Comprehensive update to the Irish Polling Indicator: all graphs are now fully interactive and work better on mobile devices. There’s also a new page on media coverage of the project. You can still download and reuse the data. ➡️ pollingindicator.com @irishpollingind.bsky.social

NI POLL: Belfast Telegraph/Lucid Talk (July 17-19, MoE 2.3%) Sinn Féin 22 (-2 since April) UUP 16 (+3) DUP 15 (-3) SDLP 13 (+2) TUV 12 (+1) Alliance 10 (-1) Greens 5 Aontú 3 PBP 2 Inds/others 2

DUP drops to five-year low in wake of Donaldson scandal as SF support also on slide

In latest LucidTalk poll results, UUP rises to most popular unionist party while SDLP hits new high under Claire Hanna

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🚨 NEW: Chris Bryant has been appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by Andy Burnham

Nearly 4,000 academic posts in social sciences, humanities and the arts have been axed in one year alone. In the 12 months to December 2024, just under 3,000 social sciences, 820 humanities and 240 arts jobs went. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

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In the flood of legislation being passed on the Dáil’s last nighttime sitting of the term: Jennie’s Law, for a public register of domestic violence offenders, and Valerie’s Law which removes guardianship rights from parents who kill their child’s other parent. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Financial pressure is not the same as underfunding. Northern Ireland’s public finances are under immense strain, but that’s not the same as evidence that Westminster has underfunded NI.

NEW - Greens won’t stand in Clacton. So it is Nigel Farage versus Count Binface.

Essential reading from @sylviademars.me and Eleni Frantziou on just how divorced from the reality of EU law the UKSC's approach to direct effect in Dillon actually is: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/07/doub...

We've updated our Brexit Reading List: Brexit Outcomes and Northern Ireland. The publication of this updated edition coincides with a period of continued reflection and change. June 2026 marks ten years since the 2016 referendum on EU membership. www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets...

10 years since the referendum that has shaped most of my career in academia to date. Much to the bemusement of EU scholars I was surrounded by at the time, I said Leave would win; Remain arguments were not cutting through. What a time to have been doing a PhD on EU and UK law and politics... 1/

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Larry is the closest thing the UK has had to political stability in the last 10 years 🐾

Larry the Cat@number10cat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Either Keir Starmer is resigning or I've got a new scratching post.

This will get lost in today's national news, but the finding that Jeffrey Donaldson is guilty on all counts, only after decades of multiple people having concerns, speaks to how powerful abusers can use their status in a small society like NI to deflect attention: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

Jeffrey Donaldson: Found guilty of all sex abuse charges including one count of rape

Former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson faces 18 sex abuse charges, including one count of rape, all of which he denies.

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Barely 100 minutes between the vacancy arising and the contest being sewn up

BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister. “The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election. I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question - and I accept that answer with good grace.”

NEW: Keir Starmer confirms he will resign as leader of the Labour Party. Nominations open 9th July. In event of contest new PM will be in place by September. He will be the shortest serving Labour prime minister in history.

The lectern has now been brought outside No 10 for Keir Starmer to make his announcement

Our second evidence session of our new inquiry on Article 2 of the Protocol/ Windsor Framework is happening this morning with witnesses from the @equalitycommni.bsky.social 📺Watch live at 10:45am on parliamentlive.tv

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Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee@lordsniscom.parliament.uk · 2mo ago

📅On Weds 17/06 we are taking evidence from the @equalitycommni.bsky.social for our inquiry on Article 2 of the Protocol/ Windsor Framework 📺Watch live from 10:45am on Parliamentlive.tv 🏛️Or in person in Committee Room 4A

For anyone planning to travel by train to/from Dublin this evening... #Enterprise #Belfast #Dublin

May you never live in a place where the local news trumps the national and international news. Old Belfast Proverb.

The ECNI case for guidance on the application of FWS in NI is set for December. This is always going to be fought to the bitter end, but it is worth saying that at least the UK Supreme Court might have changed dramatically before they decide this in 2030: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...

Legal action over how to define a woman to come before NI court later this year

Legal action over applying a landmark ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex in Northern Ireland will be heard in December, a High Court judge has confirmed.

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Why you can’t comment on Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s trial: Sometimes we try to stop you commenting on our reports; sometimes we don’t. Why the difference?

Why you can’t comment on Jeffrey Donaldson’s trial

Sometimes we try to stop you commenting on our reports; sometimes we don’t. Why the difference?

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A huge step forward for women's health, and one that will hopefully lead quickly to improvements in diagnosis, medical care, and support for so many www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

‘Unprecedented’ global effort gives new name to polycystic ovary syndrome – and new hope to millions of women

Decades-long campaign powered by patient perspectives results in switch from PCOS – a name that caused confusion and undue suffering – to PMOS

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Breaking: Jess Phillips resigns as safeguarding minister just ahead of the 1pm news bulletins

📝 New blog from me looking at some of the legal, political and procedural matters facing the next Welsh Government. Hopefully of interest, ahead of the seventh Senedd Cymru meeting for the first time later today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

UK Constitutional Law Association@ukcla.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Gareth Evans: The Senedd Election: What are the next steps for government formation in Wales? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/12/g...

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Ireland to air Father Ted instead of Eurovision as it boycotts contest over Israel

Irish broadcaster RTE 2 will air ‘A Song For Europe’, the classic sitcom’s Eurovision-themed episode

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Sky News (@news.sky.com)’s Beth Rigby says UK Cabinet ministers are set to start moving against Keir Starmer tomorrow, telling the PM “the game is up” The writers of United Kingdom are just replaying the hits at this stage from the classic Season 2021

Turning on the BBC Scotland coverage and seeing PIR's @ailsahenderson.bsky.social on the panel @edinburghpir.bsky.social @scotvoting.bsky.social

Leonardo DiCaprio Points: 'Yes, That's It!'

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Oh so much to talk about at the webinar! Come join us!

Centre for Public Policy@uofgpolicy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Live webinar: What just happened?📢📊📝 Join us on Monday to reflect on the election results and what happens next. 🗓️ 11 May, 1pm - 2pm With @kezdugdale.bsky.social, @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social and @cjcarman.bsky.social 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/what-just-...

Happy Friday to everyone else in their happy place with election results rolling in 🗳

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