Tim Bale’s Blog- ‘Boris Johnson’s Cabinet is more heavyweight than you think. The bootlicking incompetents at today’s top table might look better tomorrow’, Prospect, 27 August 2021.
- ‘Give them a future too’, Mirror, 1 August 2021
- ‘The Truth About the Blue Wall’, Unherd, 2 August 2021.
- ‘Why some people switch political parties: new research’, The Conversation, 12 July 2021.
- ‘Post-truth – and post-conservative? How Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party poses a threat to the quality of our democracy’, Constitution Unit Blog, 5 July 2021.
- ‘Sajid Javid sounds like a lockdown sceptic, but he won’t want to alienate the NHS’, Guardian, 30 June 2021
- ‘Reflecting on Brexit: What I got right and wrong about the 2016 EU Referendum’, 21 June 2021
- ‘Lib Dems beating the Tories where Labour can’t is what Keir Starmer badly needs’, Daily Mirror, 18 May 2021.
- ‘PLOUGHED UNDER? LABOUR’S GRASSROOTS POST-CORBYN’, Political Quarterly Blog, 17 June 2021.
- ‘Is the UK choosing between the EU and the US?’, Encompass, 10 June 2021
Tag Archives: Lib Dems
‘EU referendum: one year on – political parties’, UK in a Changing Europe, 26 June 2017.
As far as the UK’s political parties were concerned, last summer’s EU referendum was a bit like one of those tag-team wrestling matches you see on TV. Although the bout began with everyone thinking they knew who was on which … Continue reading
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Tagged Article 50, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Conservative Party, David Cameron, EU, Greens, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, UKIP
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‘Four reasons why the Lib Dem fightback may fall flat’, Times, 30 May 2017
Tim Farron’s party had high hopes for this election, based on its claim to represent the fabled 48 per cent who voted to remain in the EU last summer and on the impressive increase in membership it has seen since … Continue reading
‘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
The Lib Dems have quite a reputation as election campaigners, renowned and resented in equal measure for their Focus leaflets, their ‘Can’t win here’ bar-charts and their ubiquitous dayglo diamonds. Indeed one of the reasons why, at least before the … Continue reading
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Tagged Elections, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, party members
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‘Is the Labour Party in terminal decline?’, CityAM, 4 January 2017
Businesses and political parties both operate in markets where competition can be cut-throat, where mistakes can be costly, where leadership and branding matter, and where, ultimately, the customer is king. Yet there’s one big difference: businesses – even firms so … Continue reading
‘What the Lib Dems can learn from failure’, Liberal Democrat Newswire #88, 5 December 2016
We all fear failure, but we don’t want to think about it too much. It’s less uplifting and less inspiring than success, and worrying about it can stop us even trying to do stuff. That’s a pity. Because, paradoxically, thinking … Continue reading
Get a sense of humour: the Tories and Coalition, Spectator, 5 October 2013
Like so many pundits before me, I had earnestly hoped never to begin a piece on coalitions by quoting Disraeli. But since I was asked by Bright Blue and the Electoral Reform Society to join Mrs Bone’s husband, as well … Continue reading
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Tagged Cameron, Clegg, Coalition, Conservatives, Lib Dems, membership
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Another coalition after 2015? The Tory grassroots can’t bear the thought, Telegraph, 17 July 2003
An overwhelming majority of rank-and-file Conservatives wish David Cameron had never taken them into coalition with the Lib Dems back in May 2010. But that doesn’t mean that they’ll stop him doing exactly the same thing after the next election … Continue reading
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Tagged Coalition, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Lib Dems, Members, Survey, Tories
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