Thomas Leahy

@thomasdmleahy.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer British/Irish Politics & Contemporary History, Cardiff Uni. Research Irish Republicanism, Irish Gov & conflict legacy. Also have RR Multiple Sclerosis and Cardiff/Vale MS Society group organiser. Mavenclad since 2025. Views own.

Submissions are now invited for the Society's 2027 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes - covering monographs and articles published in 2026 bit.ly/4z45bD8 The closing date for submissions is 14 December 2026. Judging begins in early 2027 with winners announced next July #Skystorians 1/2

Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2027: submissions now invited - RHS

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2027 and Early Career Article Prize, 2027. The call for submissions opened on Monday 28 September 2026 and runs to Monday 14...

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Before the Vote: planning for a united Ireland" is finally available to buy or download on the link below. DCU Press is a fully open access, peer-reviewed, academic press - you can download the book for free, or come to a book launches and get a 33% discount. dcupress.dcu.ie/book/before-...

Before the Vote: Planning for a united Ireland | DCU Press

Before The Vote FlyerThe UK’s departure from the European Union threatened a hard border on the island of Ireland, aggravated social and political tensions and undermined key aspects of the 1998 peace...

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"...there will be a "backlog of things for Burnham to do" including dealing with [Northern Ireland] legacy issues. And public opinion in England, Scotland, Wales just wouldn't be on the pulse of that really. So I think that would continue" @thomasdmleahy.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What will an Andy Burnham premiership mean for Northern Ireland?

Devolution, the budget and legacy are all on the agenda for Andy Burnham when it comes to Northern Ireland.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 New Blog 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 A short piece on how the new Senedd voting system worked! How many votes did it take to win a seat? Was it proportional? Who benefitted? Where did parties win support? And what would it take to win one more seat? If you're interested: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal... 🧵👇

All change! The 2026 Senedd Election

Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.

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Some wider thoughts on this research. A (not so) wee 🧵. The UK experienced a series of high stakes events between 2014 and 2020. Thanks to @britishelectionstudy.com for asking a pre and post referendum NatID question. Without panel data on this q, we could never have known about this change. 1/n

James David Griffiths@jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨 New Research Recently accepted at the @bjpols.bsky.social, our paper shows that Brexit led to weaker British 🇬🇧 identities among Remainers! You can read the paper by @jaclarner.bsky.social, me, and @danielwincott.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/mrj96ywu

Notable that much of the variation in Welsh polling has disappeared in the final days of the campaign. The standard deviation in Plaid Cymru estimates across firms fell from 4.3 to 1.8 percentage points since autumn; for Labour, from 5.6 to 2.3 Most convergence happening in last 10 days (1/2)

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Dr Adam Evans@a-b-evans.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Final @yougov.co.uk ITV Wales @walesgovernance.bsky.social MRP poll of the Senedd campaign (changes since April) Plaid 33% (+4) Reform 29% (-) Labour 12% (-1) Cons 9% (+1) Greens 8% (-2) Libdems 6% (-) Others 3% (-1) Write up here: www.itv.com/news/wales/2... #senedd26 #senedd #devolution

Delighted this paper is coming out in the @bjpols.bsky.social Working with @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social and @jaclarner.bsky.social is a pleasure and privilege. (Anyone who gets the chance to work with either should grab it with both hands!) Diolch to my coauthors, the BJPS editors and our referees.

James David Griffiths@jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨 New Research Recently accepted at the @bjpols.bsky.social, our paper shows that Brexit led to weaker British 🇬🇧 identities among Remainers! You can read the paper by @jaclarner.bsky.social, me, and @danielwincott.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/mrj96ywu

🚨Today, Wales Fiscal Analysis published our fifth & final manifesto analysis on Senedd powers and reforms to the way that Wales is funded. 🚨Heddiw, cyhoeddodd Dadansoddi Cyllidol Cymru ein dadansoddiad maniffesto olaf ar bwerau newydd a diwygiadau i gyllid Cymru. blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...

2026 Senedd Election manifesto analysis: Devolution of more powers and the fiscal framework

Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.

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New article out with Iker Erdocia ‘The politics of abstentionism: Comparing Sinn Féin’s Westminster abstentionism to Basque Nationalist Left’s engagement with the Spanish Parliament’ with @bjpir.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... thanks reviewers, colleagues, interviewees.

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Just published! A new open access article with my great colleague Thomas Leahy, taking a fresh detour from my usual research areas. Collaborating across fields is always fun, especially this time. With thanks to our generous funders @ria.ie & @britishacademy.bsky.social. @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Thomas Leahy@thomasdmleahy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New article out with Iker Erdocia ‘The politics of abstentionism: Comparing Sinn Féin’s Westminster abstentionism to Basque Nationalist Left’s engagement with the Spanish Parliament’ with @bjpir.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... thanks reviewers, colleagues, interviewees.

New article out with Iker Erdocia ‘The politics of abstentionism: Comparing Sinn Féin’s Westminster abstentionism to Basque Nationalist Left’s engagement with the Spanish Parliament’ with @bjpir.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... thanks reviewers, colleagues, interviewees.

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In the wake of Wes Streeting’s announcement of a review of mental health ‘over-diagnosis’ we have published this new policy paper by Prof Lucy Delap arguing that the government’s priority should be to address the historic stigma against sick & disabled people. historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...

Stigma, trust and the history of UK disability policy - History & Policy

The numbers of people who are physically impaired, neurodivergent, chronically sick or experiencing mental distress have increased to around one in four of the UK population. Government ministers have...

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