-up ‘Pivotal PM Decision Making’ module - & welcome @clearys.bsky.social to the panel

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