Nick Dickinson @NickSDickinson Twitter profile

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For the UK General Election I’m going to try and post some historical parallels for every day of the campaign. I’ll RT this every day with a thread on what’s been happening.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

@willystaley TikTok influencer: spend a day at work with me at Deloitte, we’re so happy and smiley and living our best lives Twitter users:

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Nick Dickinson

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"Gordon Brown is guilty of the most staggering failure of political vision... It simply isn't true that nuclear power is the answer to rising fuel prices, since the earliest that a new nuclear power station could come on stream is around 2017." - Caroline Lucas, 2008

Caroline Lucas

@CarolineLucas

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Bone-headed & senseless decision. Govt says #SizewellC is vital to meet 2035 electricity decarbonisation target, but *its own impact statement* found we won't get supply for at least another 13-17 years - do the maths! Nuclear is hugely costly & simply can't help meet 2035 target

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

9 months

Really hard to work out why the EU didn’t trust negotiators who now openly admit they were acting in bad faith and hoping for the failure of the solution they proposed.

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@DavidGHFrost

9 months

I finally had the opportunity to set out my views on the Windsor Framework for Northern Ireland in the @UKHouseofLords today.

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Nick Dickinson

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4 years

It feels weird sharing good job news right now, but still delighted to say I’ll be joining @Politics_Oxford in July as Bingham Early Career Fellow in Constitutional Studies at @BalliolOxford . It’s been a great five years with @exeterpolitics but looking forward to new challenges.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

25 days

@MalachyMcKeever I loved old Skinner, with the PTSD flashbacks and Rube Goldberg escapes from under garage newspaper piles.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

Finally getting round to a PhD graduation (postponed from 2020). Thanks @UniofExeter !

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

5 years

Incredibly pleased to say I passed my my viva with minor corrections today. Big thanks to @ClarkAlistairJ and Prof. Andrew Massey ( @exeterpolitics ) for examining, and of course once my awesome supervisor Prof. Nicole Bolleyer. Also to @RMJBaker for the cake!

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 months

@helenlewis @t0nyyates Every day I hope the many incredibly talented young women on the Spectator’s political team don’t have to spend any time in the same room as its aging columnists.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

@leonardocarella Also extremely funny that Lula was pretty much the quintessential Latin American third-way leader the first time around too. He has literally only ever won by triangulation.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

1 year

Rubbish. It’s statue law, common law, prerogative powers, international agreements, constitutional conventions.. and vibes.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

1 year

Oxford #Pride 🏳️‍🌈 2023

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

Gave my first in-person lecture for @Politics_Oxford today in a room I spent *a lot* of time in listening to lectures not so long ago (okay, maybe a little while ago 🤪).

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

Some good personal news today, it looks like I will at last officially be “Dr Nick” very shortly! Thanks again so much to all my @exeterpolitics and @ExeterDoctoral colleagues and to @ClarkAlistairJ and Prof. Andrew Massey for examining.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

5 months

The Conservatives have lost more voters to the grave than to the Liberal Democrats.

Philip Cowley

@philipjcowley

5 months

Fascinating thread, containing multitudes. My fave fact is that 3% of Labour's 2019 voters have died. For the Conservatives the figure is 8% (!).

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

A sign of where British politics is and how it got there at the end of Johnson’s last #PMQs . Blair: full standing ovation from all. Cameron: clapped but but opp. sitting. May: a few members standing to clap. Johnson: nothing from anywhere but the Tory benches.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

5 years

In some more personal news, pleased to say I submitted my thesis to @UniofExeter today. Huge thanks to everyone who helped me along the way, too many to name here. But especially to my fantastic supervisor Prof. Nicole Bolleyer. Hoping for a swift and painless viva soon!

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

5 years

Delighted to say I’ll be be staying on at @UniofExeter this year as Lecturer in British Politics. Really thrilled to be taking on a new role in a department as awesome as @exeterpolitics / @UofESSIS .

