Conor J. Kelly
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Bingham Fellow in Constitutional Studies at Balliol College, University of Oxford | Researching Irish, British, and EU politics focusing on Northern Ireland
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🧵1/5 My new
@po_qu
article dives into the possibility of a Sinn Féin government in the Republic of Ireland. If they do enter office after the upcoming general election, they could reshape Irish, UK, and EU politics.
Read free here:
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I have two updates! First, I passed my PhD viva this afternoon. A massive thank you to
@jontonge
and
@proftimbale
for examining it. Also to
@dermot_hodson
,
@benworthy1
, and everyone at
@bbkpolitics
for their help and support!
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This morning the PhD students at
@bbkpolitics
wrote to the University’s senior management outlining our opposition to the compulsory redundancies plan. Please read and share our letter.
#SaveBirkbeck
@nicolawoolcock
@richarda
@BirkbeckUnion
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I just submitted my doctoral thesis at
@BirkbeckUoL
My viva is in a few weeks. If I pass, I will have a long list of people in London & Ireland to thank. But I just want to say how grateful I am to
@dermot_hodson
and
@benworthy1
for everything they’ve done to get me this far.
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1) I have a new article out today in
@po_qu
with
@EtainTannam
entitled ‘The Future of Northern Ireland: The Role of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Institutions’.
Link here (no paywall):
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1) Thanks to
@po_qu
for publishing an article by
@alanjrenwick
and me entitled ‘What form would referendums on Irish unification take?’.
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📢 New report!
@alanjrenwick
and I have just released a new
@ConUnit_UCL
report: 'Perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: Examining Diverse Views, 1998–2023'. 📚
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Many thanks to the
@BAIrishStudies
for awarding me one of their 2020 postgraduate bursaries! I’m looking forward to spending the funds on my PhD project at
@bbkpolitics
Congratulations to all our BAIS Prize Winners 2020. Please share, and congratulate these wonderful scholars:
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1) Thanks to
@BritJPIR
for publishing my article entitled 'Teaching and Learning in Brussels: Sinn Féin’s Strategic "Venue Shopping" Approach in the European Parliament'.
Link:
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Slightly old news, but a great thing to get in the post today.
#Birkbeck
@bbkpolitics
Thanks to
@dermot_hodson
and
@benworthy1
for all of their help to date!
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I took part in the
@BirkbeckUoL
“three minute thesis” competition tonight and inexplicably won! It’s been a great experience training for it alongside fellow Birkbeck doctoral students. I would recommend it to anyone.
#3MThesis
@bbkpolitics
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It has been an absolutely incredible experience working on this project. The interim report is out Thursday 26 November.
@hayward_katy
@alanjrenwick
@EtainTannam
@dkennytcd
@oran_doyle
@ConUnit_UCL
@cathycgh
@chhkincaid
@paulegillespie
1/ Big publication coming next week👀
The Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland launches its interim report on 26 Nov.
This will contain a wealth of considered analysis.
But first, here’s what you need to know about the report and the Group 👇
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🚨New publication: 'The UK Government’s Northern Ireland Policy After Brexit: A Retreat to Unilateralism and Muscular Unionism.'
🚨Published today with the Journal of European Public Policy
@jepp_journal
Link here:
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The final report of the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland is now live!
Thread from the
@ConUnit_UCL
here.
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🚨NEW REPORT 📑
Following 18 months of research, deliberation, interviews and consultation, and an interim report, the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland launches its final report.
Report here:
Summary 🧵
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It doesn’t count as work if I’m in the hammock….
Enjoying
@hayward_katy
new book on
@BorderIrish
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1) Our new working paper on ‘Public Attitudes to Referendums on Irish Unification' has been released. The paper is co-authored by
@alanjrenwick
,
@NadiaDobryanska
, and
@chhkincaid
, and me. Link here:
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1) I just finished reading this excellent book by
@MaryCMurphy
and
@jevershed01
. I couldn't put it down once I started. Highly recommend it to anyone interested in the politics of NI, the
#Brexit
period, the
@BorderIrish
, and the future of politics on these islands.
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I have a rule against posting personal stuff on Twitter but I’m breaking it today. My girlfriend, Bethan, is moving into our flat 🙂👌
Here we are in much less stressful times. Have a good weekend!
