Tim Bale’s Blog- “End of the Brexit era? Burnham’s pivot back to Europe”, Anadolu Ajansı, 7 October 2026.
- “Burnham’s proposed electoral reform could have unpredictable effects”, LSE Blog, 6 October 2026.
- “The Keminaissance is a myth. The Tories are still like a weird uncle”, Bright Blue, 2 October.
- “Members of right‑leaning parties prefer leaders with ‘dark triad’ personality traits” (with Paul Webb and Stavroula Chrona), The Conversation, 18 September, 2026.
- “A fractured Union? Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland first ministers meeting”, Anadolu Ajansı, 17 September 2026.
- “Can’t you do it?”, Review of “Sunak at 10” by Anthony Seldon and Tom Egerton, Literary Review, 2 September 2026.
- “Hands off the constitution, Andy”, Unherd, 18 August 2026
- ‘Why Nigel Farage is resigning as an MP, only to stand again – expert analysis: Self-pity and self-obsession’, The Conversation, 7 July 2026.
- ‘There’s one thing that could revive Farage’s fortunes’, Independent, 29 June 2026.
- ‘Migration, Brexit, and Starmer’s exit: Inside Britain’s political meltdown’, Anadolu Agency, 23 June 2026
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“End of the Brexit era? Burnham’s pivot back to Europe”, Anadolu Ajansı, 7 October 2026.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham surprised everyone – including many of his Cabinet colleagues – when, in his speech to the Labour Party’s annual conference, he unexpectedly reopened the question of the UK’s relationship with the EU. Brexit, he declared, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Burnham, Brexit, EU, politics, referendum, uk-politics
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“Burnham’s proposed electoral reform could have unpredictable effects”, LSE Blog, 6 October 2026.
Far be it from me – a supporter of proportional representation and even, I confess, compulsory voting – to throw shade on the first Prime Minister in my lifetime to commit to electoral reform. But before we get carried away, we … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Burnham, electoral-reform, politics, pr, proportional-representation
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“The Keminaissance is a myth. The Tories are still like a weird uncle”, Bright Blue, 2 October.
I hate to be a party pooper, but I confess talk of a Keminaissance leaves me, if not quite cold, then at the very least somewhat sceptical. So, at a recent gathering of polling and election experts, I took the opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Party, kemi-badenoch, leader, loto, opposition, politics
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“Members of right‑leaning parties prefer leaders with ‘dark triad’ personality traits” (with Paul Webb and Stavroula Chrona), The Conversation, 18 September, 2026.
How does someone’s personality relate to their choice of political party? It’s a fascinating question, and one that has interesting implications in the changing landscape of British politics right now. Would someone joining a party, for example, want to see … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Johnson, dark-triad, leaders, machiavellianism, narcissism, Nigel Farage, party members, politics, psycopathy
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“A fractured Union? Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland first ministers meeting”, Anadolu Ajansı, 17 September 2026.
Every now and then, the official designation, United Kingdom, can seem particularly inapposite. The relationship between its component parts – England (population 56.5 million), Scotland (5.5 million), Wales (3.1 million), and Northern Ireland (1.9 million) – is rarely as harmonious … Continue reading
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Tagged england, independence, Ireland, northern-ireland, politics, referendum, scotland, united-kingdom, wales
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“Can’t you do it?”, Review of “Sunak at 10” by Anthony Seldon and Tom Egerton, Literary Review, 2 September 2026.
Anyone who becomes prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland knows that the proverbial ‘first draft of history’ of their time in Downing Street will be written not by journalists but by the indefatigable Anthony … Continue reading
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Tagged anthony-seldon, biography, Conservative Party, downing-street, politics, Prime Minister, rishi-sunak
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“Hands off the constitution, Andy”, Unherd, 18 August 2026
For fans of British exceptionalism, the fact that the UK is only one of three of the world’s democracies without a written constitution — the other two being Israel and New Zealand — is yet another quirk to celebrate. For … Continue reading
‘Why Nigel Farage is resigning as an MP, only to stand again – expert analysis: Self-pity and self-obsession’, The Conversation, 7 July 2026.
In what must rank as one of the most self-pitying, self-obsessed pieces of political rhetoric we’ve heard from a politician since Boris Johnson’s myriad attempts to justify himself back in 2022, Nigel Farage surprised absolutely no-one by triggering a by-election by resigning … Continue reading
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Tagged clacton-by-election, Nigel Farage, politics, reform-uk, uk-politics
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‘There’s one thing that could revive Farage’s fortunes’, Independent, 29 June 2026.
Nigel Farage has wasted no time in demanding that Andy Burnham call a general election as soon as he walks through the door of Downing Street. But given how poorly Reform UK performed in Makerfield – a third by-election loss in a row – … Continue reading
‘Migration, Brexit, and Starmer’s exit: Inside Britain’s political meltdown’, Anadolu Agency, 23 June 2026
British politics – and I say this as someone who’s had a lifelong fascination with it – used to be a fairly predictable affair, even, some would say, a little dull. Brexit, however, has helped to change all that – … Continue reading
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Tagged immigration, keir-starmer, Labour Party, politics, uk-politics
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