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

Reminder that Johnson is still under investigation by the Standards Committee. If he's suspended for more than 10 sitting days he can face a recall petition. That would almost certainly succeed, the seat would be vacated, and on current polling he could well lose the by election.

Steven Swinford

@Steven_Swinford

2 years

EXCLUSIVE: I'm told that Boris Johnson is expected to stand in the Tory leadership contest He's taking soundings but is said to believe it is a matter of national interest

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

And this is why decades of political science research shows parliamentary systems to be less prone to democratic backsliding than presidential ones - because one person never gets to feel they alone represent the views of millions.

Ione Wells

@ionewells

2 years

@ChrisMasonBBC reports PM has been saying that while he has faced dozens of ministerial resignations, he's been stressing "millions" voted for him and asking whether any of the people likely to replace him would be able to "replicate his electoral success at the next election."

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

It’s 2024. Academic political science consists solely of arguments between Matt Goodwin and the rest of the profession. A lack of BES data from rapid-fire electoral events has made it impossible to settle arguments. In the grim darkness of the near future, there is only Twitter.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

Made it to the top of #Innsbruck at #ecprgc22 . You have to hand it to @ECPR on memorable conference locations 😍

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

3 years

Definitely looking like spring in @BalliolOxford lately! Never been so glad to leave winter behind.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

Exactly ten years ago this week I was sitting in my first tutorial, having written my first university essay. A strange feeling to be on the other side of the table this year, especially with the face mask. Not sure my essays were nearly as good as these either!

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

29 days

@EoghanHeriot More of a George Brown issue than left right, but I do love that story.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

Some exciting news. This year I will finally be having a go at making a podcast series! It’s connected to a really interesting interdisciplinary law-politics project on constitutions we’ll be doing at @UniofOxford . Stay tuned!

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

23 days

@colin_fraser Essentially this classic, but now the husband has a robot pal to back him up.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

12 days

Regulating crypto-currency out of existence as a speculative asset which justifies this insane level of waste in energy and infrastructure would be an unambiguous positive.

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Artificial Intelligence v. Artificial Idiocy (aka crypto mining) v. Operation Goldfinger. How Assad is earning dollars from the Hajj & Dunkelflaute, the nightmare of renewables. The latest Top Links is a banger. Sign up here:

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

Great to be elected today as a supernumerary fellow of @BalliolOxford . Fun fact: although I was an undergraduate at the wonderful @CorpusOxfordDev years ago, my original application was to Balliol. Deeply honored to take up a fellowship named for one of its most famous alumni.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

8 months

Two principles I think. First even under a blockade there's an obligation to allow the passage of relief that is of a humanitarian and impartial nature and is indispensable to the survival of the civilian population (GCIV Art. 23, API Art. 70, and APII Art. 18.2).

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So, if Gaza is a state conducting a war with Israel (I am deliberately not attributing “who is started it”) the question becomes: What principle of international law would require Israel, or Gaza for that matter, to supply its opponent with essential goods or services?

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

3 years

It’s no substitute for first day #PSA21 beer in Belfast with you all, but in lieu of that (and in honour of @PolStudiesAssoc HQ’s locale) this will do instead.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

3 years

Beautiful skies over @BalliolOxford this evening with the 🏳️‍🌈 flag flying.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

This was very nicely done.

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@FirstEdition

2 years

BREAKING: Tory vice chair @BimAfolami has just resigned his position live on @TheNewsDesk .

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

3 years

At least we’ll be back to panel six by tomorrow afternoon.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

Assuming I’m in academia next year (a big if!) happy to say after stepping down from @psa_ecn I’ll continue to be involved with @PolStudiesAssoc as co-convener of @policy_psa , alongside @DSDCurry and my @exeterpolitics colleague Stephen Greasley. Have ideas for the group? DM me.

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Nick Dickinson

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3 years

In the early 1930s future Labour leader Clement Attlee was apparently so short on money he couldn't afford to eat the the members dining room, so had to get by on "a House of Commons sausage" instead (from a 1954 debate on MPs pay). @labour_history

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

3 months

You can also argue it should have been said in the Commons with questions and debate. The use of the Downing Street lectern isn't a mark of seriousness, it's a subversion of Parliamentary scrutiny.