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In November 2019 I started a dream job at
@ConUnit_UCL
. In this blog, I run through my experience assisting the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland gather evidence. Please send us your thoughts on the interim report by 18 Jan
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The Final Report of the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland will be released on the
@ConUnit_UCL
website tomorrow morning!
It is long, but packed full of fascinating insight. It's been an absolute pleasure working for these incredible academics.
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Major new Unit report coming tomorrow📑📣
The final report of the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland will be published tomorrow morning.
It explores how any potential referendum on the constitutional status of N.Ireland would best be run.
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Got some good news today from
@po_qu
.
‘The multi-level implications of a Sinn Féin government in Ireland’
Forthcoming with the Political Quarterly. Hopefully online in a few weeks!
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The House of Common's Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
@CommonsNIAC
has produced an interesting report into the effectiveness of the institutions of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. I'm pleased my
@ConUnit_UCL
report with
@alanjrenwick
was useful to them! Links to both below
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In other news, which I’m still struggling to get my head around, I’ll be joining Balliol College, Oxford as the Bingham Fellow in Constitutional Studies this September.
@BalliolOxford
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1/4) My new article with
@EtainTannam
is now online.
'Brexit and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement’s Three Strands' published by the Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland.
Link here:
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The
@CCBSCrossBorder
conference was fantastic. Well done to all involved! It was great to attend the launch of the new journal edition too. My article with
@EtainTannam
'Brexit and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement's Three Strands' should be online soon :)
#CCBSconf
#Brexit
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Congratulations
@hayward_katy
very well deserved!
A huge congratulations to senior fellow
@hayward_katy
who has been promoted to Professor at
@QUBelfast
@QUBSSESW
. 🎇🎉
Katy works on the future & status of Northern Ireland after Brexit.
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Well done to
@BirkbeckUoL
on the new building on
#EustonRoad
near
#RegentsPark
. Loads of study space and areas for group meetings. Bright, with cool views looking out over
#Bloomsbury
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Our
@bbkpolitics
seminar on 'Britain and the Irish Border' was a huge success with over 100 people joining us. Thanks to
@benworthy1
& the excellent panel of
@hayward_katy
@lisaocarroll
and
@michaelkenny_
.
The video of the event is now live on our blog:
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Final call for our 'Britain and the Northern Irish Border During Brexit' seminar tomorrow evening at 6.30
I'm delighted to say
@lisaocarroll
from
@guardian
will join us, along with
@hayward_katy
@michaelkenny_
and
@benworthy1
Sign up and event link here:
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A great opportunity to join the
@ConUnit_UCL
. I could not recommend working here more.
If anyone has any informal questions about UCL, living in London, working at the Unit etc., feel free to DM me :)
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Sound like you? APPLY NOW👇
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Closes: 9 Jan
Interviews: 25 Jan
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A very late happy 26th anniversary to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement!
If anyone wants to read about how the Agreement is viewed across Northern Ireland (and beyond) my
@ConUnit_UCL
report with
@alanjrenwick
can be read (free) here:
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Thanks to
@ECPR
and
@ECPR_TheLoop
for publishing a blog by
@alanjrenwick
and me entitled 'How might Irish unification be decided?'
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There is a lot worth reflecting on in this article. But as
@oran_doyle
has pointed out, it is just the latest in a string of
@IrishTimes
articles misreading the GFA’s provisions for the calling of a border poll.
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Got some good news this week.
I'll be spending a couple of weeks this summer as a visiting researcher at the
@WZB_Berlin
coding Northern Ireland party manifestos with the
@manifesto_proj
Can't wait!
#Berlin
@bbkpolitics
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Really excited about this! Join
@bbkpolitics
for an online seminar on ‘Britain and the Northern Irish Border During Brexit' Tuesday 15 Dec, 6.30-8pm
A fantastic panel including
@hayward_katy
,
@michaelkenny_
&
@benworthy1
.
Thanks to
@bais
for funding!
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6 years ago today I moved to
#London
. It was a nice anniversary present to spend it with
@BAIrishStudies
at the
@IrelandEmbGB
Ambassador O'Neill gets our Prize and Bursary ceremony under way
@IrelandEmbGB
.
