Daniel Gover
@danielgover.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in British Politics, Queen Mary University of London. Researching parliaments and UK politics.
London, UK | https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/goverdaniel.html
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Andrej Zaslove and I wrote down our thoughts on the recent Dutch election results, noting the continuing relevance of the far right and the hollowing of the (liberal) centre. 👇 @qmul-sse-cgd.bsky.social @qmulsse.bsky.social
The Dutch election results came as a relief to many centrist voters, but this was not quite the triumphant "return to the centre" it has been portrayed as.
✍ @stijntvankessel.bsky.social & Andrej Zaslove blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
✍ @stijntvankessel.bsky.social & Andrej Zaslove blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
The Dutch parliamentary election – not quite a “return to the centre”
Rob Jetten’s victory at the 2025 Dutch election was a blow for Geert Wilders, but far-right policies remain firmly in the mainstream of Dutch politics.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Andrej Zaslove and I wrote down our thoughts on the recent Dutch election results, noting the continuing relevance of the far right and the hollowing of the (liberal) centre. 👇 @qmul-sse-cgd.bsky.social @qmulsse.bsky.social
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One observation re. the Dutch election is the enduring strength of the far right (I am not fully subscribing to the 'shift back to the centre' narrative). I should be on ABC Australia News channel at around 11 CET to talk about this and to show my plants (again). www.youtube.com/live/vOTiJkg...
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
One observation re. the Dutch election is the enduring strength of the far right (I am not fully subscribing to the 'shift back to the centre' narrative). I should be on ABC Australia News channel at around 11 CET to talk about this and to show my plants (again). www.youtube.com/live/vOTiJkg...
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Latest @thehousemag.bsky.social column, on the politics of pints.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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The Professor Will See You Now: Having A Pint
Lessons in political science. This week: having a pint
www.politicshome.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Latest @thehousemag.bsky.social column, on the politics of pints.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Enjoyed chatting to The Westminster Hour about our PMP research on party membership, as well as about the UK's increasingly crowded party system. Just in case you're interested, that bit starts at just over 34 mins in over on BBC sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Westminster Hour - 26/10/2025 - BBC Sounds
Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Enjoyed chatting to The Westminster Hour about our PMP research on party membership, as well as about the UK's increasingly crowded party system. Just in case you're interested, that bit starts at just over 34 mins in over on BBC sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Just arrived. Look at all those lovely Babybels!
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Just arrived. Look at all those lovely Babybels!
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I wrote a pre-election briefing / commentary ahead of the Dutch parliamentary election next week (October 29th). The main focus is on the enduring relevance of the far right, the salience of the immigration issue, and how mainstream parties contribute to its politicisation.
Op-ed: The enduring relevance of the Far Right ahead of the Dutch National Election on 29th October - The Foreign Policy Centre
Alongside issues such as housing and health care, the key far-right theme of immigration continues to feature high on the political agenda ahead of the Dutch national election on 29th October. In a fr...
fpc.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I wrote a pre-election briefing / commentary ahead of the Dutch parliamentary election next week (October 29th). The main focus is on the enduring relevance of the far right, the salience of the immigration issue, and how mainstream parties contribute to its politicisation.
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Great to speak to @greenmirandahere.bsky.social for today's FT Inside Politics about the latest finding from our politics of (im)patience project, w/ @karlpike.bsky.social and @philipjcowley.bsky.social.
www.ft.com/content/e984...
www.ft.com/content/e984...
Labour sheds support from impatient Britons
Research shows party losing voters who want results now, with women more likely to prioritise short-term gains
www.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Great to speak to @greenmirandahere.bsky.social for today's FT Inside Politics about the latest finding from our politics of (im)patience project, w/ @karlpike.bsky.social and @philipjcowley.bsky.social.
www.ft.com/content/e984...
www.ft.com/content/e984...
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Latest article in @thehousemag.bsky.social - on opposition. What % of government bills do you think are opposed in full by the opposition? That is, what % see the opposition vote against at second and/or third reading?
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The Professor Will See You Now: Opposition
Lessons in political science. This week: opposition
www.politicshome.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Latest article in @thehousemag.bsky.social - on opposition. What % of government bills do you think are opposed in full by the opposition? That is, what % see the opposition vote against at second and/or third reading?
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Me, on @markpackuk.bsky.social's polling podcast, taking about the book... Or: "50 gems from political science", as Mark puts it...
www.markpack.org.uk/175771/the-s...
www.markpack.org.uk/175771/the-s...
