Eddie Barnes

Calling young women! 📢 @ElectHer_UK, @youngwomenscot and @OfficialSYP are coming together to host a Young Women and Democracy Summit, 19 Sep at @ScotParl. This is your chance to make your voice heard and help shape a better political future! Sign up🔗: eventbrite.com/e/young-women-…

We’re finishing the week with an away day, reflecting and planning for the next year - watch this space 😃 Happy weekend from us at the Centre to all of you! ☀️ @EddieBarnes23 @niceonecombo @iain_w_anderson

Yesterday, the UK government announced plans to lower the voting age to 16🗳️ Using #UKYouthPoll2025 data, this morning @EddieBarnes23 looks at what politicians will need to focus on to win the support of Britain's new voters. Read his blog here: 🔗johnsmithcentre.com/news/britains-…

🚨 Delighted to join @JohnSmithCentre as a lecturer working on the annual #UKYouthPoll with @EddieBarnes23, @LooseElisabeth, and @UofGSocSci students. 🚨 johnsmithcentre.com/news/joe-green…

🚨 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Gen Z and Politics at @ScotParl's Festival of Politics! Join @LooseElisabeth, @dannydorling and @EllieMSYP for a panel discussion on what and how young people really think of and engage with politics 💭 📅 21 Aug 2025 📍 Scottish Parliament 👉…

BLOG: a report on the first of our new Political Conversations schools programme. With a link to the video. With immense thanks to @AlexNeilSNP, @Jackson_Carlaw, @MarieMacklin, and the fantastic staff and students at @KilmarnockAcad johnsmithcentre.com/news/political…

🏫 Last week, we launched our new #PoliticalConversations initiative at Kilmarnock Academy with @AlexNeilSNP, @Jackson_Carlaw and @MarieMacklin. 📽️ Watch the video to see what the students made of it! And read more about the event here:🔗 johnsmithcentre.com/news/political… @UofGSocSci

You can now watch an excerpt from @GordonBrown's @JohnSmithCentre lecture in London last month. The PM warns about the "breakdown of civic society" and the need to rebuild Britain's public square. youtu.be/OIwKRJVRwvc?si… via @YouTube

Well done to Zoe who has finished her 3-week MP internship! 🎉 "I have had the best experience working in Westminster, I am so grateful to have been given the opportunity - it has definitely made me want to work within politics in the future." Many thanks to @GraemeDownieMP 🙏

"What is happening to our civic society?"🤔 📽️ Watch @GordonBrown discuss the breakdown of our civic infrastructure, and what we can do to fix it, in this extract from the John Smith Memorial Lecture at Cadogan Hall, London last month. @NewStatesman @UofGlasgow @UofGSocSci

.@ProfTomkins has written this superb new book on free speech. The kind of book that will make you think better for reading it. And beautifully written too. Buy it now! bloomsbury.com/uk/on-the-law-…

🙌We had a fantastic afternoon at Kilmarnock Academy with @MarieMacklin, @AlexNeilSNP and @Jackson_Carlaw. Lots of good conversation and debate, engaged students and interesting questions!💡 Find out more about our "Political Conversations" initiative: johnsmithcentre.com/news/political…

🚨 Today we launch "Political Conversations" in partnership with @MarieMacklin! The initiative’s first event will bring together senior politicians from across the political divide at Kilmarnock Academy in East Ayrshire. Find out more 👇 johnsmithcentre.com/news/political…