Nick Cott
@nickcott.bsky.social
Associate Lecturer in History at Open University and University of St. Andrews. Honorary Alderman of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne. Former Newcastle Liberal Democrat City Councillor & Opposition Leader. Currently Chair of Northumberland Liberal Democrats
Looking forward to my latest Explore series on Ramsay MacDonald. The Explore programme is put together by the Joseph Cowen Centre, a charity based in Newcastle. It has a wide programme and well worth joining!
October 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Looking forward to my latest Explore series on Ramsay MacDonald. The Explore programme is put together by the Joseph Cowen Centre, a charity based in Newcastle. It has a wide programme and well worth joining!
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Some bizarre figures in here (Lib Dem figure wild, but then, Ipsos had a wild Green figure, so pick your small party house effect), but regardless, Holyrood's voting system is not holding up well; the "correct" proportional AMS outcome should be:
SNP ~ 46
RUK ~ 21
Lab ~ 20
LD ~ 18
Con ~ 14
Grn ~ 10
SNP ~ 46
RUK ~ 21
Lab ~ 20
LD ~ 18
Con ~ 14
Grn ~ 10
Projecting More in Common ?? Aug/Sep into seats (changes vs 2021 on new boundaries):
SNP ~ 63 (nc)
Lab ~ 17 (-4)
Reform UK ~ 17 (+17)
Lib Dem ~ 15 (+11)
Con ~ 11 (-20)
Green ~ 6 (-4)
(Projection caveats: ballotbox.scot/projections)
SNP ~ 63 (nc)
Lab ~ 17 (-4)
Reform UK ~ 17 (+17)
Lib Dem ~ 15 (+11)
Con ~ 11 (-20)
Green ~ 6 (-4)
(Projection caveats: ballotbox.scot/projections)
September 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Some bizarre figures in here (Lib Dem figure wild, but then, Ipsos had a wild Green figure, so pick your small party house effect), but regardless, Holyrood's voting system is not holding up well; the "correct" proportional AMS outcome should be:
SNP ~ 46
RUK ~ 21
Lab ~ 20
LD ~ 18
Con ~ 14
Grn ~ 10
SNP ~ 46
RUK ~ 21
Lab ~ 20
LD ~ 18
Con ~ 14
Grn ~ 10
Oasis humour in Ladybank tonight thanks to Scotsrail!
August 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Oasis humour in Ladybank tonight thanks to Scotsrail!
My UG and PG students on September / October starts have been receiving their results. Well done to all
@openuniversity.bsky.social students for all your efforts. Learning by distance is not easy but you show year on year how hard work pays off!
@openuniversity.bsky.social students for all your efforts. Learning by distance is not easy but you show year on year how hard work pays off!
July 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My UG and PG students on September / October starts have been receiving their results. Well done to all
@openuniversity.bsky.social students for all your efforts. Learning by distance is not easy but you show year on year how hard work pays off!
@openuniversity.bsky.social students for all your efforts. Learning by distance is not easy but you show year on year how hard work pays off!
Looking forward to my next lecture series for the Explore programme at the Joseph Cowen Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne on Ramsay Macdonald. I have decided to run this due to very positive feedback on my lecture series' on Baldwin and Chamberlain and this will kind of complete the set!
July 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Looking forward to my next lecture series for the Explore programme at the Joseph Cowen Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne on Ramsay Macdonald. I have decided to run this due to very positive feedback on my lecture series' on Baldwin and Chamberlain and this will kind of complete the set!
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump admits that concluding a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine "in 24 hours" is a more difficult task than he thought…
December 12, 2024 at 6:03 PM
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump admits that concluding a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine "in 24 hours" is a more difficult task than he thought…
Looking forward to my next course for Explore Lifelong Learning in February / March. Explore is a great programme of learning for anyone interested. They have a fabulous Newcastle city centre venue and availability online as well for some of the courses, including mine.
December 11, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Looking forward to my next course for Explore Lifelong Learning in February / March. Explore is a great programme of learning for anyone interested. They have a fabulous Newcastle city centre venue and availability online as well for some of the courses, including mine.
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"The number of European students enrolled at British universities in 2022/23 was 20% lower than 2021/22 – and 37% lower than 2020/21. ... Compared to 2018/19, there were 26% fewer students from France; 37% fewer from Italy; 40% fewer from Germany."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Impact of Brexit and of leaving Erasmus+ on France-UK academic exchanges
France is endeavouring, at bilateral as much as European level, to find solutions to strengthen student exchanges with the UK in a now more restricted framework.
uk.ambafrance.org
December 11, 2024 at 1:17 PM
"The number of European students enrolled at British universities in 2022/23 was 20% lower than 2021/22 – and 37% lower than 2020/21. ... Compared to 2018/19, there were 26% fewer students from France; 37% fewer from Italy; 40% fewer from Germany."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Awful.
🤬 The Russian representative to UN laughed while 🇺🇦Ukrainian representative talking about the murders and thefts of Ukrainian children by Russians.
They cannot even be compared to animals, they are worse creatures…
They cannot even be compared to animals, they are worse creatures…
December 4, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Awful.