James Johnson

@jamesjohnson252

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Can argue about the policy or whether it should have been said sooner, but there's no doubt that was the most impressive and passionate speech Rishi Sunak has given as PM

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Nick Dickinson

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2 years

Landed in Innsbruck for @ECPR #ecprgc22 . Will be presenting work on political careers and how debates over MPs pay changed over a century in @UKParliament .

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

Really great from @lewis_goodall . This multiplicity of meaning is why I recommend @redhistorian ’s (featured here) “The Many Lives of Margaret Thatcher” to students approaching this the first time. The Rorschach test nature of Thatcherism was always there.

The Many Lives of Margaret Thatcher

From the moment she stormed the Tory leadership in 1975, books and articles on Margaret Thatcher have gushed like a torrent from the printing press. The di

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Lewis Goodall

@lewis_goodall

2 years

Essentially Sunak and Truss are contesting different histories of Thatcherism. What’s striking about that is in 2019 it felt as if the party had shifted to something new in political economy, but now this contest feels as if it’s looking back. My NN piece.

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Nick Dickinson

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2 years

Fun additional point of order fact - before 1998, certain points of order in the House of Commons needed to be made wearing a special kind of top hat. Two were kept in the chamber for the purpose.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

⚡️CALL FOR PAPERS ⚡️ Got a new research paper in public policy or public administration? Submit your abstract now and join the PPASG section at @PolStudiesAssoc Conference, Queen’s University Belfast, 29-31st March 2021 📅Proposal Deadline: October 5th

Public Policy and Administration | The Political Studies Association

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

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“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. A lettuce which lasted longer than a Prime Minister. A government toppled by a suitcase of wine. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to die…”

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

Thanks to @PolStudiesAssoc and @UniOfYork for a great conference which was not easy to pull off after two years. And as ever a particular thank you to professional staff at both who have done an incredible job as ever. Looking forward to to Liverpool #PSA23 !

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

1 year

@Leelum How did no one want to talk about this? I want to be in your seminar! 😅

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

1 year

If only we had the right to live and work permanently in 27 countries, most of which are republics.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

8 months

Second, Gaza may be a de facto state but that's not the case as it applies to int. law because it's not recognised by any other state. The PA is, but that excludes the Hamas government and thus the relevant law is that of occupation (GCIV Art. 64) which does impose those duties.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

1 year

Heading back to Oxford. Thanks to all our contributors in the @policy_psa section, to the @PolStudiesAssoc team, and to the local organising group (in particular @StuartWilksHeeg !) for a great #PSA23 .

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

3 years

German John Curtis is dramatically better dressed. Do not @ me.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

1 year

Tomorrow (May 23rd) I’m hosting this year’s Bingham Lecture in Constitutional Studies, given this year by Prof. Meg Russell. If you’re not in Oxford you can watch the lecture later via @BalliolOxford ’s YouTube channel. @Politics_Oxford @OxfordLawFac

Bingham Lecture 2023: Brexit and the Political Constitution

The UK’s decision to leave the EU opened up numerous constitutional and political controversies. The aftermath of the referendum in parliament, and its effect on attitudes to parliament’s place in...

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

There are many things I’ll miss about @exeterpolitics , but one of them is definitely office views like this on days like today.

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3 years

Not a terrible spot to watch from.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

. @PSA_ecn committee 2019-21 reunion! 😁 Just missing @lawrencemckay94 🥲

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Nick Dickinson

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3 years

Next month (Feb 9th, 5pm) is our first @BalliolOxford Bingham Seminar in Constitutional Studies of 2021! The seminar will look at Civil Liberties and Parliamentary Scrutiny during COVID-19, with speakers @AdamWagner1 , @james_lisak and @dinawfd . Register:

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

Congratulations to everyone getting your results today, and especially to those #GoingToOxford and joining us at @BalliolOxford in October. If you’re studying PPE or History & Politics, I’m looking forward to meeting you very soon!

