Join LSE academics and guest speakers for an evening of lively analysis, debate and conversation covering the winners, losers, and the consequences for the UK and the rest of the world.

Will Sir Keir Starmer’s reformed Labour take power after the Party’s 14 years in opposition? Has Rishi Sunak done enough to keep some of the “blue wall” standing? What might the results in Scotland mean for the future of the United Kingdom. 

Programme:

9.15pm - 9.20pm Welcome
Tony Travers, Professor in Practice, Department of Government, LSE.

9.20pm - 9.55pm Panel 1: Introduction to British politics
Chair: Tony Travers, Professor in Practice, Department of Government, LSE
Speakers:
Tim Bale (@ProfTimBale), Professor of Politics, Queen Mary, University of London.
Laura Serra (@Laura__Serra), Research Officer, Department of Government, LSE.
Elinor Goodman, Journalist and Former Political Editor of Channel 4 News.

9.55pm - 10.15pm Live coverage of Exit Poll with thoughts from our panellists

10.15pm - 11.00pm Panel 2: Domestic policy
Chair: Rocco Friebel (@r_friebel), Associate Professor of Health Policy, Department of Health Policy, LSE.
Speakers:
Nicholas Barr, Professor of Public Economics, European Institute, LSE.
Andrew Street (@andrewdstreet), Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Policy, LSE.
Wendy Thomson, Vice-Chancellor, University of London.

11.00pm - 11.45pm Panel 3: The British economy
Chair: Vanessa Rubio Márquez (@VRubioMarquez), Associate Dean for Extended Education, School of Public Policy, LSE.
Speakers:
Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economics, LSE.
Richard Davies, Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy, LSE.
Eshe Nelson (@eshelouise), Reporter, The New York Times.

11.45pm - 12.30am Panel 4: Foreign policy
Chair: Alexander Evans (@aiaevans), MPA in Data Science for Public Policy Programme Director, School of Public Policy, LSE.
Speakers:
Iain Begg (@IainBeggLSE), Professorial Research Fellow, European Institute, LSE.
Michael Cox, Founding Director of LSE IDEAS, LSE IDEAS, LSE.
Stephanie Rickard (@SJRickard), Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, LSE.
Peter Trubowitz (@ptrubowitz), Professor of International Relations, Department of International Relations, LSE.

12.30am - 1.15am Panel 5: AI, fake news and the media
Chair: Charlie Beckett (@CharlieBeckett), Director of Polis and the Polis/LSE JournalismAI project, LSE.
Speakers:
Nick Anstead (@NickAnstead), Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, LSE.
Helen Margetts, Professor of Society and the Internet, University of Oxford.
Julie Posetti, Research Institute, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

1.15am - 1.55am Panel 6: The future of liberal democracy
Chair: Julia Black, Professor of Law, LSE Law School, LSE.
Speakers:
Chris Anderson (@soccerquant), Ralf Dahrendorf Professor of European Politics and Society, European Institute, LSE.
Mukulika Banerjee (@MukulikaB), Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, LSE.
Andrés Velasco (@AndresVelasco), Dean, School of Public Policy, LSE.

1.55am - 2.00am Closing remarks
Tony Travers, Professor in Practice, Department of Government, LSE.

Please note this programme may be subject to change.

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This event is supported by the Department of Government and the School of Public Policy.