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Anand Menon
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Director @ukandeu Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC
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http://www.ukandeu.ac.uk 22-01-2010 12:37:12
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🎧 Election 2024: What's behind the Starmer-Sunak stand-off?
🎧 On the latest episode of The Expert Factor Hannah White, Paul Johnson and Anand Menon gather in the studio to discuss Sunak's surprise election announcement and its implications
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One interesting fact in these graphs by Europe Elects often overlooked about EP elections - due to smaller member states getting proportionally more seats, there is a difference between seats and popular vote.
And in the popular vote, the gap betw EPP and S&D is much smaller:
![Nicolai von Ondarza (@NvOndarza) on Twitter photo 2024-05-31 12:33:54 One interesting fact in these graphs by @EuropeElects often overlooked about EP elections - due to smaller member states getting proportionally more seats, there is a difference between seats and popular vote. And in the popular vote, the gap betw EPP and S&D is much smaller: One interesting fact in these graphs by @EuropeElects often overlooked about EP elections - due to smaller member states getting proportionally more seats, there is a difference between seats and popular vote. And in the popular vote, the gap betw EPP and S&D is much smaller:](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GO6FE8zXkAAzC94.jpg)
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📺 Next week Sunak & Starmer will go head-to-head in their first live TV debate of the election.
But when were TV debates first proposed? When did they first happen? And what formats do they take?
Read Sophie Stowers & Anthony Broxton's deep dive now 👇
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'There are some good signs in the economic data - but people aren't really feeling that at the moment'
🎧 On the latest episode of The Expert Factor Paul Johnson, Hannah White and Anand Menon discuss Sunak's surprise election announcement
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🗣️ 'I think there is a big discussion we should have about candidate selection'.
🤓 Join Hannah White, Anand Menon and Paul Johnson for the first special episode looking at the the election campaign...
Available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Congratulations to Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello 🧡 on the culmination of their research on EU migrant workers in Great Yarmouth.
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For today’s Financial Times I’ve written about voter archetypes, why they matter, including the voter who More in Common has identified as been crucial to determining the size of any Labour victory/Tory defeat in this election. “Whitby Woman”. ft.com/content/621a76…
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Parties should avoid tax pledges they may come to regret via Financial Times
Could not agree more and we must hope opportunities for structural reform at the beginning of a new Parliament will not get lost because of campaign promises. But it will be hard. on.ft.com/4dX58zf
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Brilliant from Helen Miller on why pledges not to increase various taxes are a bad idea. Absent serious spending cuts, tax increases will be needed if self imposed fiscal rules are to be met. The more tools available the better. ft.com/content/d09227…
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Exciting news!
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