Anand Menon

@anandmenon.bsky.social

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Director @ukandeu Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s

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Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London in the United Kingdom and was appointed in January 2014 as director of the UK in a Changing Europe initiative. He was a special adviser to the House of Lords EU committee. .. more

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 6d

I did a lecture on the impact of Brexit on British politics. Watch it here if you're really bored www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...

Reflections on the Brexit Revolution: 2025-26 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture

YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 5h

⏰ 15 MINUTES TO GO ⏰

🌍 Don't miss our online panel on confronting key foreign policy challenges

With leading experts @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fiona Hill, Rana Mitter, Margaret MacMillan and @fromtga.bsky.social

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 5h

what a panel...

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 5h

In half an hour

UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 1d

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🌍 Global instability has become the new normal and our multilateral system seems increasingly fragile

Join our expert panel @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fiona Hill, Rana Mitter, Margaret MacMillan and @fromtga.bsky.social as they discuss key challenges👇

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 5h

In half an hour

UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 1d

UKICE Lunch Hour: Confronting foreign policy challenges - UK in a changing Europe

UK in a Changing Europe has assembled a panel of some of the world's top experts to analyse on the key foreign policy challenges we face.

ukandeu.ac.uk

Reposted by Anand Menon, Sarah Hall

UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 1d

UKICE Lunch Hour: Confronting foreign policy challenges - UK in a changing Europe

UK in a Changing Europe has assembled a panel of some of the world's top experts to analyse on the key foreign policy challenges we face.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 1d

💶"But as the UK has started to develop new links with the EU, so too has it generated new financial obligations."

✍️ @simonusherwood.bsky.social explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK’s withdrawal & how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset

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The sleeping dog of UK-EU finances - UK in a changing Europe

Simon Usherwood explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK's withdrawal and how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset.

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 1d

⏰ Sign up while you can ⏰

‼️ Don't miss our next Lunch Hour on Tuesday on confronting foreign policy challenges

With leading experts Anand Menon Fiona Hill, Margaret MacMillan, Rana Mitter & Timothy Garton Ash

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice-lunch-hour-confronting-foreign-policy-challenges/

UKICE Lunch Hour: Confronting foreign policy challenges - UK in a changing Europe

UK in a Changing Europe has assembled a panel of some of the world's top experts to analyse on the key foreign policy challenges we face.

ukandeu.ac.uk

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾 I’ve decided there are no football Gods.

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

Bloody hell www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 3d

'there is simply no sign of a fiscal catastrophe from the “Boriswave"...this would seem to suggest that the recent collapse in immigration will harm Britain’s finances..' @lgilbert.co for @ukandeu.bsky.social on the economics of immigration ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe

Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks so much for inviting me!

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 4d

"Brexit, in other words, is both cause and consequence of a lot of what is going on in our politics today."

🗣️ @anandmenon.bsky.social gave the 2025-26 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture, looking at how many of the issues facing the UK preceded Brexit and how these issues and Brexit affect our politics now

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 4d

Perhaps. But ‘costs in this policy area’?

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 4d

That section actually seems quite specific though?

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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 4d

This is a very good line-up.

The @benchu.bsky.social 3 part BBC report on taxes this week is great, I really recommend it.

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 4d

Economists Assemble

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 4d

The EU agreed to negotiate SPS and didn't mention payments to regional funds at the time.

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 4d

As for SAFE. It's becoming clear that, whatever the language about Europeans facing common and serious security threats, they're more concerned with protecting market share and getting paid than in really ensuring Europe is better prepared to ensure its own security 3/3

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 4d

That didn't say anything about contributions to regional cohesion funds 2/3

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 4d

Obviously, it's up to the EU to decide who it wants to have access to its market and on what terms. But this suggests to me they're rowing back on commitments made in the Common Understanding agreed at the May summit 1/3 www.ft.com/content/8963...

EU demands UK pay into budget as part of relationship ‘reset’

Growing tension between London and Brussels just six months after summit set out to build stronger ties

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Andy Dudfield @mrdudders.bsky.social · 4d

Despite shifting politics and declining support for the industry, Dudfield said the goal hasn’t changed. “We’re fact-checkers. We check facts,”

The UK’s fact-checkers are sending their AI to help Americans cover elections - Poynter

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car...

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 4d

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 4d

I agree. It’s all very tangled. And thank you!

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 5d

Mission accomplished!

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 5d

🔺 Breaking: Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been ordered to appear before the US Congress, after members said it was “time for him to come forward” about his “ties” to Jeffrey Epstein

Andrew ordered to appear before Congress over Jeffrey Epstein links

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 5d

"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them."

✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,

ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 5d

Nigel Farage says Reform would “reduce the size of the bloated state” by seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate

@jreland.bsky.social points out in @the-independent.com that this creates a dilemma - the more the UK does things differently to the EU, the more work there is for British bureaucrats

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 5d

💥 Don't miss our next Lunch Hour💥

🌎 Join us for a discussion on foreign policy and the challenge to multilateralism

With leading experts @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fiona Hill, Margaret MacMillan, Rana Mitter and @fromtga.bsky.social

💻 Online
📍Tues 11 Nov, 1pm GMT

ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

UKICE Lunch Hour: Confronting foreign policy challenges - UK in a changing Europe

UK in a Changing Europe has assembled a panel of some of the world's top experts to analyse on the key foreign policy challenges we face.

ukandeu.ac.uk