Birgit Bujard

political scientist & speaker (focus: European policy & Brexit), Senior Research Fellow @ceteus, deputy chair YKWA, private account

[Birgit Bujard @birgit_bujard]

Looking forward to it!

[DeBriGe Berlin @debrige_berlin]

All ready for this years’ Young Königswinter Conference, starting tomorrow at @EABBerlin . Looking forward to this autumn edition of our summer conference! @johnkampfner @birgit_bujard

[LSE British Politics and Policy @LSEpoliticsblog]

Five years after Brexit took place, @MonikaMeislova Meislová and @birgit_bujard look back at what allowed Boris Johnson to succeed where Theresa May failed.

https://t.co/CjbdLTDUCJ

[Monika Brusenbauch Meislova @MonikaMeislova]

🇬🇧 With the fifth #Brexit anniversary upon us, @birgit_bujard and I have written a piece for @LSEpoliticsblog, reflecting on the domestic politics of Brexit under #TheresaMay and #BorisJohnson.

🔗Dive into it here: https://t.co/RydjAS039N

[Birgit Bujard @birgit_bujard]

Very unfortunate decision. Explaining the EU and EU-UK relations remains a very important task for the future and @UKandEU has for years also done a great job in making academic research accessible to the wider public.

[Anand Menon @anandMenon1]

End of an era. Gutted to have to announce this today. Proud of what @UKandEU has achieved and very grateful to all those who have worked with us https://t.co/0pIen8RWzQ

[Birgit Bujard @birgit_bujard]

Excellent first day! Looking forward to the next few days of discussing 🇬🇧🇩🇪 relations!

[DeBriGe Berlin @debrige_berlin]

Here we go! The 64th Young Königswinter Conference has started. We’re kicking things off with a discussion on the recent UK general election. #ykw24 🇬🇧🇩🇪

[DeBriGe Berlin @debrige_berlin]

Here we go! The 64th Young Königswinter Conference has started. We’re kicking things off with a discussion on the recent UK general election. #ykw24 🇬🇧🇩🇪

[Birgit Bujard @birgit_bujard]

@anbusch @debrige_berlin @johnkampfner Thank ypu, @anbusch!

[Birgit Bujard @birgit_bujard]

Can‘t wait to get started: thanks to @debrige_berlin for organising this and looking forward to co-chairing the conference once more with @johnkampfner and to meet all participants.

[DeBriGe Berlin @debrige_berlin]

We’ve just dropped off our conference materials at @EABBerlin and are ready to go for the Young Königswinter Conference 2024! #ykw24 We wish our participants safe travels and look forward to meeting them tomorrow. #freundship

[Robert Ford @robfordmancs]

The main opponents Conservatives need to defeat to win back seats are Labour (Con second to Lab in 219 seats) and Lib Dems (Con second to Lib Dems in 64 seats)

So naturally many in the party are arguing for an all out focus on Reform (Con second to Reform in…2 seats)

[BBC Radio 4 PM @BBCPM]

Why did Labour achieve one of its greatest electoral successes in the party's history even though its vote share stayed relatively the same?

Rob Ford, Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester and part of the BBC's election data team, explains.

#bbcpm

[Tom Calver @TomHCalver]

Looks like there were three big transfers of seats on the night

🔵🔴 179 Con -> Lab
🟡🔴 35 SNP -> Lab
🔵🟠 57 Con -> Lib

(kudos to @narottammedhora for this brilliant sankey chart) @thetimes #ge24 https://t.co/omePQYkvAu

[Nicolai von Ondarza @NvOndarza]

Third, the age distribution. Labour won big amongst the 25-44, but amongst the youngest voters the Greens are becoming a real force.

The 65+ is the only agegroup wiht a remaining relative Tory majority, and here Reform UK is also the strongest.

[Nicolai von Ondarza @NvOndarza]

Second, the movement on seats.

It underlines that even if the Tories lost many votes to Reform, they lost the seats primarily to Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The big losses of the SNP to Labour also underpin their majority.

[Nicolai von Ondarza @NvOndarza]

Three graphs that for me tell the story of this #UKElection2024:

First, the 'meh-jority', with the huge discrepancy between vote and seat share as Labour wins one of the largest majorities ever, but mostly due to the implosion of the Conservatives and the FPTP voting system.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: It is official - the Labour Party has won a majority in the House of Commons and will form the next government.

Sir Keir Starmer has won the magic number of 326 seats and will become the country's next prime minister.

#GeneralElection2024 https://t.co/xItZsH7tea

[Europe Elects @EuropeElects]

UK, national parliament election, Ipsos exit poll:

Seat projection

LAB-S&D: 410 (+208)
CON~ECR: 131 (-234)
LDEM-RE: 61 (+50)
REFORM~NI: 13 (+13)
SNP-G/EFA: 10 (-38)
GREENS-G/EFA: 2 (+1)

+/- vs. 2019 election

Special results page: https://t.co/SB5MvMTJ5e

#GE2024

[Birgit Bujard @birgit_bujard]

What do the UK parties say in their election manifestos about EU-UK relations? Here you can find out:

[Birgit Bujard @birgit_bujard]

Helpful thread for anyone who wonders what might happen in the area EU-UK relations after the UK general election 👇

[David Henig 🇺🇦 @DavidHenigUK]

Not sure I can cope with another day talking about not talking about Brexit, at least I'm in Brussels with EU folk about how they don't want to talk about it, and about improvements that may only have some economic gains but not be transformational. https://t.co/MFeD4fedSQ

[Birgit Bujard @birgit_bujard]

Very helpful thread by @Mij_Europe on the European election 👇

[Mujtaba Rahman @Mij_Europe]

There'll be lots of noise over next few days about the far right surge in EU. The reality is more boring. First, because the centre will hold. Second, bc although there'll be more far right MEP's in Bxl, no majority & no organisation will limit their impact. EU election thread 1/

[Birgit Bujard @birgit_bujard]

@dmpullan Congrats, @dmpulla! Enjoy that nap!