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Daniel Gover

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Daniel Gover

@DanielGover

Senior Lecturer in British Politics, @QMPoliticsIR. Researching UK politics and parliament: legislation, opposition days, private members' bills, procedure.

London

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Joined March 2010

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Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Feb 8, 2019
Paperback copies of #LegislationAtWestminster have arrived! 🙌 Available with 30% discount here (use code: ALAUTHC4): global.oup.com/academic/produ…
Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Jan 27, 2023
Think I've found the shortest speech in Hansard. (NB: The debate was required to end at 2:30pm.)
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Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Oct 20, 2022
Incidentally, I believe Liz Truss has become the first prime minister since 1970 not to suffer a single Commons defeat at the hands of her backbenchers.
Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Aug 28, 2019
By my rough calculation, this also means that in Johnson's first 82 days as prime minister, parliament would have been sitting on roughly 7. This is highly unusual, and not how democratic accountability to parliament is supposed to work.
Laura Kuenssberg
@bbclaurak
Aug 28, 2019
Replying to @bbclaurak
Parliament likely to meet therefore from next Monday until around the 11th of September - understand Downing St thinks they have some legal protection from court cases if they are suspending Parliament to come back with a Queen's Speech - there is going to be HUGE row
Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Aug 5, 2019
Excellent piece by Prof David Howarth on whether parliament still has the power to stop 'no deal'. His answer: 'A no deal Brexit can still be stopped, but only at a price.' democraticaudit.com/2019/08/05/is-…
Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
May 28, 2024
He has been Chair of the Christian Socialist Movement (now renamed Christians on the Left, and formally affiliated to the Labour Party) for several years. So it would be a surprise if he did not describe himself like this.
Kate Ferguson
@kateferguson4
May 28, 2024
Labour’s shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds describes himself as a “Christian socialist”
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Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Dec 16, 2019
Six(-ish) years of studying just so I could dress up like this (and write Dr on my bank cards), and honestly I’m not sure it suits me. 😂 But proud to be a #QMULgrad! 🎉
Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Oct 4, 2022
Very odd that the Home Secretary describes the unwillingness of the elected House of Commons to back a policy as a 'coup'. Reminder that the democratic legitimacy of the government originates in parliament, not the other way around.
Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Sep 12, 2022
Very pleased to have been promoted to Senior Lecturer in British Politics at @QMPoliticsIR. Many thanks to everyone who has helped & supported me, both inside & outside of academia. Looking forward to continuing my nerdy appreciation of parliament.
Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Feb 22, 2024
Penny Mordaunt says that the people of this country do not have a copy of the Commons standing orders lying around their house. This citizen begs to differ.
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Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Oct 3, 2022
Today on my Parliamentary Studies module we happen to be looking at the legislative process, in particular the role of ‘anticipated reactions’ - ie where government works out in advance what parliament will accept and adjusts its plans, without the need for an actual defeat. 🤔
Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Aug 30, 2019
Lord Lisvane (former head Clerk of the House of Commons) on #r4today this morning, suggested that suspending parliament to prevent it from acting is ‘a pretty profound subversion of the relationship between government and parliament’.
Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Sep 2, 2019
Very excited to be returning to @QMPoliticsIR today as a Lecturer in British Politics. It's a brilliant department, with so many amazing people. And what a time to be researching & teaching UK parliament, politics, and the constitution.
Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
Oct 15, 2021
This is awful. The easy accessibility of MPs to their electors is a great strength of our political system, and something we should not take for granted. Hoping for the very best, and a quick recovery.
Joe Pike
@joepike
Oct 15, 2021
BREAKING: Office of Sir David Amess MP confirm an ‘incident’ at his surgery. Two sources tells @SkyNews he has been stabbed multiple times. Mr Amess’s condition is unclear.