Tim Bale

@ProfTimBale · Suntrap of the South, Sussex. · joined 20 Oct 2010

aka @timbale.bsky.social Teach politics at @QMPoliticsIR. New book: "The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation"

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Tim Bale@ProfTimBale28 May

https://t.co/XXZ4GvWwPe 2K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Tim Bale@ProfTimBale13 May

“You call that statesmanship? I call it an emotional spasm.” My sceptical (but not Eurosceptical) take for the @NewStatesman https://t.co/xR3b4l2EKH 1.9K views · 10 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tim Bale@ProfTimBale10 May

@ProfTimBale Tbf while Douglas-Home, Callaghan and Brown didn't win their elections, the PM switches still massively helped their parties, saving at least some of the MPs 124 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tim Bale@ProfTimBale10 May

@ProfTimBale Johnson set a strong new direction. Sunak and Brown took office after Black Wednesday moments. 129 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tim Bale@ProfTimBale10 May

@ProfTimBale Callaghan definitely could have tbf. Events conspired. 142 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tim Bale@ProfTimBale10 May

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. http

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Tim Bale@ProfTimBale13 Jan

Thanks @Peston. For those interested in reading further, here's the report in full: https://t.co/X0ucaklcp4 2.7K views · 10 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tim Bale@ProfTimBale12 Jan

Quite literally, our political parties are aging and dying (research by Tim Bale et al ⁦@QMUL⁩) https://t.co/aoUtBUd8Vs

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Tim Bale@ProfTimBale20 Jul 2020

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. https://t.co/1VfXFIfU7M

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