Tim Bale’s Blog- ‘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
- ‘Brexit might just have killed the Conservative Party’, LSE Blog, 18 June 2026
- Electoral reform for the UK? Don’t bet on it, Financial Times, 3 June 2026.
- ‘Britain’s “ungovernable” decade’, Anadolu Ajansı, 21 May 2026.
- ‘Dumping Starmer won’t reverse Labour’s fortunes [unless….]’, New Statesman, 12 May 2026
- ‘Will Nigel Farage overtake the prime minister as the U-turn leader?’, Independent, 2 April 2026
- ‘Polarised and Powerful: Party Members in British Politics’, Political Insight, 18 March 2026.
- ‘Political treachery is a dangerous art. Streeting must perfect it if he wants to wear the crown’, Daily Telegraph, 16 February 2026.
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‘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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‘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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‘Brexit might just have killed the Conservative Party’, LSE Blog, 18 June 2026
Competition for the most overused word in media analyses of British politics is always tough, but “existential” has to be a frontrunner – particularly when paired with the word “threat” and particularly when applied to the relationship between the Conservatives … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Cameron, Conservatives, Farage, johnson, politics, Tories, uk-politics
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‘Dumping Starmer won’t reverse Labour’s fortunes [unless….]’, New Statesman, 12 May 2026
eir Starmer’s not a great prime minister. He’s not even a good prime minister. The mess Labour’s in right now is, undeniably and in no small part, thanks to him. The list is a long one: his allowing himself to be persuaded … Continue reading
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‘Norman Tebbit carried a torch for a “true-blue” politics now embraced by Nigel Farage’, Independent, 8 July 2025
They say “never meet your heroes” – but meeting your antiheroes can be absolutely fascinating. At least, that was my experience when I met Norman Tebbit. How could it not have been? Already branded a “semi-house-trained polecat” as an opposition MP, once in … Continue reading
‘Why we need to halt “hard right” in its tracks’, The Loop, 10 July 2025.
Whatever passes for the centre right these days is in serious danger of being displaced or even replaced by the far right – most often by politicians whose questionable commitment to the checks and balances that characterise liberal democracy and … Continue reading
‘Why are Tories suddenly in favour of proportional representation?’, The Independent, 25 June 2025.
here’s an increasing disconnect between those who want to run the country and the rest of us who merely live in it – and it seems to be making us more likely to call for a change to the way we … Continue reading
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Tagged coalition-government, democracy, Elections, electoral-reform, fptp, politics, pr, UK
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‘London isn’t a Labour city any more — the three key questions that new polling raises’, The Standard, 24 June 2025.
“London is a Labour city” was always something of an exaggeration but it’s even more misleading today than it has been for quite a while. Polling just released by the Mile End Institute (MEI) at Queen Mary University of London … Continue reading
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Tagged keir-starmer, Labour Party, london, mei, politics, Polling, uk-politics
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‘Rachel Reeves needs to change the record’, Linkedin Pulse, 27 March 2025.
“Politics,” according to the economist J.K. Galbraith, “is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable” – and that’s precisely what Rachel Reeves can argue she’s done in her Spring Statement. No-one … Continue reading
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Tagged Labour Party, politics, preference-shaping, rachel-reeves, Welfare
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