Capel Lofft ✓

@CapelLofft · Cambridgeshire · joined 10 Jan 2018

✝️ Political and ecclesiastical history, Anglicanism, literature. Author of 'The Rage of Party: How Whig versus Tory Made Modern Britain'.

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145.2KViews on collected posts

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Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft4 Sep

The only sort of euthanasia I approve of is putting this wretched bill out of its misery...Let's make that happen 2.1K views · 61 likes · 7 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft4 Sep

Also, the essence of professionalism is a certain distance, a determination to do the job efficiently, sine ira et studio. Frankly if someone does a job well and professionally, I don't care whether they are personally interested, passionate, indifferent or actively hostile 3K views · 46 likes · 3 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft3 Sep

@CapelLofft @dcsandbrook @holland_tom As a whig i better buy this book 😀😀😀😀👀😂 25 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft3 Sep

@dcsandbrook @holland_tom To whet your appetite, try the 'Rage of Party: Political Compass' quiz that I created especially for the book's original launch. Discover whether you're a war-mongering Junto Whig, a backwoodsman Tory squire, an outright Jacobite or a Harleyite moderate: 676 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft3 Sep

@dcsandbrook @holland_tom Want to find out whether you're at heart a hard-headed moneybags Whig globalist or a stout Tory Anglican patriot? Want an outlandish narrative featuring mobs battering each other during elections with pikes, randy rakes, spluttering parsons and mad blood 859 views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft3 Sep

@dcsandbrook @holland_tom Now £14.99 in paperback (or just £12.44 today on Amazon), if you liked the sound of it but didn't want to fork out for a £30 chunky hardback (which I understand, fair enough), now's the perfect time to give it a shot: https://t.co/pB1ofO2734 925 views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft3 Sep

Today is paperback publication day for 'The Rage of Party'. The Times History Book of the Year, it tells the topsy-turvy story of the 1st age of party politics in England. 'Tremendous' - @dcsandbrook 'The most exciting publishing event of the year' - @holland_tom https://t.co 14.9K views · 172 likes · 25 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →

Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft3 Sep

I think the big issue here is that it's not obvious that Burnham has any meaningful programme for an alternative to a political economy the basic contours of which were set by Thatcher. So the 'Bloody Thatcher!' routine seems a bit hollow & performative 9.7K views · 126 likes · 11 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft29 Nov 2025

@CapelLofft @PaulGoodmanCH @thetimes Marvellous and so well deserved! 480 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft29 Nov 2025

@CapelLofft @thetimes Congratulations 852 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft29 Nov 2025

@CapelLofft @thetimes Superb and entirely deserved. A fantastic read. Many congratulations. 470 views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Capel Lofft ✓@CapelLofft29 Nov 2025

It's official in the print edition of today's Times. Not only is 'The Rage of Party' a @thetimes book of the year, it is *the* history book of the year. https://t.co/PgcBcZEMOt 111.3K views · 639 likes · 50 reposts · 59 replies Open on X →

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8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views1 491this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.65%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.49%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 491	924	1.61×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.65%	3.62%	1.01×
Engagement rate	1.49%	1.52%	0.98×

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How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

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Engagement rate per post

0.68%29 Nov

1.70%

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1.52%3 Sep

1.46%

0.97%

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1.77%4 Sep

3.31%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes80.4%1 079 in total

Reposts7.3%98 in total

Replies6.6%89 in total

Quotes1.0%14 in total

Bookmarks4.6%62 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

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Collected posts: 12. Views: 145 231. Likes: 1 079.