KCL researching PhD on Blair’s Downing St Chief of Staff, Jonathan Powell. Ex comms director Guinness, Barratt, Centrica /British Gas.Politics.History.
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Patrick Law retweeted
Huge thanks to @OvePM for giving a timely student masterclass on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Fantastic insights for our cohort from a former Downing Street Head of Political Strategy.
Masterclass like these are part of the MA in Government Studies: kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate…
Patrick Law retweeted
Over 60% of our first cohort are now civil servants in the Treasury, the Home Office and Cabinet Office.
Join us for cohort three this Autumn: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/tea…
Patrick Law retweeted
Deadline approaches
A limited number of rare full & half studentships are available for MA Government Studies this year.
If you have a passion for understanding British government, apply here before the deadline (30 June):
kcl.ac.uk/study/funding/fund…
Patrick Law retweeted
🙌 Happy #SomersetDay!
We're flying the flag for Somerset and celebrating what a wonderful county we live in 💜
#YouAreSomerset
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Harold Wilson’s 1969 handwritten list of music for Desert Island Discs (he was never on it) for sale £110 abebooks.co.uk/HAROLD-WILSON…
Patrick Law retweeted
Enjoyed speaking to @MattChorley on BBC R5 Live - answering a question from actor Alex Macqueen about the Prime Minister's office in No.10 Downing Street. As you do.
Patrick Law retweeted
Che bello! A spectacular pre-Christmas aerial display again by the starlings over Rome as the sun rose this morning…such a joy to watch…#Roma 🇮🇹
Patrick Law retweeted
📣 Delighted to read this review of my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ by Ferdinand Mount in @TheTLS
✍️ ‘Seldom since Samuel Pepys have the comings and goings in Whitehall been so meticulously recorded...’
Full 📕 review 🔗 the-tls.com/politics-by-regi…
@BitebackPub @thestrandgroup
Patrick Law retweeted
Excited to get the 11th year of the Treasury class underway in the new academic year. Fascinating how history keeps repeating itself, something we are capturing on thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/mod…
Listening to @edballs on Political Currency talking about the bond markets and reminiscing about blissful time last year studying the History
Of The Treasury course @thestrandgroup and studying comms and narratives to address bond market crises
Patrick Law retweeted
Somerset in the last five years of the T20 Blast:
2021: Runners-up
2022: Semi-finalists
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯: 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 🏆
2024: Runners-up
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 🏆
#Blast25 #FinalsDay
Patrick Law retweeted
Delighted to read this excellent review of my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ by Lord Maude @politicshome
‘Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement its public service reforms.’
Patrick Law retweeted
Grateful to have been able to give Sir Tony Blair my book ‘The Art of Delivery’
It tells the untold story of how his government transformed Britain’s public services
Using 600k words of @MichaelBarber9 unpublished diaries plus interviews with ministers, SPADs & civil servants
Patrick Law retweeted
Featuring great review of my book ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’ (@BitebackPub)
Using @MichaelBarber9 diaries
See @campbellclaret recommend the 📕 to @RoryStewartUK from 41:40
youtu.be/favft9klZFs?si=GQ-A…
👉NEW EPISODE👈
L.A Riots: Is Trump Starting a Civil War?
@campbellclaret and @RoryStewartUK discuss:
🚨Is Trump manufacturing an emergency with the L.A riots?
🇬🇧Where’s the narrative of where Britain is going?
and much more...
Link to full episode in replies 👇
Patrick Law retweeted
📣 Thank you @edballs @George_Osborne for having me on brilliant @polcurrency podcast to ask about delivery in govt
Ed is right - ‘The Art of Delivery’ 📕 shows how No10 & HMT working together effectively can galvanise the govt machine into action
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0J7…
Patrick Law retweeted
Thrilled to be celebrating the launch of The Art of Delivery by @MLClem tonight at @KingsCollegeLon 💥
📚👉 bitebackpublishing.com/books…
Patrick Law retweeted
It’s PUBLICATION DAY for my new book ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’ 🎉📕
The book tells an as yet untold story of how transformative change was actually delivered - how a PM turned rhetoric into reality
Patrick Law retweeted
It was great to give a talk to nearly *400 civil servants*, as part of the Open Innovation Team’s speaker series based on my forthcoming book -
‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’
📕 amzn.eu/d/imzS3mv
Patrick Law retweeted
Excellent write up of our ‘New Labour Years’ class with @StewartWood in @JohnRentoul Commons Confidential newsletter
Apply to join @thestrandgroup MA Government Studies 2025/26 cohort👇
kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate…
@policyatkings @KingsCollegeLon
Patrick Law retweeted
We are extremely proud of the newly-minted Dr Chetun Patel. A PhD is huge undertaking and Chetun's project makes an important and original contribution to our understanding of the history of HM Treasury & the Bank of England.
Delighted to announce that I have officially attained my doctorate for a thesis entitled 'The Road to 1997: Bank of England Operational Independence in Historical Perspective'.
Thanks due to @kingsbschool @thestrandgroup @edballs @JonDavis73 for their support
