UCL Constitution Unit

conunitucl.bsky.social

12 October 2026 07:04

What next for House of Lords reform? Retirement and participation requirements have been proposed, but Andy Burnham’s government must couple them with other action Meg Russell reviews the proposals made by the House of Lords Retirement and Participation Committee over the summer. Read it 👇️

Cristina Leston-Bandeira

estrangeirada.bsky.social

07 October 2026 12:36

➡️ 'Do MPs Venue Shop? Westminster Hall as a Strategic Policy Choice Venue', our article with Daniel Baldin Machado and @louisevthompson.bsky.social, is now out in Policy & Politics, free open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Rebecca McKee

rebeccamckee.bsky.social

14 September 2026 11:04

New from me on the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk substack "the write-round" Why can't MPs call each other liars? Part of a new series of 'why parliament is weird' a collection of gripes, oddities and head scratchers...would love to hear your takes on the weirdest things in parliament!

Daniel Casey 🎗️✡️

danielcaseycbr.bsky.social

25 August 2026 08:23

Is parliamentary behaviour becoming more personalised? YES & NO. 40+ years of Question Time in Aus - who asks opp Qs & whom those Qs target. PMs now face double the opp Qs of 40yrs ago. V different pattern for Opp Leaders. Now in Party Politics doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Daniel Casey 🎗️✡️

danielcaseycbr.bsky.social

25 August 2026 08:23

This work, with @pandanuspetter.bsky.social & @thiagonsilva.bsky.social directly builds on work by @bramwauters.bsky.social and @ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social. Ping @polcomm.bsky.social @psa-parliaments.bsky.social