Tim Bale’s Blog- ‘Boris Johnson should call a general election now if he wants to win’, Metro, 27 June 2019.
- ‘What Boris Johnson and the Tory right have learned from Antonio Gramsci’, New Statesman, 26 July 2019.
- ‘The PM we shouldn’t write off’, Unherd, 19 July 2019.
- ‘Tory leadership contest: What’s on the minds of party members?’, BBC, 5 July 2019.
- ‘How the Tories became a Brexit death cult in thrall to Boris Johnson’, Independent, 27 June 2019.
- ‘People are unpredictable at predicting what they will do’ (with Phil Cowley), Times, 27 June 2019.
- ‘Tory leadership: Who gets to choose the UK’s next prime minister?’, BBC, 23 June 2019.
- ‘The Surreal Contest to Succeed Theresa May’, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2019
- ‘Boris Johnson supporters want no-deal Brexit and less talk of climate change – new survey of party members reveals’, The Conversation (with Paul Webb), 11 June 2019.
- ‘How Farage took control’, Unherd, 7 June 2019.
Monthly Archives: August 2017
‘Blue on blue: the 10 greatest Tory feuds’, New Statesman, 14 August 2017.
The Conservatives have descended into infighting over Europe, but that shouldn’t surprise anyone – they have been at each other’s throats many times before. The Tory expert Tim Bale provides a guide to the most acrimonious feuds, starting in 1945… … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Eden, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Enoch Powell, George Osborne, Iain Duncan Smith, Iain Macleod, John Major, Lord Woolton, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Portillo, Notting Hill, Rab Butler, Ted Heath, Theresa May, Tories, William Hague, Winston Churchill
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‘A new centrist pro-EU party can be a catalyst even if it flops’, Financial Times, 12 August 2017.
Journalists bemoaning the loss of yet another colleague to PR or the civil service sometimes talk about that hack-to-flak transformation as “going over to the dark side”. James Chapman, who in 2015 was persuaded by George Osborne to give up … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Adonis, Brexit, Centre party, Conservative Party, James Chapman, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, SDP
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‘Death and foxes: why certain issues have the power to turn a political campaign’, Prospect, 7 August 2017
British Election Study research released last week not only confirmed that the campaign made a big difference in 2017, but also gave us an insight into the issues that may have changed voters’ minds. Two or three things on the list—neatly illustrated … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 General Election, campaigning, Conservatives, dementia tax, Fox hunting, Manifesto, TV debates
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