@birgitbujard.bsky.social
Political Scientist, mostly UK and EU politics
All ready for this years’ Young Königswinter Conference, starting tomorrow at Europäische Akademie Berlin. Looking forward to this autumn edition of our summer conference! @johnkampfner.bsky.social @birgitbujard.bsky.social
28.10.2025 15:52 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1Could not agree more. As always a pleasure to co-host with @johnkampfner.bsky.social and a big thanks to Mari Mittelhaus from the @debrige.bsky.social for organising another excellent conference.
29.10.2025 23:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Looking forward to it!
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It was an honour and a joy to welcome Prof. Julie Smith this week to the University of Cologne’s Dept. of Political Science for two packed days of discussions on EU-UK relations, British-German relations & the changing international order and European integration. @unicologne.bsky.social
21.06.2025 14:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
61% of Britons say that Brexit has been a failure - who do they hold responsible?
Conservatives: 88%
Boris Johnson: 84%
Nigel Farage: 67%
Theresa May: 66%
Rishi Sunak: 64%
Labour: 39%
EU: 37%
Civil service: 30%
Keir Starmer: 28%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Monika Brusenbauch Meislova and I had a look at Boris Johnson‘s and Theresa May‘s political leadership on Brexit. Have a look 👇
29.01.2025 16:27 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0NEW: Net migration for year ending June is 672,000
Nearly a record high. Up compared to last June, down a bit compared to December’s estimate.
Deeply uncomfortable for a govt whose promise has been to suppress both legal & illegal migration (though prefers to talk of latter).
The British Academy is organising a webinar for applicants in the #humanities and #socialsciences for #EuropeanResearchCouncil Consolidator Grants on 27 November. If you are interested please RSVP by 12.00 on 20 November (more details at the link below) www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/eur...
10.11.2023 20:15 — 👍 15 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1Highly recommended for anyone wanting to know more about diplomacy and, if I might add, it will be enjoyable and funny, too.
02.11.2023 09:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1It was an excellent 🇬🇧- 🇩🇪 alumni evening! Thank you for the invitation.
31.10.2023 14:41 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0European studies group UACES has arrived 👋
25.10.2023 20:18 — 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0Ich freue mich auch!
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Ein Jahr ist Rishi Sunak im Amt als Premierminister. Wir ziehen Bilanz und diskutieren die Frage, wie geht es 2024 weiter in 🇬🇧? shop.freiheit.org#!/Veranstalt...
25.10.2023 09:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Working on European integration, international relations and/or EU politicization? Please join us by sending your abstracts. Christian Freudlsperger and I are organizing a joint session at the ECPR conference in Lüneburg in March. More info:
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
🗳️📈Labour leads in the latest Westminster polling, by pollster:
22% YouGov
21% WeThink
20% Deltapoll
19% Techne
16% Savanta
16% Opinium
14% Redfield & Wilton
Labour win both Tamworth AND Mid Bedfordshire by-elections on huge swings. Extraordinary.
20.10.2023 04:17 — 👍 27 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0Cowley's rule of by-election analysis is that if a party wins a constituency by 5, 50 or 500 votes, the political lesson and significance should essentially be the same as if they lose it by 5, 50 or 500 - yet it won't be.
17.10.2023 09:16 — 👍 47 🔁 23 💬 2 📌 0Register here: form.jotform.com/231552680685...
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Looking forward to our discussion with Prof. Brigid Laffan @UniCologne on 17 October about the EU’s response to Brexit. cif.uni-koeln.de/sites/intern...
15.10.2023 06:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yes, EU relations are going to be crucial for UK growth. But also for regulatory policy, immigration, foreign policy, energy, Northern Ireland, most likely skills.
Already is. And any UK government will be hobbled that can't admit this. As the current one is.
A Friday afternoon reminder that we're not even a third of the way through implementation of the Windsor Framework
PDF version: bit.ly/UshGraphic120
Well it has been a few months since the UK government threatened to breach the Northern Ireland Protocol / Windsor Framework so this extract from Politico's evening newsletter comes as little surprise...
13.10.2023 16:24 — 👍 39 🔁 28 💬 4 📌 3Looking for information on the upcoming Polish elections and what the outcome could mean for the country and for the EU? Here it is 👇
13.10.2023 07:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you
11.10.2023 14:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨🚨 I wish to give a welcome to some excellent policy experts from think tank UK in a Changing Europe: @anandmenon.bsky.social, @jillongovt.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social @simonusherwood.bsky.social . Must follow! ukandeu.ac.uk/about-us/
10.10.2023 09:23 — 👍 8 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 1Willkommen @andreaschrist.bsky.social! Schön, dass Du da bist!
09.10.2023 10:43 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New Scottish Parliament poll, Panelbase 2 - 5 Oct (changes vs 12 - 15 Jun):
List:
Lab ~ 30% (+2)
SNP ~ 29% (-1)
Con ~ 18% (+1)
Grn ~ 12% (nc)
LD ~ 8% (nc)
Alba ~ 3% (-1)
Constituency:
SNP ~ 35% (-1)
Lab ~ 32% (nc)
Con ~ 16% (+3)
LD ~ 7% (-2)
Grn ~ 7% (nc)
Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament) By-Election (vs 2019):
Lab: 17845 (58.6%, +24.1)
SNP: 8399 (27.6%, -16.6)
Con: 1192 (3.9%, -11.1)
LD: 895 (2.9%, -2.3)
Grn: 601 (2%, new)
RUK: 403 (1.3%, new)
Family: 319 (1%, new)
Others (<1%): 823 (2.7%, new)
Labour elected.
Very fitting comparison, I think.
05.10.2023 04:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Brexit
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