12 years after commencing work, and 38 years after the event, the Saville Inquiry finds that those killed murdered or injured in the "Bloody Sunday" massacre in Derry were innocent civil rights marchers / protesters, and the shootings by soldiers of the Parachute Regiment of...
Author: Dave Brockington
Born in San Jose, grew up in Seattle, received a Ph.D. in poli sci from University of Washington in 2000. I worked for three years at Universiteit Twente in Enschede, Netherlands, and have worked at the University of Plymouth for 16 academic years now in Plymouth, United Kingdom. I also currently serve as joint campaign coordinator for the Plymouth Sutton & Devonport Constituency Labour Party.
19:30 (BST), 14:30 (EDT), 11:30 (PDT). The Guardian predicts the lineups. First, welcome back to me. Things here at my institution of higher education have been, well, interesting over the past.
I have to apologize in breaking in to the 24/7 coverage about the Kagan appointment that our readers expect and demand from LGM, but let's face it: this is one.
It's been difficult to blog about this, as, well, this is ongoing and changing hourly. The Liberal Democrats commenced negotiations with the Conservative Party out of respect for the Tories having the largest number of seats in the new Parliament, to remain consistent with their...
Then the time is now to stop pussyfooting around with the Tories, and do this, FFS. The SNP and Plaid Cymru are open to a progressive coalition? Do it, Nick..
I board the first of two flights on a PDX-AMS-BRS itinerary in 90 60 minutes (which means I am safely ensconced in an airport bar). I am missing election day,.
to use the new nomenclature, offers a real chance for electoral reform in the UK: specifically, ditching the SMD / Plurality system in place that offers the country a government with an overwhelming majority of seats that 65% of those voting chose explicitly against, or...
FC Twente Enschede win the Dutch Eredivisie. Why does this matter, the uninformed might ask? 1. Twente have never won the Dutch league (at least in their current form, or.
The Guardian endorses the Liberal Democrats. While endorsements do not have the power that The Sun believes, they can affect outcomes at the margins. In my own work, endorsements have.
Following five days in Chicago "working" at my day job, and then a couple days on the Oregon coast celebrating my birthday with my fiancée, it's time to get back to serious business. Barring that, I'll write a general post on the British election. This...
I'm waiting to catch a flight to Chicago where I will be presenting a paper at the Midwest Political Science Association meetings. This trip to the US is largely work.
Whatever. My favorite bit: “One thing he was always telling me: ‘When they gave you that money, it was for what you already did, not for what you’re going to.