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Timothy Paul Bale is an English political scientist who is professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London.

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by Tim Bale

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All about "growth" (not being the way to counter populism, among other things) from the brilliant @jamesbreckwoldt.bsky.social (jamesbreckwoldt.substack.com/p/what-do-th...) including this:
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by Tim Bale

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Stamp duty was, I confess, a proverbial rabbit. But even doing that magic trick's all a bit George Osborne and inheritance tax c.2007. And don't get me started on that weird, half-self-satisfied, half-slightly-surprised chuckle at her audience's positive reaction whenever she tickled their tummy.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 8h
She's nothing if not predictable, is she? I know the Tories aren't keen on anything Green these days, but pretty much all they've done this week is recycle stuff they've been banging on about--for the most part fruitlessly--for the last decade and a half. And today it's "Mickey Mouse" degrees. 🙄
Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut
inews.co.uk
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
Badenoch's still at the "chucking stuff at the wall to see if it'll stick" phase of opposition. Trouble is, even if this one does (and btw it's not going to help all first time buyers given stamp duty doesn't kick in until £300k on what they're looking to buy), it'll get nicked by other parties.
Conservatives would scrap stamp duty, Kemi Badenoch says - follow live
The party says it would scrap the
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
Polsci talks a lot about the (often imperfect) relationship between 'descriptive' and 'substantive' representation (crudely, the link between ethnic minority presence in institutions & changes in their outputs/outcomes). It's stronger in parliament than our media, but here's @stephenkb.bsky.social
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I reckon English degrees are still needed.
A chocolate bar with a wrapper reading “When Labour negotiators Britian loses” with Kemi Badenoch’s signature on it.
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An English degree might help you to spell ‘Britain’ properly…
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This stuff is so tiresome. In a world where hard skills like coding are getting replaced faster than they can be taught, it’s the soft skills that arts degrees teach you that remain valuable.

Me for the i Paper when Sunak tried this very same nonsense last year: inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
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by Tim Bale — Reposted by: Jonathan Portes, Steven Van de Walle, Margot C. Finn

timbale.bsky.social
She's nothing if not predictable, is she? I know the Tories aren't keen on anything Green these days, but pretty much all they've done this week is recycle stuff they've been banging on about--for the most part fruitlessly--for the last decade and a half. And today it's "Mickey Mouse" degrees. 🙄
Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut
inews.co.uk
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
As Vic said to Bob, "You wouldn't let it lie".
The regions hit hardest by VAT on private schools, revealed
Private schools have seen thousands of pupils leave since Labour took power - with the Education Secretary's home region seeing the sharpest drop
inews.co.uk
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
Constant, morale-sapping, self-doubting rejection throughout their careers is one thing that all but the luckiest/most talented academics, no matter how supposedly senior they are, share with each other! I rather liked this advice about staying positive regardless - I just wish I could follow it!
‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection
As a writer, I have been rejected thousands of times, and it initially led to shock, denial and anger. Then I accepted it. Here’s what you can gain from doing so too
www.theguardian.com
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
Showing my age....
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 22h
What was that Sooty? The children can't hear you!
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
You'll love 'Shadow home Secretary Chris Philp, delivered a series of jokes to a hall so empty and unenthused that he gave a new meaning to “assisted dying".' But it's @roberthutton.co.uk's last line's that's a gut-punch rather than a belly laugh.
Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting the...
thecritic.co.uk
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by Tim Bale — Reposted by: Tim Bale

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What was that Sooty? The children can't hear you!
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by Andrew S. Crines — Reposted by: Tim Bale

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Delighted to contribute a chapter on Theresa May & her leadership of the #Conservatives for the new second edition of 'British Conservative Leaders' (eds. Charles Clarke, Toby James, Tim Bale, & Patrick Diamond). @livunipol.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...
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by Tim Bale

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And the winner of the world's worst ventriloquist act is....
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by Tim Bale — Reposted by: Steve Peers

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The politician's go-to euphemism for 'God, s/he really is an absolute tw*t sometimes, but I can't say that out loud because s/he's a (shadow) cabinet colleague.'
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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 1d
'Not words that I would have used' - Mel Stride refuses to back Jenrick's no white faces comment about Handsworth - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Jenrick accused of racism over ‘no white faces’ comments and his attack on judges labelled ‘serious mistake’ – UK politics live
Labour mayor of the West Midlands says Jenrick’s comments about Handsworth were racist
www.theguardian.com
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
Wait, what? Did Jenrick actually say "mulattos"?
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d
I'll bite. What is the benefit we gain from politicians being able to 'thoughtfully' say in private 'blacks, British Bangladeshis, British Pakistanis, British Indians, mulattos....all the same, and clearly from the look of them not-integrated?'
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d
Shadow DEFRA SoS, Victoria Atkins MP, bemoans those trying to score points off Jenrick's "private" remarks: "These are conversation we must have thoughtfully away from the clickbait of social media that, sadly, is so often the case."

