Charles Lees

Executive Dean. TTID. Not all retweets reflect my views and none of my tweets reflect those of my university.

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

@AnthonyGlees Very sad news. My School of Policy and Global Affairs at City St George’s awarded Sir Alex and honorary degree a couple of years ago and he joined a group of us for lunch at tge Barbican. He was very charming, spoke to everyone and was genuinely good company.

[Anthony Glees @anthonyglees @AnthonyGlees]

Sir Alex Younger, long-serving head of MI6 at a time when the service was rocked by leaks – obituary
Really sad. Sir Alex was a brilliant commentator on intl affairs, always fascinating, always morally clear. He did meet with intel academics, too, of whom I was one on a couple of occasions. A huge loss to the UK. https://t.co/Fw9MU74Gn9

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

@AnthonyGlees Nowadays they have nothing but ad hominem abuse or an appeal to a kind of mental and emotional exhaustion (‘we need to move on …’) that they caused in the first place.

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

@James7Holland @DanielJHannan @michaelgove ‘It’s not a complete sh*tshow, so it’s a success ….’

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

@drianpace I honestly don’t think the punters will be paying much attention or care less. It’s not as obviously egregious as Boris Johnson’s route out of the London mayoralty. Of course, it helps having a partisan print media behind you.

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

Who are the main contenders to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister? It’s like nailing jelly to a wall but I had a go for #TheConversation https://t.co/C1sTzmKDlV

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

@drianpace On 1. I doubt the seat is his ideal option as Reform were a close second. Given current levels of unpopularity - which he can credibly avoid blame for - any win would burnish his ‘I can beat Reform’ message. On 2. Who knows? Has he learned lessons? We’ll probably soon find out.

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

@henrywinter Would still have a proper old skool 9, if you have to go long/direct and plan a has failed. Not sure the current candidates are up to snuff.

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks at this year’s #MaesLecture

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

It is a huge honour to be appointed a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. It reflects a degree of recognition from academic peers for which I am incredibly grateful. A big thank you to whoever nominated me and also congratulations to all colleagues appointed today.

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

@hotspurreports Last week

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

@David_Cameron @Conservatives Sometimes one wishes Huskies were more vicious and unpredictable

[Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 @GLandsbergis]

There is a glaringly obvious message for Europe in the 28 point plan: This is the end of the end.

We have been told repeatedly and unambiguously that Ukraine’s security, and therefore Europe’s security, will be Europe’s responsibility. And now it is. Entirely.

If you are a European leader asking your team to book you on the next flight to Washington to go talk to Daddy, please don’t.

Not without a plan, not cap in hand, not humiliating us all in front of the cameras at the Oval office.

Europe is our continent, our future is decided here, not there. We aren’t poor, we have options, we can finally decide to assist Ukraine to the full extent of our very extensive capabilities, restore European dignity and defend Europe.

Or we can continue to wait for the miracle we now know is not coming.

[Antonello Guerrera @antoguerrera]

Extraordinary words by Sir John Major on #Brexit at LSE last night: 🧵 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

1. “In an act of collective folly, the United Kingdom voted to lead to European Union across the world, our enemies celebrated and our friends despair.”

“We left Europe on a minority vote of 37% of the election after a referendum campaign that was packed with misinformation and misjudgment, it left our country poorer, weaker and divorced from the richest free trade market that history has ever seen. National interest was brushed aside by false hopes and promises”.

“False hopes and promises that even a cabinet dominated by front line Brexit enthusiasts was unable to deliver the promises they made, […] while the forecast damage of leaving the European Union has become only too apparent. The nation saw Project Fear become Project Reality very easily. It's no consolation that the majority of the public now overwhelmingly recognizes that it was mislead in their moments of triumph.”

“Brexiteers predicted other countries would follow their lead and leave the European Union. None have. All saw only too clearly that Brexit was packed with disadvantages, as we meet far from others leaving the European Union, as we meet nine further nations now wish to join the European Union, which is an apt comment on how the world saw Britain's decision.”

“United Kingdom once reveled, not long ago, within the memory of everyone present in this room, once reveled in being a leading member of the European Union with half a billion citizens and the undoubted first ally of the United States, the world's most eminent superpower. Today, we know we are neither, and so does the world”.

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

@montie Harwood is so solipsistic. The real ‘pro family move’ - as he calls it -is to give supermarket staff a bit of a break on a Sunday.

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

I have recently published a piece in Frontiers of Political Science called 'Germany’s populist disruptors and the ‘politics of fluidity'', explaining German populism in comparative and historical perspective, looking at demand and supply side factors: https://t.co/F8lpzlmLHd

[City St George's, University of London @CityStGeorges]

🏆City St George’s has climbed in the rankings again in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026.

The University has been ranked 14th for graduate prospects and in the top 50 universities in the UK 👏

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/xDyAcxLauO

[Anthony Finkelstein @profserious]

Very few people seem to understand university finances and, distressingly, this includes many academics and most policymakers. This is an attempt to condense the key points you need to know. https://t.co/gxJOEXfSuc

[City St George's, University of London @CityStGeorges]

Prof Charles Lees, Executive Dean for the School of Policy and Global Affairs, reminds us that it's okay to not have plans after graduation.

Wherever you go, "remember you have the drive, the ambition, the skill, and most importantly, the degree" to achieve anything! ❤️

[Charles Lees @CharlesLees2]

@SVG__Collection Little Wing; Small Axe