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Chris Terry-Enescu

@cjterry.bsky.social

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Former political researcher and professional elections nerd specialising in electoral and party systems. Current day market research analyst for museums, heritage, the arts and charities around the world. UK's number one Romania-phile. Still a nerd. He/him

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · Jul 8

I decided to get one of those substack things people have and write about how Labour's victory is a reminder of how party strategy changes in a multi party, volatile environment. There's a bit about the 1977 Dutch election if you like that sort of thing

open.substack.com/pub/election...

The coalitionable, inoffensive, Labour Party

How party strategy in European PR systems can tell us about Labour's victory, and a journey through the weird and wonderful operation of Britain's electoral system.

open.substack.com

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 49m

Yes, it has been somewhat incredible watching the boundless energy of 'er indoors discover "fatigue" for the very first time in her life. Never thought I'd see the day

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 1h

I currently have almost 400 tabs open on my phone, if you include the 360 odd that have been moved to 'inactive' because I haven't looked at them in more than 3 weeks to save my RAM from crying out in pain

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 1h

This is rookie ADHD numbers, you gotta get them up

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 6h

Hague in his 1st conference speech as leader: "I am proud to be British. I believe in the United Kingdom, and so do hundreds of thousands of British blacks and British Asians. I want to see men and women from our ethnic minorities playing their full part in the mainstream of our national life..."

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 6h

Annoyingly Hague's full speech text doesn't appear to be online anywhere, so maybe there is something egregiously stupid in it, but it is a much more skilful bit of 'I lead the party that has run the country for 18 years' positioning:

We care too, claims Hague

Key extracts from William Hague 's 1997 conference speech.

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 6h

I'll DM you if I have any questions.

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 7h

He's right to do it

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 7h

Also, whether he realises it or not, a dog whistle against the current party leader and her predecessor, I fear

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, Romania too is growing at a phenomenal rate, despite all the reasons it very obviously shouldn't be.

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 7h

Oh yeah for sure. He doesn't exactly hide that what he means is the numbers of white people

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 7h

They're firing 100,000 civil servants and cutting more money out of the welfare bill, two things they definitely would be able to do, Chaminda

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah. I have found myself reflecting recently on the Musk sentiment that mass migration is a threat to the West. Annoys me because, the West is nothing if it is not the a beacon of small-l liberalism and democracy.

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 7h

Also he doesn't understand what the word 'banlieue' means.

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 7h

It always amazes me that there appear to be people who think France is doing a better job at managing being a multi-ethnic society than we are.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 7h

No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.

Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 7h

Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.

Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.

That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 8h

a man in a suit and tie is making a surprised face .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a surprised face .

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

Jenrick being the loudest member of the Conservative party has already been a huge contributor to the poisoning of our politics. We really don't need any four-dimensional chess about him becoming leader. When it happens, it will be a terrible day for our country.

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

A Tory party under Jenrick might take a few of the racist votes from Reform, but they’d haemorrhage bucketloads to the Lib Dems.

So, on balance…

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 10h

The risk tbf is we might get more politicians like Kemi Badenoch instead if we do that

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 10h

You have to remember that Badenoch is the ultimate in STEM brain

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Jack Tindale @jacktindale.bsky.social · 11h

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 10h

REEVESY!

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 19h

Yes.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22h

All these people really want is to pay no taxes and be treated with floor scraping deference. Everything else is just bullshit in pursuit of that goal.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Party donor Nick Candy says "I cherish the values we grew up with here in the West. But today you are more likely to find the values we grew up with in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.’

Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 21h

I don't want context for this. It can't be as good as the mystery

Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 21h

This looked better in his head

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 22h

Alas the first rule of the SCOTUS is it's only unconstitutional when Democrats do it