And here is Victoria Thoughtful-Atkins at a farmers' protest. ~AA
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'Not words that I would have used' - Mel Stride refuses to back Jenrick's no white faces comment about Handsworth - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Jenrick accused of racism over ‘no white faces’ comments and his attack on judges labelled ‘serious mistake’ – UK politics live
Labour mayor of the West Midlands says Jenrick’s comments about Handsworth were racist
www.theguardian.com
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
Intrigued to see how the Observer's food-writer is going to segue seamlessly into political commentary as the piece goes on....
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Reposted by: Tim Bale, Ben H. Ansell, Andrew Scott

stephenkb.bsky.social
I'll bite. What is the benefit we gain from politicians being able to 'thoughtfully' say in private 'blacks, British Bangladeshis, British Pakistanis, British Indians, mulattos....all the same, and clearly from the look of them not-integrated?'
bestforbritain.org
Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d
Shadow DEFRA SoS, Victoria Atkins MP, bemoans those trying to score points off Jenrick's "private" remarks: "These are conversation we must have thoughtfully away from the clickbait of social media that, sadly, is so often the case."

And here is Victoria Thoughtful-Atkins at a farmers' protest. ~AA
Victoria Atkins with a thoughtfull bullhorn, wearing a non-clickbait union jack jacket.
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
Excellent.
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 2d
Dispatch from Manchester: cargo cults and effigies of Margaret Thatcher

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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
Today's off-the-shelf Britpol exam question. Just bolt on a "Discuss." (The He, btw, is Robert Jenrick).
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Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 1d
He wants mixed communities in the same way Conservative MPs want to reduce how many young people to go to University.
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He wants mixed communities in the same way Conservative MPs want to reduce how many young people to go to University.
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by Tim Bale — Reposted by: Tim Bale, Ben H. Ansell, Anand Menon , and 1 more

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I'm guessing Robert Jenrick might be hard-pressed to see a black face if he walked round his own constituency of Newark for 90 minutes, given the ethnic minority population of its main town looks to be smaller than the white population of Handsworth. (Source: citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmi...)
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
Wonder if it includes "No more f*cking lockdowns - let the bodies pile high in their thousands!" 🙄
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by Tim Haughton — Reposted by: Tim Bale, Catherine E. De Vries

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A quick take on the Czech elections 🇨🇿 written with one of my PhD students, Marek Prsin: views-from-central-and-balkan-countries.eu/motorists-pi... @sarahobolt.bsky.social @filipkostelka.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social @zsolt.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social
Motorists, Pirates and Dissatisfied Citizens: Recipes for Electoral Success in the Czech Republic – Views from Central Europe and the Balkans
views-from-central-and-balkan-countries.eu
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Reposted by: Tim Bale, Will Jennings, Steve Peers , and 2 more

robfordmancs.bsky.social
Four parties within a 5 point swing of first place and five parties on 12% plus.

This would be pure chaos under first past the post.
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d
Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.
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by Tim Bale — Reposted by: Daniel Ziblatt, Matthijs Rooduijn

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"When the mainstream right loses its confidence, when it starts to chase the buzzwords and symbolic politics of the far right, it hands them the steering wheel." Top piece from @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social, referencing @dziblatt.bsky.social's excellent book.
Enjoying the implosion of the Tories? That’s understandable – but completely wrong | Zoe Williams
The world’s most successful democratic party is in a death spiral of its own making – leaving no moderate bulwark between the moderate and truly far right, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
Postcard from @stephenkb.bsky.social (via his @financialtimes.com newsletter) from Manchester.
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by Tim Bale

timbale.bsky.social
"You can’t help feeling that the security is there to stop people leaving, rather than keeping the unwanted out."😆👏@mrjohncrace.bsky.social
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Humiliation upon humiliation for the Melster in front of half-full Tory crowd | John Crace
At conference where the stench of decay is overpowering, the shadow chancellor’s speech was an act of desperation
www.theguardian.com
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