A quick report on the PSA Parliaments group’s activities at the Political Studies Association International Annual Conference 2019.
Month: April 2019
Professor Sarah Childs discusses the implications of the parliamentary politics of Brexit, and prospects for future reforms at Westminster.
Alexandra Anderson and Alexandra Meakin discuss the flood in the Commons and the need for public engagement with the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster, in a blog originally posted on The Conversation.
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April 2019 newsletter
In this month’s newsletter, we have the following announcements/information:
- PSA Conference – 15-17 April
- Informal social at PSA Conference
- Methods Workshop – sign-up open!
- Event: The Brexit Shock
- News from our members
- Job alert from UNC
- Essay competition reminder
- Recently on our blog
If you have any notices / messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know.
Best wishes,
Marc (@marcgeddes), Louise (@LouiseVThompson) Alex (@A_Meakin) and Seán (@S_Haughey)
The link between the Expenses Scandal and Brexit suggested by a new BBC documentary is not so convincing, writes Nick Dickinson, but the desire to connect the two reveals a lot about the tendency of sophisticated political observers to refuse to take certain events at face value.