#IrishStudies
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@EtainTannam
and I got some good news this morning!🥳🥳
'The UK Government’s Northern Ireland Policy After Brexit: A Retreat to Unilateralism and Muscular Unionism.'
Forthcoming with the Journal of European Public Policy
@jepp_journal
🎉🎉
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Apparently it’s
#loveDonegal
day. If you haven’t visited (once this is all over) you should. There is nowhere like it.
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I have a new article out today in
@IrishPolStudies
co-authored with
@alanjrenwick
@NadiaDobryanska
@chhkincaid
“Public attitudes to referendums on Irish unification in Northern Ireland: evidence from an online consultation”
Read free here:
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Fascinating article from Brendan O'Leary and John Garry on 'losers consent', focussing on potential future Irish unification referendums. There is some confusion and debate around this term and this article provides really valuable insight.
@PSA_IrishPol
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This is a fantastically clear and concise unpacking of a complicated feature of the Windsor Framework by
@DPhinnemore
. The 'Stormont Brake' provisions are in play for the first time as of last week. Everyone in the UK and Ireland should take note.
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My article from December has been made free to access by
@BritJPIR
.
‘The European Union forum is seen in terms of its utility by Sinn Féin, as a venue to teach and learn from their colleagues on their particular understanding of Irish history, nationalism and party strategy’ -
@ConorKellyLDN
🇪🇺 🇮🇪
🔓Read for free👇
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Thanks to
@uclspp
for having me on the Uncovering Politics podcast to discuss the future of power sharing in Northern Ireland! You can listen now on all podcast platforms.
@alanjrenwick
@AlanWhysallNI
@BirkbeckUoL
@bbkpolitics
🎙️ UCL Uncovering Politics 🎙️
The Future of Power Sharing in Northern Ireland.
@ConorKellyLDN
and
@AlanWhysallNI
of
@ConUnit_UCL
reflect on the last 25+ years of the
#goodfridayagreement
, and if
#Stormont
can become an effective legislative body again.
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Thanks to
@niallodoc
for inviting me to speak to
@socandpol
students at
@nuigalway
on potential unification referendums. It’s been roughly 9 years since I took a similar module there! 😩
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Really delighted to be involved in this new
@ConUnit_UCL
project examining perspectives on the
#BelfastGoodFridayAgreement
📣
We're pleased to announce a NEW project looking at perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in N.Ireland.
The project will examine how people feel about the Agreement today, and how they think it can continue to help move N.Ireland forward
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Thank you
@po_qu
! It is still open access if anyone would like to read :)
We’re starting our annual rundown of the top 10 most-read journal articles of 2022,
starting with number 10!
‘The Future of Northern Ireland: the Role of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Institutions’
Well done,
@ConorKellyLDN
and
@EtainTannam
!
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@alanjrenwick
in the Briefing Room discussing the Irish Question - BBC Sounds
@ConUnit_UCL
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Please read and share this important intervention for the Political Studies Association (PSA) the British International Studies Association (BISA) and the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
#SaveBirkbeck
@PoliticalSpike
@BirkbeckUoL
@MYBISA
@AcadSocSciences
@profsarahchilds
@JoniLovenduski
@ProfRosieCamp
@UUKIntl
Please see our letter to
@BirkbeckUoL
in partnership with
@MYBISA
&
@UACES
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A lot of interest in the
#GoodFridayAgreement
after last night's
#derrygirlsfinale
The
@ConUnit_UCL
has had a couple of pieces looking at the
#GFA
in recent weeks.
#BelfastAgreement
#BGFA
#Ireland
#NorthernIreland
#DerryGirls
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I'm very excited to see our 'public consultation on unification referendums on the island of Ireland' go live today. If you live in Northern Ireland, please give us your thoughts.
@ConUnit_UCL
via
@ConUnit_UCL
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One year ago (yesterday, whoops)
@alanjrenwick
and I released our report examining different perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. The results of our interviews with politicians, focus groups with the public, and manifesto analysis are free to read below :)
📢 New report!
@alanjrenwick
and I have just released a new
@ConUnit_UCL
report: 'Perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: Examining Diverse Views, 1998–2023'. 📚
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Thank you to everyone who has shared the report this morning. It is quite a hefty document (over 130 pages long). If anyone wants a quick lunchtime overview,
@alanjrenwick
and I also wrote a
@ConUnit_UCL
blog covering the main findings.
