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Parliament and Public Engagement. @POLISatLeeds Prof. of Politics. @CDE_Leeds Co-Director; Parliamentary Affairs Co-Editor; @StudyofParl Chair. Proud @NTF_Tweet
Mar 31, 2021 17 tweets 8 min read
So, I know this was last week, but I'm so proud of it, that here is a thread about the amazing global conference we held last week within #IPEN about public engagement and its impact on parliaments #ParlEngage. We had three hubs: Australia, Europe, Brazil. 1/8 The conference started in Australia, brilliantly led by Sarah Moulds (@UniversitySA) to explore different perspectives on public engagement, bringing together academics and practitioners - scroll down for the programme: parliament-engagement.com 2/8
Mar 23, 2019 12 tweets 3 min read
As the #RevokeArt50 petition may become largest ever submitted to UK parliament, a thread of some (mostly random) reflections 1/ This is what I call of a “protest” type of petition, with its main aim being to express dissatisfaction. For more on protest petitions see : blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…