Tim Bale’s Blog- ‘Theresa May announces dramatic re-think on “dementia tax”‘, 22 May 2017
- Theresa May’s offer on ‘workers’ rights’: how does it stack up against past Tory governments?
- ‘Lights, camera, discussion? The role of televised debates in modern elections’, Centre for Public Impact, 26 April 2017
- ‘Corbynism might not actually end – even if Labour loses the election’ (with David Jeffery), The Conversation, 26 April 2017
- ‘Theresa May is surfing a wave before tide finally goes out’, Sunday Business Post (Ireland), 23 April 2017
- ‘Friends with benefits? Nine things worth knowing about the links between centre-left parties and trade unions’, LSE EUROPP blog, 21 April 2017
- ‘Snap election a win-win for Theresa May: she’ll crush Labour and make Brexit a little easier’, The Conversation, 18 April 2017
- ‘The true picture of Labour members and supporters and their election campaigning’ (with Paul Webb and Monica Poletti), Labour List, 16 April 2017
- ‘A Conservative secret weapon at the last election – the non-members who worked for victory’, ConservativeHome, 2 May 2017
- ‘Fighting force? What Lib Dem members and supporters did for the party in #GE2015’ (with Monica Poletti and Paul Webb), Liberal Democrat Newswire, 2 April 2017
Monthly Archives: July 2014
‘The recovery might not deliver David Cameron a majority in 2015. Here’s why’, Telegraph, 28 July 2014
“All political history shows that the standing of a Government and its ability to hold the confidence of the electorate at a General Election depend on the success of its economic policy.” So said Labour’s Harold Wilson, who, as someone … Continue reading
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The youth of today will probably never vote Ukip. Is that great news for the Conservative Party?, Telegraph, 26 June 2014
Ukip is currently polling between 15 and 20 per cent among the electorate as a whole, but its support is seriously skewed towards older, less well-educated voters. Indeed, one of the party’s spokespeople famously blamed its failure to do anything like … Continue reading
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Why do Tories defect to UKIP?, Policy Network, 16 June 2014 (with Paul Webb)
Even if those who defect to populist parties do so initially only to register a protest vote, the emergence of ‘cultural’ as opposed to ‘class’ voting means that a sizable proportion may never return to the mainstream The rise of … Continue reading
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