Fascinating blog post by my #BartlettSchoolOfArchitecture colleague Prof Sophia Psarra on the configuration of the House of Commons and how Labour's supermajority might change the dynamics of the opposing benches political culture
#archidons #SpaceSyntax #Architecture #parliament @politicalscience
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The book on "Parliament Buildings" includes a short chapter written by me on "Degrees of opposition and cooperation: how seating plans and parliament layouts reflect and give rise to political cultures"
In this, I compare visibility relations in the House of Commons and the German Bundestag, and analyse who sits next to whom in the plenary of the European Parliament in Brussels and how that shapes solidarities and political cultures
'Stanford, the SIO’s institutional home, denies that it is dismantling the unit and loudly proclaims its commitment to independent research. On the other hand, according to DiResta, the university has run up “huge legal bills” defending SIO researchers from harassment by Republican politicians and conservative conspiracy theorists, and may have decided that enough is enough.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/29/closing-the-stanford-internet-observatory-will-edge-the-us-towards-the-end-of-democracy
Fun new video alert https://skepchick.org/2024/07/americas-looming-theocracy/
Economists: Spurring immigration increases growth and wages for natives
Greece: Nah, we'll just work 6 days a week
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/05/nx-s1-5027839/greece-six-day-workweek-law
A new post with comics and ramblings on Civil War (the movie), The Purge, and fun stuff like that.
https://mattbors.substack.com/p/this-is-war
@DreadShips Not surprised to see Akshata Murty trying to blend into the background, using Dazzle camouflage.
It's #SkyTV causing a 4 minute delay and adding stop/start issues. But no way to report. ITVX works fine.
Getting closer to a 50:50 Parliament.
Morning thoughts on #ukge24: whilst we do need electoral reform and PR, the UK electorate showed they could work round this, for now. Aside from the big Lab majority, the strength and variety of MPs from minority parties seems more diverse than ever.
Old frog face doesn't look as smug now he's reached the Clacton counting centre. Here's hoping another chancer gets told. #GEUK24
#UKGE24 Chingford constituency stays with Tories under IDS. Independent candidate looked to have a moment of realisation that whatever the issue was between her and Labour, that had gifted this result.
#ukge24 Conservatives lose Welwyn. Sad day for Defence Secretaries Michael Green, Corinne Stockheath and Sebastian Fox.
Hurrah, that Russian-backed chancer Galloway is out. #GE2024
Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL, working on Process Automation with MS Power Platform. Scatterbrain, interested in education, languages, Space and lots of disparate things. sorry.
Keeping my space toots at @astrodad as an experiment in self-moderation :)
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