How did the Tories become the chaos party?

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🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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The Conservative Party was once a unified force, able to steadily maintain power. But today’s Tories are in constant turmoil. How did they become the party of chaos? Since Brexit there’s been a revolving door of leaders, the rise of tribalism within the party and a series of humiliating byelection losses. Alex Andreou is joined by professor of politics at Queen Mary University Tim Bale to try and understand this shift in conservative politics. • “Everything that top Tories say needs to be considered as part of their future leadership contest.” – Tim Bale • “Without Brexit, we wouldn't have seen the turmoil that we've seen over the last decade.” – Tim Bale We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. Support us on Patreon. Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.8	Alexandra the one attribute which most progressives have always grudgingly
1:16.6	admired about conservative parties is that they know how to win election, a sort of ruthlessness in their pursuit of power that meant ideology
1:25.6	usually came second. It is against this background that I have watched the current
1:30.0	Tory party's mitosis into an ever increasing number of fragments at times
1:34.7	incredulous. My guest today is here to help me try and understand the chaos at
1:39.7	the heart of right-wing politics right now. He is a professor of politics at Queen Mary University of
1:45.1	London whose books include the recent title The Conservative Party after
1:49.9	Brexit. Welcome to the bunker, Tim Bale, I should say welcome back to the bunker.
1:54.4	Great to be here, thanks very much for having we on.
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