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Nick Cott

@nickcott.bsky.social

Associate Lecturer in History at Open University and University of St. Andrews. Honorary Alderman of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne. Former Newcastle Liberal Democrat City Councillor & Opposition Leader. Currently Chair of Northumberland Liberal Democrats

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 17/06/2026

Today, we are calling for a bold new deal with Europe that will make Britain richer, safer, and stronger. A Customs Union. Taking Britain back into the Single Market. Tearing down barriers to trade. It’s time to end the chaos and put Britain back at the heart of Europe.

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Nick Cott @nickcott.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Tomorrow is the start of my latest lecture series for the Explore Lifelong Learning programme, hosted by the Joseph Cowen Centre in Newcastle. My lectures address questions about the development of the British empire in its early phase. Tomorrow's lecture looks at the creation of the United Kingdom.

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Nick Cott @nickcott.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Looking forward to my latest Explore series on Ramsay MacDonald. The Explore programme is put together by the Joseph Cowen Centre, a charity based in Newcastle. It has a wide programme and well worth joining!

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 04/09/2025

Some bizarre figures in here (Lib Dem figure wild, but then, Ipsos had a wild Green figure, so pick your small party house effect), but regardless, Holyrood's voting system is not holding up well; the "correct" proportional AMS outcome should be: SNP ~ 46 RUK ~ 21 Lab ~ 20 LD ~ 18 Con ~ 14 Grn ~ 10

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Nick Cott @nickcott.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Oasis humour in Ladybank tonight thanks to Scotsrail!

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Nick Cott @nickcott.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

My UG and PG students on September / October starts have been receiving their results. Well done to all @openuniversity.bsky.social students for all your efforts. Learning by distance is not easy but you show year on year how hard work pays off!

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Nick Cott @nickcott.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Looking forward to my next lecture series for the Explore programme at the Joseph Cowen Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne on Ramsay Macdonald. I have decided to run this due to very positive feedback on my lecture series' on Baldwin and Chamberlain and this will kind of complete the set!

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump admits that concluding a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine "in 24 hours" is a more difficult task than he thought…

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Nick Cott @nickcott.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Looking forward to my next course for Explore Lifelong Learning in February / March. Explore is a great programme of learning for anyone interested. They have a fabulous Newcastle city centre venue and availability online as well for some of the courses, including mine.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

"The number of European students enrolled at British universities in 2022/23 was 20% lower than 2021/22 – and 37% lower than 2020/21. ... Compared to 2018/19, there were 26% fewer students from France; 37% fewer from Italy; 40% fewer from Germany." #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

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Impact of Brexit and of leaving Erasmus+ on France-UK academic exchanges

France is endeavouring, at bilateral as much as European level, to find solutions to strengthen student exchanges with the UK in a now more restricted framework.

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Nick Cott @nickcott.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Awful.

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