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Posts Tagged: Tim Bale

The poor bloody infantry: why people join political parties

A new study asks good questions without providing good answers.

By Andrew Gimson | 9 November 2019 | 45 comments

Robert Halfon: Old Etonian Johnson now drives a white van

Raising national insurance, fewer “sin taxes”, public sector pay rises, more schools spending – all are part of his programme.

By Robert Halfon MP | 3 July 2019 | 41 comments

LISTEN: “There are pressing problems within the Conservative grassroots” – Wallace on the Week in Westminster

Our Executive Editor discusses disillusioned members, internal democracy, and allegations of UKIP infiltration on BBC Radio Four.

8 April 2019 | 127 comments

Testing our survey against the latest polling of Party members

There are some differences, which merit examination – but the overall findings are in agreement.

By Mark Wallace | 4 January 2019 | 182 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.

By Tim Bale | 29 September 2018 | 16 comments

Rebecca Lowe: Women’s attitudes to the Conservatives – and vice-versa – are not what you may think

There are clearly questions about what’s happening in relation to voting, membership, and representation — and what the Party should or might want to do.

By Rebecca Lowe | 28 May 2018 | 148 comments

New evidence of the harm done by the Conservative Party’s mismanagement of its own grassroots

Fresh research bolsters ConservativeHome’s case for a new Chairman and urgent Party reform – and offers a glimmer of hope.

By Mark Wallace | 4 January 2018 | 260 comments

Andrew Kennedy: Political parties. The age of mass membership may be over. But that of mass participation may be just beginning.

Our “Registered Supporter” scheme has enrolled 2,000 people; another example of how people are willing to commit, but not to join.

By Andrew Kennedy | 28 March 2016 | 40 comments

We ask our panel: What should Cameron do next?

James Cleverly MP, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, Cllr Sean Anstee, Graeme Archer, Professor Tim Bale and others give their suggestions.

18 May 2015 | 31 comments

Professor Tim Bale: The balance of advantage for the Conservatives has shifted. They would now be better off with PR.

On Saturday morning, the Today Programme brought together the Sun’s Tom Newton Dunn and the Guardian’s Polly Toynbee – a… Read more »

6 May 2013

Prof Tim Bale: Rachel Sylvester is wrong about Cameron’s strategy in opposition and the reasons why he failed to win an outright victory in 2010

Tim Bale is Professor of Politics at Sussex University and is the author of The Conservative Party from Thatcher to… Read more »

25 January 2011 | 48 comments

Prof Tim Bale: Even Churchill considered an electoral pact with the Liberals in the 1950s

Tim Bale is Professor of Politics at Sussex University and is the author of The Conservative Party from Thatcher to… Read more »

18 January 2011 | 35 comments

Tim Bale: How the Conservative Party has made the journey from the political wilderness of the 1990s to being on the cusp of power once again

Dr Tim Bale is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Sussex University and is the author of The Conservative Party from… Read more »

1 February 2010 | 52 comments

Tim Bale: The Scottish Tories are getting their act together

Tim Bale is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Sussex University and his book, The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron,… Read more »

19 September 2009 | 40 comments

Tim Bale: Passing the Wednesday-Friday Test

Tim Bale teaches politics at Sussex University and is writing a book on the Conservative Party from Thatcher to Cameron…. Read more »

25 July 2008 | 15 comments

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