1) The Football Governance Bill has its Second Reading in the Commons today. But the Government has little confidence in it. Here’s why. A thread -
2) The Bill will create a state-licensed Football Regulator for English football.
Jan 6 • 35 tweets • 5 min read
How @reformparty_uk is helping @Conservatives. A thread 1) Almost the first words on its website confirm its preoccupation with extinguishing the Tories: “Join us as we consign the failed Conservative Party to the history books”. It’s all of a piece with…
…2) The thrills and spills with @elonmusk, the public push to overtake Tory membership, photos of @Nigel_Farage with young people, and so on. However…
Jul 29, 2024 • 36 tweets • 5 min read
There’s much to be said about @KemiBadenoch as she chucks her hat into the Conservative leadership ring. So here’s a thread…
2. If elected, @KemiBadenoch would be the fourth Conservative woman leader (Labour has yet to have one) and the first black leader of any major British political party (ditto).
Jul 25, 2024 • 29 tweets • 4 min read
Since the Conservative leadership election is now under way, it may be worth a thread on the Party’s future - recognising that the odds are against its return to government any time soon. So here goes..
2) There are two key questions. WHAT should the Conservatives try to do. And HOW should they do it? Let’s start with the first question...
Jul 8, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
The new Conservative Parliamentary Party. A thread. It’s been suggested that the balance has tilted against Tory MPs from left of party centre. Is it true? Let’s have a look…
2. First, there’s an issue of definitions. What does Tory left and right mean, anyway? What if you’re right on culture and left on economics? Or vice-versa? Or small l liberal on everything?
Jun 19, 2024 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
1) Conservatives in Canada after 1993. It’s well known that in that year the Progressive Conservatives won only two seats in the federal election. What’s not always so well known is what followed. A thread…
2) The PCs were a very long way down indeed - but not out. In the federal election of 1997 they crawled their way back to 20 seats…
Jun 15, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
+ @Jacob_Rees_Mogg is on feisty form in today's @ConHome Moggcast. He's got something to say on taking a knee, the Northern Ireland Protocol and "second rate" Oxford dons. But the most striking bit is about Covid and risk - so here's a thread.
Moggcast Quote 1) "Ultimately, the NHS is there to serve the British people, not the British people there to serve the NHS, and therefore we may need to spend more money on hospitals but...
