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Daniel Gover

@danielgover.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in British Politics, Queen Mary University of London. Researching parliaments and UK politics. London, UK | https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/goverdaniel.html

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Paul Brand@paulbrand.bsky.social · 2w ago

With the assisted dying bill returning after recess, what does Burnham's cabinet tell us about its chances? 17 of them voted for the bill last time 7 against Key roles are filled by pro-MPs - Health, Justice, Leader of the Commons (as before). But we don't know how Burnham himself will vote.

Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · 4w ago

"In what must rank as one of the most self-pitying, self-obsessed pieces of political rhetoric we’ve heard from a politician since Boris Johnson’s myriad attempts to justify himself back in 2022, Nigel Farage surprised absolutely no-one..." Me for @uk.theconversation.com this arvo.

Why Nigel Farage is resigning as an MP, only to stand again – expert analysis

Nigel Farage is triggering a by-election, appearing to be pitting people against ‘the establishment’.

theconversation.com

Ruth Fox@ruthfox.bsky.social · 4w ago

🧵 Amid all the speculation about Nigel Farage's 2pm statement, it's worth noting paragraph 40 of the Procedural Protocol to the MPs' Code of Conduct. If he announces he's resigning and seeking a by-election, that would not automatically end the investigation into whether he breached the Code in...

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Daniel Gover@danielgover.bsky.social · last mo.

Okay, so *if* the bad weather reports are right and kick-off is delayed on Monday morning… say to 2:30am. And let’s say it goes to penalties, at around 5:15am. Am I right to think that the SI would require the pubs to nonetheless close at 5? (Asking for a friend.)

Alexandra Meakin@ameakin.bsky.social · last mo.

It was confirmed today that MPs won't debate the Restoration & Renewal of the Palace of Westminster before recess. The Clerks warned PAC in March that the schedules for R&R were still "deliverable" if a decision is made before summer but failing to do so will have a "real material impact"... 1/

Chair: My first question is to the Clerks. In this Commission's comments following last year's main estimate, we said that it was "imperative" that a decision on the way forward was made during 2025-26. That has not happened. What information can you tell us about when the debate on the costed proposals will be held? Can you make clear the financial and operational impact of delaying it? Shall I go to Ms Mawson first or Mr Goldsmith? Chloe Mawson: Do you want to talk about debates, Tom, and then I talk about impact? Tom Goldsmith: Perfect. In terms of when the debates happen, unfortunately that is not in our gift; it is up to the Government. Leader of the House of Commons has certainly talked about the need for debates-I know it is very much on his radar. We would very much to have them sooner rather than later, and especially before summer recess, because if we have a delay beyond the summer recess, that is when we really start having an impact on the programme. At that point, I will pass over to Chloe. Chloe Mawson: The schedule set out in the costed proposals report remains deliverable if the debates are before the summer recess, but if they slip to the September sitting or after the conference recess, that will impacts on the programme schedule. Obviously, the later debates, the higher that impact will be. In terms of House of Lords temporary accommodation, if the debates do not take place until after the conference recess, that really does have quite a significant impact on our temporary accommodation schedule. We plan to start the initial procurement in the autumn, but we cannot do that if the debates have not taken place, so there is a real material impact there. I know that the DA is planning its procurement launch, but Russ can speak more about that.
Cath Haddon@cathhaddon.bsky.social · last mo.

Does* Andy Burnham have a mandate? Constitutionally, yes. The debate is conflating the constitutional mandate and the right to be PM, with the political mandate PMs need to sustain themselves in office New from me www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/does... *Will he

Does Andy Burnham have a mandate? | Institute for Government

Labour’s opponents are demanding that the next prime minister call an early general election.

instituteforgovernment.org.uk

Alice Lilly@aliceolilly.bsky.social · last mo.

V good points from Daniel and Philip- while a continuing PM would also not be facing Parliament over summer recess, a *new PM with new ministers* is likely to make lots of policy announcements etc, which parliament won’t have the opportunity to scrutinise for a while

Daniel Gover@danielgover.bsky.social · last mo.

I agree this is a problem. We will have a PM in post over the summer with no opportunity for parliament to hold him* accountable until almost 2 months in. * Going out on a limb here.

Daniel Gover@danielgover.bsky.social · last mo.

Nobody does backbench rebellion analysis better. And contains a very striking statistic: 2024 saw highest rate of rebellion for any first session under a newly-elected single-party government since 1945. A sign of things to come - and the parliamentary management challenges facing Burnham?

Philip Cowley@philipjcowley.bsky.social · last mo.

Interested in rebellions during the first session of the parliament - which, helpfully, almost perfectly coincides with the Starmer premiership? Here's a piece I wrote for @robfordmancs.bsky.social's substack, giving rebellion rates, lists of rebels, etc. swingometer.substack.com/p/rebel-rebel