Dr Alexandra Meakin

Lecturer in British Politics & Programme Director BA PPS @POLISatLeeds. Wrote PhD on the Restoration & Renewal of Palace of Westminster. No longer posting here.

[Dr Alexandra Meakin @A_Meakin]

No longer posting or checking here. Find me on Blue Sky - ameakin - for all your Restoration and Renewal updates/general parli geekery #WestminsterRR

[Dr Alexandra Meakin @A_Meakin]

@aliceolilly Many many congratulations Alice! I hope you're both doing well and getting some sleep!

[Dr Alexandra Meakin @A_Meakin]

In response, @CommonsLeader agrees that the Palace is in desperate need of restoration, says that the 3 options for R&R will be coming to the House "early next year", and commits to playing "my full part in making sure we restore and renew this fantastic building" #WestminsterRR

[Dr Alexandra Meakin @A_Meakin]

Great to see Geoffrey Clifton Brown, the new Chair of @CommonsPAC, raising Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster at Business Questions, noting that £2m of taxpayers' money is spent each week on maintenance, and pushes for an urgent decision on R&R #WestminsterRR

[Emma Peplow @EmmaPeplow]

I'm terrified & excited that our #oralhistory podcast, Tales From the Green Benches, is out Monday. Hosted by me & the wonderful @bl_magnacarta, written with the amazing @priscilamp, with archive highlights and lots of wittering! Get it wherever you get your podcasts, etc, etc...

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

Looks like @northernassist are having a bad day on this side of the Pennines today...

[Dr Alexandra Meakin @A_Meakin]

Feels appropriate to be travelling back to Sheffield on a two carriage diesel service, that takes 80 mins to travel 30 miles 🤦

[Dr Alexandra Meakin @A_Meakin]

Thanks @BBCLookNorth for inviting me to chat about #Budget2024 tonight!

[Petitions Committee @HoCpetitions]

We are pleased to announce that the petitions website will open today at 3pm.

Start or sign a petition today: https://t.co/88mN5sN4BZ

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Interviewer: “How do you explain this gap in your resume?”

Me: “I was trying to connect with eduroam”

[Jennifer Williams @JenWilliams_FT]

That Northern Rail fax machine exchange in full

[Lords Constitution Committee @HLConstitution]

📢Today we are holding the first evidence session for our new inquiry into executive oversight and responsibility for the UK constitution. We are hearing from @AlexGAThomas from @instituteforgov

📺Watch live from 10:15am: https://t.co/bmvbSvV6KH

[Philip Haigh @philatrail]

Mayor Andy Burnham tells Rail North Committee that Northern has cancelled 155 trains this morning and says operator doesn’t “appear to have a plan”. Cites no ticket acceptance with other operators and no bus replacements.

[Christopher Hope📝 @christopherhope]

The Treasury has just released this picture of Chancellor Rachel Reeves signing off the first Labour Budget in 14 years. The picture on the wall is of Ellen Wilkinson, education minister in Clement Attlee’s government. 👇

[UCL Constitution Unit @ConUnit_UCL]

ON OUR BLOG: Where next for the Restoration & Renewal programme?

@A_Meakin outlines how the 2019-24 parliament approached R&R, the lessons new MPs should draw from the experience of the past 5 years, and the dilemma of what they should do next.

https://t.co/Wftw8338ue

[ollie hart @olliehart7]

It still blows me away how #parkrun has transformed our parks on a saturday morning. People of all ages, sizes, cultures…. mutually supportive and encouraging. It’s the spirit every country needs to flourish.

[Sophie Hall @SophLouiseHall]

Absolutely no one:

Northern trains: just fyi every train you ever dreamed of taking is either cancelled or delayed

[Uni Leeds Students @UoLStudents]

Don't forget it's Light Night again tonight - across the Uni, the city and down at Leeds Dock, Leeds is lit. 🔥https://t.co/QMCPTL3E5g

[Yuan Yang @YuanfenYang]

We have to do more to protect football clubs like #ReadingFC from absent owners.

After my question in Parliament last week, I’m looking forward to my meeting with Sports Minister @Steph_Peacock and local fans & stakeholders to discuss how we can properly safeguard the club.