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

Despite doing my PhD in issues related to this, it still surprises me the airtime it takes up. As I think @Dannythefink once said, for many people the highest principle of politics is less “liberté, égalité, fraternité” and more “someone else is eating biscuits I paid for”.

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@ProfSobolewska

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I am worried about the petition to stop subsidies for MPs meals Does making being an MP even more expensive going to result in more MPs who will vote to feed the kids, or fewer? We know from @IsabelHardman great book why we get the wrong politicians cost is one of the reasons 1/

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

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Congratulations to @SG_Parliaments for a brilliantly organised conference in beautiful Vienna. And thank you again for the best paper award from #ECPR2022 . It means a huge amount to UK scholars like me to be part of European scholarship on politics.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

5 years

Huge thanks to all the fantastic early career scholars presenting and attending @psa_ecn #ECN19 today. Hope you enjoyed your day at @UniofExeter and hopefully see everyone again soon.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

Small pleasures in a pandemic, reading @nytimes in print in the morning. Thanks @BalliolOxford SCR!

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@NickSDickinson

5 months

"popular"

James Heale

@JAHeale

5 months

Liz Truss one of four former cabinet ministers launching a new movement to deliver popular conservatism in a fortnight’s time

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

Ware has now prevailed in three separate actions over "Is Labour Anti-Semitic?" - against the party, JVL and the defendant in this case. Collectively nearly half a million pounds in initial damages from all three cases (based on reporting). Pretty staggering.

Scott Wortley

@Scott_Wortley

2 years

the John Ware judgment (where the defence did not attend court and withdrew the defence that its story was true) is full of gems and horrors including

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

Absolutely thrilled to have @PippaN15 give the keynote for this year’s fully virtual @psa_ecn conference. Get your abstracts in by June 5th!

PSA ECN

@psa_ecn

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⭐️Keynote Announcement⭐️ We are thrilled that @PippaN15 will be joining us as keynote speaker at the ECN #BecauseTheInternet virtual conference. Her scheduled talk will be on the very relevant topic of 'Pandemics, Populists and Skeptical Trust'.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

If you’re in any kind of responsible position in a UK university, please read this by @PolStudiesAssoc Early Career Network chair @AlberroHeather and do anything you can to make sure junior colleagues at your institution aren’t forgotten. This is a crisis.

ECN Precariousness Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic | The Political

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

Happy new year all. In the end, the last 12 months (and 10 years) went much better than I expected and certainly better than I deserved. So, thanks so much to everyone who gave me chances even when I messed up the last ones. Anything from here is you all, not me. Here’s to 2020.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

I'm presenting my work on debates over pay of MPs in @UKParliament in the Political Careers II panel this afternoon (Thursday), Building: B, Floor: 3, Room: 303, 14:00 - 15:45. #ecprgc22 @ECPR 1/3

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

10 months

@salisbot I only recently discovered that one of the other bombers that day, assigned as the photographer plane, was literally called Necessary Evil.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

3 months

A quiet evening at @BalliolOxford

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

1 month

Orwell had something to say about this kind of politics.

Sonia Sodha

@soniasodha

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Can't believe this needs spelling out, but: while the over-riding reason for single-sex toilets for women is our safety, privacy and dignity, the lower average hygiene standards of men as a sex class are just another reason many of us don't want to share public toilets with you.

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1 year

Cabinet Office refusing an FOI request for more details under S(2) 21, referring to information already published in ‘Matthew 2:11’, and claiming partial exemption under S(2) 40 as the ‘mystery of the trinity’ means all information on Jesus relates to protected third parties.

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Transparency outrage as Jesus Christ fails to declare receiving gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh; held secretive summit with kings from the east; lobbied by agricultural industry. Sources close to the infant king claim no hospitality needed to be declared from innkeeper.