50 gems from political science: Phil Cowley's new book
The Smallest Room in the House is Phil Cowley's latest book, collating 50 fun yet useful insights from political science.
www.markpack.org.uk
October 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Me, on @markpackuk.bsky.social's polling podcast, taking about the book... Or: "50 gems from political science", as Mark puts it...
www.markpack.org.uk/175771/the-s...
www.markpack.org.uk/175771/the-s...
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One reflection talking to other Jews today is how unshocking this is.
Numbing, upsetting, scary but not shocking. We all knew it was coming. Given the enormous rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years, it's a surprise it hasn't happened more often.
Numbing, upsetting, scary but not shocking. We all knew it was coming. Given the enormous rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years, it's a surprise it hasn't happened more often.
October 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
One reflection talking to other Jews today is how unshocking this is.
Numbing, upsetting, scary but not shocking. We all knew it was coming. Given the enormous rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years, it's a surprise it hasn't happened more often.
Numbing, upsetting, scary but not shocking. We all knew it was coming. Given the enormous rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years, it's a surprise it hasn't happened more often.
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With Andrej Zaslove, I wrote a piece on the recent extreme-right riots in the Netherlands, and what should be learned from them 👇
New piece! Stijn van Kessel and Andrej Zaslove on the far-right riots in The Hague, the reaction from political leaders, and lessons for preserving liberal democracy and liberal democratic principles. Check it out!
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What Mainstream Parties and Media Should Learn from the Dutch Extreme-Right Riots illiberalism.org |
Stijn van Kessel and Andrej Zaslove on the far-right riots in The Hague, the reaction from political leaders, and lessons for preserving liberal democracy and liberal democratic principles.
www.illiberalism.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
With Andrej Zaslove, I wrote a piece on the recent extreme-right riots in the Netherlands, and what should be learned from them 👇
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Keir Starmer writes in the Telegraph (where else!?) that Labour “did shy away from people’s concerns around illegal immigration.” Perhaps I was living in a parallel universe when I wrote this for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social in 2014? (Free to read version here: qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstr...)
September 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Keir Starmer writes in the Telegraph (where else!?) that Labour “did shy away from people’s concerns around illegal immigration.” Perhaps I was living in a parallel universe when I wrote this for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social in 2014? (Free to read version here: qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstr...)
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Nice to be quoted in this excellent piece by @philipjcowley.bsky.social on the role of "ethos" in politics - what it is, and why we should pay it much more attention
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The professor will see you now: ethos
Lessons in political science. This week: ethos
www.politicshome.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Nice to be quoted in this excellent piece by @philipjcowley.bsky.social on the role of "ethos" in politics - what it is, and why we should pay it much more attention
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Latest piece for @thehousemag.bsky.social - on the importance of ethos in political parties...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The professor will see you now: ethos
Lessons in political science. This week: ethos
www.politicshome.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Latest piece for @thehousemag.bsky.social - on the importance of ethos in political parties...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Very happy to be back on the Parliament Matters podcast, discussing the latest developments on the assisted dying bill with @ruthfox.bsky.social & @matthewengland.bsky.social. Thank you for having me!
Listen to the episode here: pod.link/1714627828/e...
Listen to the episode here: pod.link/1714627828/e...
September 20, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Very happy to be back on the Parliament Matters podcast, discussing the latest developments on the assisted dying bill with @ruthfox.bsky.social & @matthewengland.bsky.social. Thank you for having me!
Listen to the episode here: pod.link/1714627828/e...
Listen to the episode here: pod.link/1714627828/e...
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Latest piece for the @thehousemag.bsky.social, beginning with this:
"One electoral change has been unrelenting: the growing – in fact accelerating – refusal of the electorate to cast a ballot for either of the two governing parties".
When was that sentence first published? 1977...
"One electoral change has been unrelenting: the growing – in fact accelerating – refusal of the electorate to cast a ballot for either of the two governing parties".
When was that sentence first published? 1977...
The professor will see you now: tribalism
Lessons in political science. This week: blocs
www.politicshome.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Latest piece for the @thehousemag.bsky.social, beginning with this:
"One electoral change has been unrelenting: the growing – in fact accelerating – refusal of the electorate to cast a ballot for either of the two governing parties".
When was that sentence first published? 1977...
"One electoral change has been unrelenting: the growing – in fact accelerating – refusal of the electorate to cast a ballot for either of the two governing parties".
When was that sentence first published? 1977...
The assisted dying bill begins its substantive Lords scrutiny this Friday.
Re-posting my piece on what we should expect now that the Lords has the bill. theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...
#assisteddyingbill
Re-posting my piece on what we should expect now that the Lords has the bill. theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...
#assisteddyingbill
Assisted dying: what happens now the House of Lords has the bill?
