Capel Lofft
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✝️ 'Two Bottle Orthodox'. My book on the first age of party politics, 'The Rage of Party: How Whig Versus Tory Made Modern Britain' is out in Sept '25
Cambridgeshire
Joined January 2018
The day is here. After 2 years of toil, in the midst of a job & raising 2 small sons, 'The Rage of Party: How Whig Versus Tory Made Modern Britain' publishes today. To mark the occasion I have a treat. a totally revamped 'Political Compass: Rage of Party' quiz (see next tweet)
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For some reason, there was a glitch in this 'Political Compass: Rage of Party' quiz that meant that if you gave mostly 'True Whig' answers it actually said that you were a Jacobite (!?). Not deliberate, honest, but fixed know I think.
Are you a radical True Whig? Maybe the early 18th century 'centrist dad' equivalent (Harleian Moderate)? A gouty fox-hunting country Tory backwoodsman? A splenetic High Church Tory Partisan? Or perhaps a Jacobite. Find out here:
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My attitude to clothes is found in the Sermon on the Mount. Solomon in his glory was not arrayed like one of these. That's my line anyway and I am sticking to it.
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Bijan is great but I want to say a little word for the naturally scruffy among us. I could put on the sharpest, best cut, most stylish clothes and within 10 minutes I would look scruffy again. Nothing I can do about it. I can't struggle against the will of the almighty.
"Dress Better For England" - why dressing well is good for society, and a real act of rebellion. Me @TheCriticMag (link in thread. )
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Bitcoin’s on fire at $112K! Time to flip the charts on BTCC!.Exploring Cryptocurrency with Jaren Jackson Jr.🏀.
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RT @zugzwanged: An exciting and eclectic set of new arrivals! @CapelLofft @danwwang @danitreweek @_F_B_G_ @PeterZWatson .
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RT @thinkingclasses: @CapelLofft @WalkerMarcus @StBartholomews Here's George talking to me about this very book on Thinking Class: https://….
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Me talking about 'The Rage of Party' to @thinkingclasses. We ended up talking about the echoes of Whig versus Tory in contemporary politics quite a bit too.
@CapelLofft @WalkerMarcus @StBartholomews Here's George talking to me about this very book on Thinking Class:
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RT @stevegilham1: @CapelLofft Just arrived. I shall need to read it before doing the quiz, though.
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RT @TheCriticMag: “What might be instructive to recall is that the tensions of this cultural and political war did not last” — @CapelLofft….
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On the 1st March 1710, a furious mob of around 3000 Londoners went on the rampage around the Temple area of the capital. Fuelled by copious amounts of alcohol, much of it extorted out of nervous by…
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I am delighted to see another review of 'The Rage of Party' by @MaxSkjonsberg in @EngelsbergIdeas. It is very generous.
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My 'The Rage of Party' is not the only great book out atm. I am 20 pages away from finishing this by @_F_B_G_, and it is a brilliantly conceived, erudite and often moving history of Christianity, told via visiting 12 churches, from Rome to Japan. Buy it!
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RT @_F_B_G_: The author said to me ‘if you don’t enjoy this book no one will’. Well fortunately I am already absolutely loving it. Just the….
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RT @Madz_Grant: So enjoying this amazing book on a fascinating, neglected period of UK history, with our most underrated monarch, Good Quee….
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Sound.
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Very disappointing. I had you down as a Junto Whig for sure. Such centrist dad tendencies.
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