Tim Bale, a historian of modern conservatism, excavates the recent past, offering a fast-paced “analytical narrative” of the Tory party since Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016. In The Conservative Party After Brexit, he documents a world of contemporary conservatism that pulses with self-interest as much as ideology, in which politics is increasingly tactical and reactive, and social media accelerates political life.
Financial TimesProfessor Bale has also written for The Conversation on the drop in members in the Scottish National Party.