Peers would be on dicey political ground if they tried to stop the bill passed by MPs – but they may run into problems over timing.
theconversation.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The assisted dying bill begins its substantive Lords scrutiny this Friday.
Re-posting my piece on what we should expect now that the Lords has the bill. theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...
#assisteddyingbill
Re-posting my piece on what we should expect now that the Lords has the bill. theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...
#assisteddyingbill
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This moment never ceases to excite. Out in shops on 9 Sept...
August 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This moment never ceases to excite. Out in shops on 9 Sept...
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New job opportunity! Come work with me at @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social on my major project on the political representation of men.
You: PhD in relevant area, strong quantitative methods skills, interest in representation.
The job: 18 months full-time, London or remote qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
You: PhD in relevant area, strong quantitative methods skills, interest in representation.
The job: 18 months full-time, London or remote qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - QMUL Jobs
ID: 6685. Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Application Deadline:
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July 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
New job opportunity! Come work with me at @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social on my major project on the political representation of men.
You: PhD in relevant area, strong quantitative methods skills, interest in representation.
The job: 18 months full-time, London or remote qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
You: PhD in relevant area, strong quantitative methods skills, interest in representation.
The job: 18 months full-time, London or remote qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
“True political strength lies not in the ability to punish dissent, but in the confidence to accommodate it”
Insightful piece by @tonymcn64.bsky.social on how the government whips are responding to backbench disquiet.
theconversation.com/starmers-sus...
Insightful piece by @tonymcn64.bsky.social on how the government whips are responding to backbench disquiet.
theconversation.com/starmers-sus...
Starmer’s suspension of ‘rebel’ MPs risks alienating his party in a way he can’t afford
Poor messaging and internal strife are undermining this government’s promise.
theconversation.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“True political strength lies not in the ability to punish dissent, but in the confidence to accommodate it”
Insightful piece by @tonymcn64.bsky.social on how the government whips are responding to backbench disquiet.
theconversation.com/starmers-sus...
Insightful piece by @tonymcn64.bsky.social on how the government whips are responding to backbench disquiet.
theconversation.com/starmers-sus...
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Out in the autumn/fall. Nice cover IMHO. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/european-...
July 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Out in the autumn/fall. Nice cover IMHO. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/european-...
I was interviewed on Today in Parliament on Radio 4 on Friday, discussing how the assisted dying bill might fare in the House of Lords.
Listen here (around 7 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen here (around 7 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
July 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I was interviewed on Today in Parliament on Radio 4 on Friday, discussing how the assisted dying bill might fare in the House of Lords.
Listen here (around 7 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen here (around 7 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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From the CPGB to Left Unity: Sultana and (now) Corbyn's venture is not the first time a new party has challenged Labour from the left.
I wrote for @theconversation.com about the dilemmas these predecessors faced, which confront the new party today.
theconversation.com/what-would-i...
I wrote for @theconversation.com about the dilemmas these predecessors faced, which confront the new party today.
theconversation.com/what-would-i...
What would it take for a new British left-wing party to succeed?
History tells us why insurgent parties have struggled to get off the ground.
theconversation.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
From the CPGB to Left Unity: Sultana and (now) Corbyn's venture is not the first time a new party has challenged Labour from the left.
I wrote for @theconversation.com about the dilemmas these predecessors faced, which confront the new party today.
theconversation.com/what-would-i...
I wrote for @theconversation.com about the dilemmas these predecessors faced, which confront the new party today.
theconversation.com/what-would-i...
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"They say “never meet your heroes” – but meeting your antiheroes can be absolutely fascinating. At least, that was my experience when I met Norman Tebbit." Me for @the-independent.com on why he was so much more than simply "the Chingford skinhead". 1/n
Norman Tebbit was a torch-bearer for a ‘true-blue’ politics now embraced by Farage
One of Margaret Thatcher’s staunchest lieutenants, the ‘Chingford skinhead’ held some notorious opinions and would happily go studs-up with his political opponents – but in person, Lord Tebbit was any...
www.independent.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"They say “never meet your heroes” – but meeting your antiheroes can be absolutely fascinating. At least, that was my experience when I met Norman Tebbit." Me for @the-independent.com on why he was so much more than simply "the Chingford skinhead". 1/n
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Latest @thehousemag.bsky.social piece - on how to rank MPs, inc one of my fave academic studies, which put Diane Abbott to the right of Giles Radice.
Also includes Rush reference.
Also includes Rush reference.
The Professor Will See You Now: Ranking MPs' politics
Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: ranking the politics of MPs
www.politicshome.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Latest @thehousemag.bsky.social piece - on how to rank MPs, inc one of my fave academic studies, which put Diane Abbott to the right of Giles Radice.
Also includes Rush reference.
Also includes Rush reference.