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    Mar 20

    A small number of tickets have become available for tonight's launch. Grab them here:

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  2. Mar 27

    Prime Minister is up at at 1630. Her 2nd appearance after Dec: good that regular sessions restored after election disruption. In Nov, we identified effective questioning of PM as 1 of 5 roles for the c'tee

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    Mar 27

    If you missed event last week, catch full audio & best tweets from launch of on our website, featuring Prof John Curtice, , & chair

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  4. Mar 27

    .... our post features some excellent live tweeting by , , , & co-editor . Get your copy of from here:

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  5. Mar 27

    If you missed event last week, catch full audio & best tweets from launch of on our website, featuring Prof John Curtice, , & chair

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    Mar 21

    Alternatively, if you wish to purchase the book and have access to all chapters, than you can do so here :

    Britain Votes 2017, edit. by , & I, now out: comprehensive analysis of 2017 general election. Free access to some of its chapters, incl by John Curtice, , , , , :
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    Mar 21

    1776 John Wilkes delivered his famous speech in the HOC about the need for franchise reform. The prelude to the enfranchisement of women dates back further than the 19th c. Dr Robin Eagles explains:

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  8. Mar 20

    Thank you to our chair & all our speakers Prof John Curtice & our audience for great Qs. We'll be posting the audio of tonight's event on our website soon 31/31

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  9. Mar 20

    And that's it! duly launched. If you're not here tonight, get your copy from here 30/

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  10. Mar 20

    On leader Q, says having to do a competitive l'ship election in 2016 would have exposed May: lesson for parties. John Curtice: May even worse than Gordon Brown in this respect; points out Brown also didn't fight a l'ship election 29/

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  11. Mar 20

    Audience Q: Will there ever be another gen election when a major party leader won't do a leaders' debate? Prof John Curtice: 'If you can't defend yourself off the cuff, why did you become party leader/PM?' 28/

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  12. Mar 20

    On prospects for an effective next Con leader, @ProfJonTonge says 'she's in Scotland'. And cautious about drawing overarching conclusions from 2017 election, as Brexit context overshadowed it 27/

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  13. Mar 20

    Prof John Curtice sceptical that Lab campaign made as much + difference to Lab result as sometimes thought, but campaign did display 1 thing Corbyn can definitely do & and 1 thing May definitely can't 26/

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  14. Mar 20

    On potential Con leadership succession, suggests it'd be hard for a Remainer to get into final 2. Johnson's time probably passed. If he could get past parl party, Rees-Mogg would be popular among members, so it's probably him + AN other 25/

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  15. Mar 20

    Prof John Curtice: million $ question is whether division will have waned by 2022, or whether we'll still be arguing about it & it'll still shape the vote 24/

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  16. Mar 20

    On party membership, Prof Tim Bale suggests the Lab experience might make the Con party *more* wary of strengthening membership role, not less 23/

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  17. Mar 20

    On data use in politics, Dr Kate Dommett says with the way the debate is going, she's not going to be surprised if people become a lot more wary about it 22/

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  18. Mar 20

    Q&A now. And it's our 1st mention of ! says remainer vote boosted Lab somewhat, but issue maybe not decisive. But John Curtice says Brexit did make a difference - more to Cons than Lab. Cons picked up some Leave voters but lost more Remainers 21/

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  19. Mar 20

    Dr Kate Dommett : But digital platforms also offer opportunities to organisations other than parties. Can allow party material to be spread more widely than otherwise. But also leaves parties vulnerable if something goes rogue 20/

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  20. Mar 20

    Dr Kate Dommett : Facebook does add new sources of data. Lab tried to integrate this with more traditional types (doorstep). But all still reliant on skills & scale of resources at party HQ - to be able to do something effective with the data 19/

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  21. Mar 20

    Dr Kate Dommett : Digital campaigning can't be done effectively at short notice. Needs l-t investment in infrastructure, databases, skills 18/

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