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Nick Dickinson

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6 years

Congrats to everyone with accepted papers for #PSA19 . If it’s your first @PolStudiesAssoc conference, look out for the @psa_ecn events for early career scholars: 🔹Welcome Breakfast 🔹ECN Reception and Talk 🔹Speed Mentoring 🔹’Meet the Editors’ Roundtable 🔹Alternative Social

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

5 years

Enjoyed @PolStudiesAssoc #PSA19 ? Can’t wait for #PSA20 in Edinburgh? Come to @psa_ecn ’s standalone annual conference, June 24th. This year we’re holding the event at beautiful @UniofExeter . See the call for papers and submit an abstract here (dl: May 3rd):

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Nick Dickinson

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@harrytlambert I do get the annoyance at this. But isn’t message discipline and protecting often very young people from saying something they’ll regret in the press, on an incredibly polarised issue, basically quite responsible?

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

2 years

So much for spring 😳❄️

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

3 years

This is a great profile of Annalena Baerbock from @JeremyCliffe (for those of us who haven't been paying as much attention to this as we should). Lots of lessons for what successful progressive politics across Europe will probably look like in this too.

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@NickSDickinson

2 years

Summer ☀️

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

5 months

Happy New Year everyone! Not sure what 2024 will bring (I’m officially on the job market, if you have any tips!) but looking forward to my last months at @BalliolOxford and what the future holds.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

5 years

That’s a wrap at #PSA19 . Thanks to everyone who came to and helped out at @psa_ecn events, and especially mentors at the lunch, Prof. Saunders and @DrBrendanMoore for the talk, @stevandan for the quiz, and @angelmbrewery for hosting the Alt Social. See you all in Edinburgh #PSA20

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

The two kinds of academics recording lectures this year.

Lisa and Krusty - voice acting

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

4 years

Today is the first day of our two-week long, fully virtual @psa_ecn conference #BecausetheInternet . I’ll be acting as discussant for the Pandemic Politics panel. But here’s some other panels I’m really looking forward to checking out (thread).

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

1 year

Goodbye dry-January (for another year!)

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4 years

Time for a profile pic update I think (including the beard).

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2 years

Francis Fukuyama: history has ended, the final form of human political organisation has been discovered Craig Charles:

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2 months

And that’s why I made no resignation appointments to the House of Lor… oh.

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Nick Dickinson

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5 years

Great to make my @BBCDevon debut this morning with @laurajamesradio , talking about #GE2019 in the South West and beyond, and why some MPs are choosing to step down instead (from 1:06:30 here). @exeterpolitics

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Nick Dickinson

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Entitled “Blood for the Blood God, Skulls for the Skull Throne”

BBC News (UK)

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King Charles: First official portrait since coronation is unveiled, painted by Jonathan Yeo

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"What are you in for?" "The English local elections are this week"

Jack Elsom

@JackElsom

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BREAK: The Home Office has released a video of the first detentions of migrants bound for Rwanda

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3 years

As someone involved in @UniofOxford admissions, this kind of “pop quiz” approach is the exact opposite of how Oxford maintains its high admissions standards. Culturally relative prior knowledge is vastly less important than evidence of enthusiasm, potential and critical thinking.

John Duffield

@jfwduffield

3 years

Getting into Oxford to study art without knowing what the Elgin Marbles were. Embarrassing.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

1 month

My partner is currently preparing for the life in the UK test and I am becoming increasingly frustrated at the questions.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

5 years

The @BrilliantClub was an absolutely fantastic experience for me, not to mention the opportunity to get course design experience and diversify your teaching practice. Better yet, it actually works as the @ucas_online data shows. Definitely encourage @exeterpolitics PGRs to apply.

Uni of Exeter Doctoral College

@ExeterDoctoral

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We have @BrilliantClub info events coming up for #PGRs & #ECRs interested in #thescholarsprogramme - a talk on our #streatham campus on 21/11 and #webinar on 22/11. Want to teach your research in schools & earn £500 per placement? Sign up & find out more!

