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‘Like it’s 1997? Major’s lot weren’t so pointless, poisonous or loathed’, Observer, 17 March 2024.

Posted on March 25, 2024 by tpbale

We learned two things about the Conservatives last week. First, that they’re planning to spend so much money at the next election that they can’t afford to return Frank Hester’s tainted millions. Second, that the election won’t be held in May. … Continue reading →

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‘Reform’s success is not the real story of the by-elections’, Financial Times, 16 February 2024

Posted on February 25, 2024 by tpbale

If some of the more excitable commentary that has accompanied the news from Kingswood and Wellingborough is anything to go by, then the real story of this week’s by-elections is not so much a dreadful defeat for the Conservatives and … Continue reading →

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‘Tories’ worst nightmare is coming true as Reform threat proves real’, Daily Express, 16 February 2024

Posted on February 25, 2024 by tpbale

Both the Prime Minister and his opposite number have had a torrid time of it over the last week. Things began particularly badly for Starmer, when anti-Semitic remarks made by Labour’s candidate in Rochdale, Azhar Ali, came to light. They … Continue reading →

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‘The plotters, the coup and Farage’s path to the Tory throne’, Daily Telegraph, 27 January 2024.

Posted on February 1, 2024 by tpbale

Tory nerves have been fraying for months. But with the publication of a survey predicting the loss of nearly 200 seats, funded (apparently to the tune of £40,000) by the so-far-so-mysterious “Conservative Britain Alliance”, there’s a serious risk of full-blown … Continue reading →

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‘Europe is marching to the right. Can Keir Starmer carry the centre-left torch?’, Observer, 14 January 2024.

Posted on February 1, 2024 by tpbale

If Keir Starmer’s Labour party wins power this year, it will be bucking a trend. In many European countries, it’s not the centre left but the right – and all too often the far right – that seems to be … Continue reading →

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‘The Conservative Party’, UK in a Changing Europe, 5 December 2023.

Posted on February 1, 2024 by tpbale

British voters have fallen out of love with the Conservative Party – and hopes that Rishi Sunak might persuade them otherwise are fading fast. On almost any measure, the Conservatives have fallen behind Labour. And while the Leader of the … Continue reading →

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‘The Tories have changed direction – but they may not be headed where you think’, Daily Telegraph, 18 November 2023.

Posted on February 1, 2024 by tpbale

With only a year or less to go before a general election, one would have thought the Conservative Party’s historic will to power would by now have begun to reassert itself, ensuring that its members set aside their differences in … Continue reading →

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