Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
Tim Bale
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Top toon from @bjennings90.bsky.social
' You cannot say “Brexit is responsible for the mess we are in, but we won’t do anything about that, sorry, we are stuck where we are forever.” It makes you look weak and stupid, which is one of the major reasons why Starmer and his government looks weak and stupid.'@nicktyrone.bsky.social 👏
"Take Orbán’s family estate....Hatvanpuszta was a rural building hypertrophied into a huge estate with new wings, stone-lined swimming pools (Orbán suggested, when questioned, that they were sheep dips) and rose gardens. Drone footage captured ZEBRAS* grazing around the grounds."
* Caps mine.
Now *that* I would go pay-per-view for.
Lavish buildings put up by his regime contrasted sharply with Hungary’s crumbling social infrastructure
Oh, FFS @theguardian.com 'Hard Right' AGAIN? Why can't you just call a spade a spade?
Not only do Palace have more players at the World Cup than R Madrid, Palace have more Spanish players at the World Cup than R Madrid…
“I have some sympathy for the critique that the centrists and liberals have left the field on X for others, but then if you’re Keir Starmer putting out announcements there, [and] all the replies are garbage or death threats, then what’s the point?” @benansell.bsky.social 👏
You might enjoy this example also. The cigar room is a particularly delicate detail.
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But, as Paula points out...
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Tim Bale
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As most of you know already, I have a book coming out in September called “The Rise of Reform: The inside story of Britain’s political disruptors”.
It is not enough to revile them both. Understanding the personal and ideological divergence is essential to taking back the ground they now occupy, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
