Dr Thom Oliver

Senior Lecturer in Politics, UWE Bristol. Interest in Local Gov't, Representation & Accountability. Tweets mix of personal, academic, pointed & pointless.

[Dr Thom Oliver @Thomoli]

BBC asks how to solve space debris, God I hope in a lab somewhere they are cross-breeding a clanger and a womble.

[@Tomorrow'sMPs @tomorrowsmps]

🟢MAKERFIELD: The Greens and Reform really need to get a grip on candidate selection. Otherwise they'll get MPs who are crooks and/or nuts. Vetting candidates is a lot harder than both parties seem to realise, and both inevitably attract people with outlandish & extreme views.

[Vodka & Seledka 🇬🇧 @seledka_vodka]

🤣 LMAO

The time Rob Jenrick was teeing up for a big philosophical rhetoric in the oldest Parliament in the world.

But the universe had other plans for him 👇

[Dr. Max @DrMaxPolitics]

But whilst you wait for that, there is still the below. @AndyBurnhamGM very kindly wrote the foreword for the book and outlined some of his political vision.

Georgina Blakeley, @Thomoli and I wrote about how English #mayors set the agenda.

#Burnham

https://t.co/O82tJiZLMt

[Patrick English @PME_Politics]

100% this 👇

Same applies to any models or projections, MRP or swing or otherwise, of constituencies based off polling data.

Proper constituency polling, or nothing.

[Dr Thom Oliver @Thomoli]

@GarethKaneLD @DrAlanWager @LukeTryl The GLA is treated as a local/precepting authority within the wider LG finance framework created by the Greater London Authority Act 1999. The 1999 Act expressly amended the LG Finance Act 1992 to insert references to the GLA into the council tax and budget calculation framework

[Paul Brand @PaulBrandITV]

Genuine question... when you're fed up in Wales and need help from your MS... which one of the six do you contact?!

[Claire Hazelgrove MP @CHazelgroveMP]

Closes tomorrow evening

[Dr Thom Oliver @Thomoli]

Very final call for @RUKWales voters, for an academic study on the Welsh Election, we are seeking voters intending on voting Reform UK across Wales, https://t.co/9vo4muWGEK #Reform #VoteReform #Wales

[Somerset Cricket 🏆 @SomersetCCC]

BREAKING NEWS: @SCCCBrianTheCat back at the CACG and gearing up for #SOMvYOR Day Two ❤️

#YouAreSomerset

[SmallStates @SmallStatesQM]

. @SmallStatesQM, @UMmalta and @UWEBristol are delighted to announce that the latest issue of #SmallStatesandTerritories features papers from and inspired by the April 2025 conference "Referendums in Small States and Territories". Check it out here: https://t.co/a8Q9JdUk1q.

[Charlton Athletic FC @CAFCofficial]

“Godden again allez, allez!” 🎶

#cafc

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

Personal View: BBC journalism is disgracefully maligned by my old newspaper world, by Trump and commercially-focussed idealogues, yet here at home I just watched @BowenBBC on Iran, followed by @FrankRGardner, followed by the wonderful @VitalyBBC from Kyiv…. I was in US last week… let me tell you NO news organisation is as good as this, no journalists as clear and free, the new DG needs to fill the newsroom with confidence and….defiance…. it is time to wave the BBC flag.

[Charlton Athletic Academy @CharltonAcademy]

Josh Laqeretabua has joined @BathCity_FC on loan until the end of the season 🤝

Best of luck, Josh! 👊

🔗https://t.co/OlohVHUlji

#cafc | @ValleyGold

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Two possible things going on here: 1) Trump, the man-child, was manipulated into this war by people around him with their own political (Rubio), financial (Witkoff/Kushner), religious (Hegseth) agendas. 2) Trump is trying to divert the blame for this unpopular war onto others.

[Ben Ansell @benwansell]

With a little bit of help from Claude Code I've made a UK Constituency app that lets you look at descriptive data about British constituencies through a variety of maps and graphs. A short thread... 1/n

[Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @DefenceHQ]

Behind every helicopter built in Yeovil there's a network of almost 70 UK businesses making it possible, each bringing something unique to the table.

This £1 billion deal doesn't just secure 3,300 jobs at one site, it backs UK industry across all nations from the ground up. 🇬🇧

[Wales Centre for Public Policy @WCfPP]

💡How can the next @WelshGovernment work with local government to support a sustainable future for Welsh local government?
🧑‍💻Our third pre-election webinar, hosted by @IWA_Wales will build on our work on sustainable future local government with @WelshLGA and Welsh local authority leaders
📲READ and sign up 🔗https://t.co/Iwi2b5Cncs

[Dr Thom Oliver @Thomoli]

@NeilMaggs2 21 U-turns to go

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

The fact vastly more commentators in my old world, British popular journalism, attacked Pep Guardiola for his politics last week than Jim Ratcliffe for his politics this week, is depressing, alarming and a disgrace all at the same time.

[Tristan Cork Post @TristanCorkPost]

I hope I’m not telling tales out of school, but Adam said this morning ‘I’ll live-tweet the budget meeting, if nothing else to keep myself awake’.
It’s actually a masterclass in informing & entertaining us all about something dull-but-important, so follow his thread here 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