Tim Bale
@ProfTimBale
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aka @timbale.bsky.social Teach politics at @QMPoliticsIR. New book: "The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation"
Suntrap of the South, Sussex.
Joined October 2010
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.
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RT @IainDale: COMING ON 18 SEPTEMBER. British By-Elections 1789-2025 - The 88 By-Election Campaigns That Shaped Our Politics. Preorder a si….
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Biteback Hardback 18 September 2025 88 essays by 87 different politicians, historians, academics and journalists about 85 of the most important by-elections since thje John Wilkes by-election of...
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RT @ECPR_TheLoop: ➡️ In response to @ProfTimBale's recent article for @ECPR_TheLoop on stopping the use of the term #HardRight, Federico Ta….
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RT @DaveHill: Writing for @OnLondon Prof @ProfTimBale warned Tories that copying #Reform will not work for them. Yesterday, Labour held an….
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After 50-yrs I've finally had it with the Today prog. It's not the presenters; it's the papers review which is now unlistenable because (inevitably given market share) it's dominated by headlines from increasingly hyperbolic, obsessive titles, leaving me cursing in the shower.
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RT @robfordmancs: I have some good news for election nerds - "The British General Election of 2024" will be out this autumn, and if you're….
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RT @robfordmancs: Here's the page for the book at Waterstones:
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Buy The British General Election of 2024 by Robert Ford, Tim Bale from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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RT @DrMatthewSweet: Marks and Spencer was founded by Michael Marks (מיכאל מאַרקס) a Yiddish-speaking refugee from Belarus. Few of his origi….
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RT @MatthewdAncona: Rise of the far Right - and the resurrection of Corbyn. @The2Matts from @TheNewWorldmag .
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The Two Matts · Episode
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Serious wannabe AOC + Bernie energy (not saying that won't help them, though).
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Answer would appear to be yes - very relevant research for anyone who listened to @campbellclaret and @RoryStewartUK discuss the need for education to accompany the extension of the franchise on @RestIsPolitics
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RT @steverichards14: The RocknRoll Politics co-operative ahead of the game as ever on the Lee Rowley front:.
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RT @DrDavidJeffery: Well done to the government for choosing the one voting system worse than FPTP - the government should go full AV for m….
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The move reverses changes made by the last Conservative Government, which was accused of seeking to "stitch up" elections in its own favour
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RT @KevinASchofield: Slight snag - Angela Rayner resigned her Unite membership some months ago.
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RT @TheMonologist: One of the great moments in modern history. THE SWEDISH CHEF . RAPPER’S DELIGHT
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RT @DrDavidJeffery: Celebrating my final day of being 32 by hosting an academic workshop for our upcoming book 'The Truss and Sunak premier….
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