Lights! Camera! Faction! Inside the warring Tory tribes

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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From the ERG to the CGG, the different factions within the Conservatives build up a picture of the divisions within the party. But what do all of the different groups stand for, and why don’t we seem to see the same splintering within Labour? Professor Tim Bale, author of The Conservative Party After Brexit, joins Marie le Conte to find out. “Tendencies mean that the party is more easily managed, factions make it much harder to manage, and they make governing much harder as well.” “There’s a lot of groups that got going under Thatcher, mostly to protect her legacy. “I think if you're a leader a faction can be a real springboard for you into the leadership but you can also become a prisoner to that faction.” “There’s a degree to which belonging to a faction can give you some legitimacy when you’re speaking, it can amplify your voice.” Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Marie Le Conte. Producer: Jet Gerbertson. Assistant Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer:Jacob Jarvis. Bunker music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.5	fighting internally to the death, the right it was argued, was better at sticking together in the long run.
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1:28.0	Allies on one issue either become enemies on the next or else simply do not feel strongly enough
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1:44.9	Party has given Labour a run for their money on internal warfare. What's changed? Are the
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