Robert Saunders
@redhistorian
Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Co-director @MileEndInst, Reader @QMHistory
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http://gladstonediaries.blogspot.co.uk 19-04-2013 08:49:16
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Authentic James Graham bluetick.png If you look at cumulative political donations declared since the start of 2023, it’s clear that the Tories have gone into election gear, significantly outraising Labour.
That wasn’t true earlier in this Parliament - but the figures show a real tipping point since Q1 2023.
Agreed - Mishal Husain is very good. She's polite, but firm, and her interruptions generally make answers more likely, rather than more difficult for the audience to hear.
Michel Barnier (interviewed by Henry Mance) on British Brexiteers: 'It seems to me a huge weakness: to take your desires for reality.' ft.com/content/6ee162… via @ft
'The Tories are caught between moderates and ‘zealots’ – but it’s not going how you’d think' - chuffed to do the The Telegraph's Saturday essay. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/…
Over the last week, there's been lots of commentary on where Cleverly sits in the party & what this means for Tory factionalism.
There's much been less on what he might do in office.
So this is a fascinating thread by Sunder Katwala on the new Home Secretary's views on immigration
Adam Wagner It's an inevitable product of 'simplism': the constant pushing of simplistic solutions to complex problems.
When they fail to work - and they always fail to work - someone must be blamed for sabotaging them.