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Counting is finished in
#GE2020
. It ends with:
Fianna Fáil - 38 (including ceann comhairle)
Sinn Féin - 37 (with a larger popular vote)
If (and it's still an 'if') they can agree to form a coalition, the debate over who will be Taoiseach is going to be front and centre.
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Talks at Hillsborough continue but a restoration of the Assembly & Executive before Christmas is unlikely. If people want a refresher (particularly those watching from GB and further afield), my report with
@alanjrenwick
examines many of the key issues
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Thanks to everyone who shared my article with
@EtainTannam
for
@po_qu
. I hope people find it useful or interesting.
'The Future of Northern Ireland: the Role of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Institutions'
Link again here (no paywall):
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Looking forward to speaking with
@GeorgeMasonU
visiting students in London!
(Someone has temporarily promoted me above my station)
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1) Thanks to the
@ConUnit_UCL
for publishing this new blog by
@EtainTannam
and me entitled ‘The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement’s Three Strands Have Not Outlived Their Usefulness’.
Link here:
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1) THREAD: our working paper ‘Public attitudes to referendums on Irish unification’ was released last week. Below are some of the hopes and fears expressed by those who took part in their own words. You can download the paper here:
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1) I have a new article out with my
@ConUnit_UCL
colleague
@AlanWhysallNI
in the latest edition of
@fortnight50
'The recent restoration of the institutions at Stormont is cause for cautious celebration but not for closing down the conversation on reform'
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Nice bit of news in my inbox.
You can read the article (co-authored with
@EtainTannam
) here:
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3) It is also my first journal publication! Thanks to
@alanjrenwick
, the Working Group, and the team at the
@ConUnit_UCL
for creating such an incredible working environment.
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Many congratulations to Professor
@alanjrenwick
! It is quite frightening how excellent he is at what he does, and he thoroughly deserves it. 🥳
🎉✨ Many congratulations to our colleagues who received senior promotions 2020-2021. Very well-deserved! ✨🎉
Find out more via the website:
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Great to see Prof Brendan O’Leary further outline the meaning of “losers consent” which has been fundamentally misunderstood on Twitter and elsewhere recently. It is not about threshold changes or unionist vetos.
Letter from Brendan O’Leary on ‘loser’s consent’
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It was great to speak to
@Roger_Greer
at
@NorthernSlant
about the consultation working paper we released earlier this month. Thanks for covering it!
@NadiaDobryanska
@alanjrenwick
@chhkincaid
@ConUnit_UCL
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My article from 2022 with
@alanjrenwick
@NadiaDobrianska
&
@chhkincaid
is trending on
@IrishPolStudies
'most read' list. It explores public attitudes to referendums on Irish unification in Northern Ireland via a public consultation
Read open access here:
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It is days like today that make quitting this website impossible.
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Stormont returning is great news. NI needs a functioning Assembly & Executive. But it also needs *sustained* attention from London & Dublin. Restoration of Stormont cannot lead to NI being put on the backburner
See
@ConUnit_UCL
report with
@alanjrenwick
:
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Like everyone in my generation, across the island of Ireland, I owe a peaceful childhood in no small part to John Hume. Rest in peace.
John Hume
Member of the European Parliament, 1979 – 2004
Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 1998
May he rest in peace 🕊️
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1/3 After three amazing years working with
@Localgiving
I'm leaving to take on a new role. Its been an absolute pleasure working with the team here, as well as our amazing partners and funders.
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One of the real highlights of the last few weeks has been invitations to talk to students at two of my alma mater about the Working Group interim report and Irish/NI politics. Thanks to
@niallodoc
@socandpol
and
@benworthy1
@bbkpolitics
for having me!
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'Strikingly, in three of the eight [focus] groups, participants brought up the final episode of the
#DerryGirls
television series, which aired shortly before the focus groups were held'
From chapter 4 in our report on perspectives on the B/GFA:
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If anyone is looking for a short video overview of the Working Group project, the
@ConUnit_UCL
has you covered 👇👇
Please note, contains multiple instances of thoughtful gesticulations for dramatic effect...
