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Tim Bale

Posts by Tim Bale

Tim Bale is professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London and author of “The Conservatives since 1945: the Drivers of Party Change” (Oxford University Press)

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Tim Bale: Johnson and Rees-Mogg are still in with a shout in the race to succeed May

New polling also reveals that neither is so far ahead as to be unstoppable, however.

Comment | By Tim Bale | 7 January 2019 at 2:00 pm | 51 comments

Tim Bale: How the Conservatives can turn new members into activists

A national membership system is a good start, but it must be accompanied by pro-active engagement from local associations.

Comment | By Tim Bale | 29 September 2018 at 12:00 pm | 16 comments

Tim Bale: Why the real Conservative membership figure matters to the whole country – not just the party

Sooner or later, it will hold a leadership contest in which its members will actually get to decide the winner – and perhaps our next Prime Minister.

Comment, Highlights | By Tim Bale | 21 March 2018 at 6:20 am | 55 comments

Tim Bale: A Conservative secret weapon at the last election – the non-members who worked for victory

Even if each of them who did anything at all did far less than paid up members, the sum of their individual efforts was at least as great and probably greater.

Comment, Highlights | By Tim Bale | 8 April 2017 at 6:30 am | 28 comments

Tim Bale: The Conservatives who threatened to vote UKIP. All mouth and no trousers.

Yet even if their concerns don’t ultimately lead to them backing someone else, these shouldn’t simply be dismissed as having no consequences.

Comment, Highlights | By Tim Bale | 19 March 2017 at 6:30 am | 78 comments

Tim Bale: Are elections won by members or money?

After decades of decline, the membership figures of the main political parties are on the rise. But will it make a difference?

Comment, Highlights | By Tim Bale | 22 December 2016 at 6:30 am

Tim Bale: Memo to May. Don’t forget One Nation, Prime Minister.

The ideal is all the more necessary in a polity in which a plurality of just 30-something percent can win you virtually untrammelled power.

Comment | By Tim Bale | 9 October 2016 at 10:00 am | 24 comments

Tim Bale: Leaving the EU could be the best thing to happen to the Conservative Party in decades

Whoever the next Prime Minister may be, they have an opportunity to unite their party, win a snap election and drive Farage back to the political fringe.

Comment, Highlights | By Tim Bale | 29 June 2016 at 6:40 am | 67 comments

Tim Bale: The Corn Laws analogy is misplaced. There’s no good reason why the Tories should split over Europe.

One would be hard-pressed to think of a single mainstream centre-right party that has melted down even the most fundamental of internal disagreements.

Comment, Highlights | By Tim Bale | 17 May 2016 at 6:20 am | 93 comments

Tim Bale & Philip Cowley: What Conservative MPs really think about Britain’s EU membership

The number of them wanting to leave come-what-may could be as high as 100 but it could also be under 40.

Comment, Highlights | By Tim Bale | 2 February 2016 at 11:00 am | 47 comments

Tim Bale: Cameron looks more like a captive than a captain of his party

Can the Tory leader pull of an election victory? Only if he stops going through the motions, which seem to have been set by someone else.

Comment | By Tim Bale | 26 April 2015 at 11:00 am | 78 comments

Tim Bale: We still haven’t had “the first internet election” – but it could come soon

Digital technology offers the chance to reform the state, as well as politics.

Comment, Highlights | By Tim Bale | 19 February 2015 at 6:30 am | 48 comments

Professor Tim Bale: How to start reviving the Conservatives in the North

The party should embrace electoral reform – at least for local elections. Give Conservative voters a slither of hope by introducing, say, the Single Transferable Vote.

Comment, Highlights | By Tim Bale | 13 December 2014 at 6:30 am | 38 comments

Professor Tim Bale: UKIP shouldn’t be an option for any true conservative

The essence of conservatism lies in coming to terms with reality, not trying to opt out of a changing world.

Comment, Highlights | By Tim Bale | 29 May 2014 at 6:15 am | 126 comments

Tim Bale: After Thatcher, can the Conservatives ever talk credibly about poverty?

The Tories may win the war on welfare, but if they lose the war on poverty, it could well prove to be a hollow and very short-lived victory.

Comment | By Tim Bale | 21 November 2013 at 4:00 pm | 30 comments

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