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

5 years

On the 22nd of October, I’ll be representing @exeterpolitics and talking about Brexit and Parliament alongside colleagues from @ExeterLawSchool at this Law and Politics staff-student roundtable. Looking forward to some interesting discussions!

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

6 years

Check out @democraticaudit for a new summary of my research on the link between parliamentary socialisation and party loyalty (using @StudyofParl survey data). #phdlife ⁦ @ExeterDoctoral ⁩ ⁦ @UofESSIS ⁩ ⁦ @psa_parl ⁩

Reproducing the political class: how socialisation makes MPs more loyal to their parties

What are the drivers of party discipline in the House of Commons? Evidence from survey data suggests that the socialisation process of new MPs as they learn from colleagues is a key factor in their…

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

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@redhistorian Famously socialists are not fans of drawing divining lines between each other regarding what is and is not socialism.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

5 years

Great to be in Nottingham today. I came here for my first ever academic conference, @ECPR Joint Sessions back in 2017. Very fond memories and really good to be back in town again for @PolStudiesAssoc #PSA19 !

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

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⚡️CALL FOR PAPERS ⚡️ Got a new research paper in public policy or public administration? Submit your abstract now and join the PPASG section at @PolStudiesAssoc Conference, Queen’s University Belfast, 29-31st March 2021 📅Proposal Deadline: October 5th

Public Policy and Administration | The Political Studies Association

The Public Administration and Public Policy Specialist Group formed in 1995, with Professor R.A.W. Rhodes as its first Convenor. It organises seminars and conference panels, and provides funding for

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

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I sure picked a great year to be looking for a job 😂

Glen O'Hara

@gsoh31

2 months

The number of UK universities announcing redundancies has now risen to 45. We should get to 50+ within the next few weeks.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

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Heading home from #SPG2020 . Thanks to everyone behind @StudyofParl for organising, and to @ExeterCollegeOx for hosting us. Will definitely be back next year!

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

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What's the position on the official seal on the podium and the full branding of a private organisation in the background? Not a huge issue, but notable.

Robert Peston

@Peston

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Sunak: “This is the most dangerous time we’ve faced for generations”

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

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Many thanks to @SG_Parliaments , including for the really useful feedback on the paper this summer in Innsbruck. I'd really recommend @ECPR , and the parliaments group in particular, to scholars with a predominant U.K. focus wanting some comparative insights. @psa_parl @StudyofParl

SGParliaments

@SG_Parliaments

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🎗️We are happy to announce @NickSDickinson is the award winner for the best paper of the Parliaments Section at @ECPR General Conference 2022 The section chairs selected his paper since it was theoretically well-founded with strong empirical evidence. Congratulations, Nick🏆

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

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Couldn’t agree more with this, and it’s one reason why: 🔷 @psa_ecn conference is free, with no parallel sessions and travel grants available. 🔷 For a £20 @psa_ecn membership, you can go to @PolStudiesAssoc for less than £90, or free with a grant that’s openly advertised.

Dr Jenny Thatcher

@JennyAThatcher

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You know is really shit about #academia ?...ECRs paying £400 to present a 15-minute paper to less than 20 people in a small room because they think it will help them get their work out there & improve their career prospects.

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

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It’s really will cap off the banter era of British politics if Kier Starmer, of all people, ends up becoming technically the most successful party leader of all time.

Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️

@LeftieStats

2 years

By winning 503 seats (77.4%), Labour would win the greatest victory for any single party in the history of the UK. Only the Whigs in 1761 (long before both the Act of Union with Ireland and the 1832 Reform Act) won a higher share of seats (79.9%).

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Nick Dickinson

@NickSDickinson

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If you know anything about Oxford's geography, you know that this protest isn't "disrupting" anyone, and you would need to go out of your way to be here if you lived anywhere except one of the nearby colleges.

Turning Point UK 🇬🇧

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Locals in Oxford call out supporters of the pro-Palestine university encampment, fed up with terrorist-sympathisers disrupting their city. People have had enough.

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