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Working Group members
@haywardkaty
,
@cathycgh
,
@dkennytcd
and
@alanjrenwick
discuss the highlights of the process and key findings of the report in our launch video. 📺
Watch in full now:
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Two very quick 2023 year in review items from me!
In July I published a
@ConUnit_UCL
report with
@alanjrenwick
examining perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in its 25th anniversary year.
📢 New report!
@alanjrenwick
and I have just released a new
@ConUnit_UCL
report: 'Perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: Examining Diverse Views, 1998–2023'. 📚
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Continuing on a trend set by my colleague
@chhkincaid
, here are some photos of me when
@ConUnit_UCL
was born 25 years ago! Happy Birthday Constitution Unit!
The Unit at 25: Day 2
Today we’re celebrating Monitor.
Launched in 1997, our popular bulletin provides an essential digest of political and constitutional changes three times a year.
Join our 4800 subscribers by signing up here -
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Really looking forward to this panel on reviving power sharing in
#NorthernIreland
. The
@ConUnit_UCL
have put together a brilliant panel including the former sec of state
@JulianSmithUK
,
@Clare_Rice_
,
@MaryCMurphy
and Unit associate Alan Whysall.
🗓️At 15:00-16:15 on WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE, our second panel for the STATE OF THE CONSTITUTION conference takes place!
Join us for a timely discussion on NORTHERN IRELAND. Registration is FREE for this online panel - sign up below!
@UKandEU
@JulianSmithUK
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Just finished reading “Stand Up, Speak Out” by
@MonicaBelfast
. Can’t recommend it highly enough.
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Really pleased to see this come together and to have made a small contribution to it. Congrats to
@BarryColfer
and
@PatrickDiamond1
'The Future of Irish-UK Relations: Borders and Identities after Brexit' forthcoming special collection edited by
@BarryColfer
@PatrickDiamond1
is available now
#Brexit
#GoodFridayAgreement
#Irishunity
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I spent the morning looking through the raw results of our 'public consultation on unification referendums on the island of Ireland'. Fascinating to read the diversity of thought on how any future referendum would operate and people's hopes/fears around this topic
@ConUnit_UCL
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Nice to be quoted in this piece by
@cjayanetti
alongside
@mickfealty
and Peter McLoughlin
@TheHouseMag
@politicshome
@bbkpolitics
@ConUnit_UCL
“I don’t think you can divorce what the British government has been doing around the Protocol, around Brexit, around threatening to break international law – all of that feeds into the political rancour,” says
@ConorKellyLDN
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This blog is 6 hours old and already being overtaken by events. It is a history piece of sorts though, and tries to run through each NI parties view on the
#EU
over the decades, and more recently on the
#protocol
"It is worth remembering that this story is much older than the 2016 referendum, and worth preparing for the likelihood it will dominate politics well beyond 2021."
@ConorKellyLDN
puts party positions towards the
#Protocol
in a broader context.
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‘Coveney is right to insist that the matter is not closed..the commitment of the UK & RoI to work together on Northern Ireland, as a matter of fundamental principle rather than discretionary strategy, has long been at the very heart of the peace process’
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You can't avoid the
#CensusNI
chat. But you can choose what to take seriously! Great overview below by
@hayward_katy
It would be weird if a political sociologist in N.Ireland didn't have something to say about the
#NIcensus2021
results released today, wouldn't it?!
& a pity if there weren't slides to go along with those comments...
So, here we are, a thread of nine.
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'It is easy to be overconfident about the robustness of UK democracy, given its long and stable history. But the insidious nature of backsliding, and the example of countries like the US, show the dangers of complacency.'
ON THE BLOG: What is democratic backsliding and is the UK at risk?
Meg Russell, Alan Renwick & Lisa James outline some features of democratic backsliding & look at the UK in an international context.
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The pain of transcribing interviews with people from NI...
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7 years ago the UK voted to leave the EU.
@EtainTannam
and I explore the impact of
#Brexit
on the UK's Northern Ireland policy in this new piece for the
@LSEpoliticsblog
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Our article ‘What form would referendums on Irish unification take?’ is now free to access online for two weeks
@alanjrenwick
@ConUnit_UCL
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