Prof of Government Education, OBE, PhD, Director @thestrandgroup @kingscollegelon ⚒️ ‘Who is this diamond geezer?’
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Lovely to be invited on @DArcyTiP BOOKtalk to discuss @JohnRentoul & my new book 'Heroes or Villains?: The Blair Government Reconsidered'
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A limited number of rare full & half studentships are available for MA Government Studies this year.
If you have a passion for understanding British government, apply here before the deadline (30 June):
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"As the cuts negotiations got scratchier heading into the winter of 2010, the MoD was said to have resorted to black ops"
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Jun 12
Amid tumult in government over the funding of defence, CSW columnist Jon Davis looks back at the often strained relationship between the exchequer and the MoD
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My Summer ‘Institutional Memory’ column for @CSWnews published slightly earlier than planned …
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But then, with ‘black ops’ such as this, maybe there is some sympathy for the Treasury …
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I mention our new ‘History of Prime Ministerial & Whitehall Defence, Security and Intelligence Decision Making’ module for the MA Government Studies - join us this Autumn: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/mod…
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Fantastic and totally student led podcast from @fioncudmore & @TomT_rn3r. Demonstrating the depth our students’ understanding & their access to our fabulous network. First episode with @edballs
Listen: open.spotify.com/show/033vuT…
Join the cohort in 26/27: kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate…
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Jun 10
Great to be with @DarrenRodwell for launch for his new book ‘Building Communities: One Brick and One Heart at a Time’ with Prof Tony Travers & Dr @jackwbrown in the Guildhall
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‘‘Jon Davis, professor of government education at King’s College London, said: “As a historian, we want ALL government communication kept. Obviously, that’s never been possible and only a fraction ends up after twenty years in the National Archives.”’ inews.co.uk/news/politics/de…
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May 22
Surely now is the time for some radical changes to the way civil servants are paid. This would start with a zero cost change whereby pay was increased and pensions reduced. What kind of incentive system concentrates on giving you so much after you have retired ?
May 21
Darren Jones said this is "the biggest change to senior civil service pay in decades"
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Join us on 23 July when @scitechgovuk Permanent Secretary & our Visiting Professor @emranmian will give his inaugural lecture on 'Building UK advantage in science and technology'.
Apply for places here: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/eve…
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May 17
I went to the same nursery school as Wes Streeting and grew up on the housing estate opposite his.
Here is a little thread on what the East End was like at that time.
Take it as the East End equivalent of those Johnson / Cameron era Old Etonians explaining what Pop was like.
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May 3
🚨 Continuing the consequences of research for 'Stanley Baldwin: Life After Downing Street'.
✍️🏻 Viscount Davidson wrote a memorandum for Neville Chamberlain, but did not send it, about 'Things to Remember' as Prime Minister.
🤔 Still relevant to today, do you think?
ALT Memorandum written for Neville Chamberlain, but not sent to him, by Viscount Davidson.
ALT Memorandum written for Neville Chamberlain, but not sent to him, by Viscount Davidson.
Mar 28
😍 And not just the joy of second hand books.
🥰 The joy of historical links too.
✍️🏻The Davidsons, a couple close to Stanley Baldwin, writing to Edward Heath, the man who, 14 years later, echoed Baldwin's words around 'one nation' when entering Downing Street as Prime Minister.
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Highest quality events like these & the incredible networking that goes with them are all part of the MA Government Studies - apply for Autumn 2026 here: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/tea…
Join us @thestrandgroup on 13 May for ‘50th anniversary of the IMF Crisis’ with @edballs Baroness Jay, Sir Tim Lankester & @nickmacpherson2 in the @hmtreasury
Tickets here: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/eve…
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Join us @thestrandgroup on 13 May for ‘50th anniversary of the IMF Crisis’ with @edballs Baroness Jay, Sir Tim Lankester & @nickmacpherson2 in the @hmtreasury
Tickets here: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/eve…
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Apr 24
Special masterclass for our postgrads with former student Stephanie Peacock, now Parliamentary Under-Sec of State (Minister for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society & Youth) in Dept for Culture, Media & Sport - in the Treasury’s Old Chancellor’s Room.
How’s that for careers impact!
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