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Peter Bale. Born Bristol, 12.7.1937 Scholarship boy. Aircraftman. Botanist. Biology teacher. Exercise physiologist. Wing three-quarter. Opera-lover. Sun-worshipper. Liberal-socialist. MS-patient. My Dad. Died Eastbourne, 15.7.2020.
Tim Bale
@ProfTimBale
aka @timbale.bsky.social Teach politics at @QMPoliticsIR. New book: "The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation"
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“You call that statesmanship? I call it an emotional spasm.”
My sceptical (but not Eurosceptical) take for the @NewStatesman
newstatesman.com/comment/2026/0…
My sceptical (but not Eurosceptical) take for the @NewStatesman
newstatesman.com/comment/2026/0…
www.newstatesman.com Dumping Starmer won't reverse Labour's fortunes MPs should ask themselves: what would replacing the PM actually achieve? The evidence that changing PM can help win you a majority at the next election is, shall we say, mixed.
Yes: Eden to Macmillan, Thatcher to Major, May to Johnson.
No: Macmillan to Home, Wilson to Callaghan, Blair to Brown, Cameron to May, Johnson to Truss, Truss to Sunak.
Yes: Eden to Macmillan, Thatcher to Major, May to Johnson.
No: Macmillan to Home, Wilson to Callaghan, Blair to Brown, Cameron to May, Johnson to Truss, Truss to Sunak.
Thanks @Peston. For those interested in reading further, here's the report in full: esrcpartymembersproject.org/wp-content/upl…
Quite literally, our political parties are aging and dying (research by Tim Bale et al @QMUL)View quoted post on X
