The Transformation of the Conservative Party-In Conversation with Tim Bale
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards
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The Politics of Leadership Contests
There is no instance of a party in any liberal democracy having democratized leadership selection going back on it that you know the genie's out of the bottle. I can't see how any leader tells its membership we don't think you're up to it and changes the rules, he says. As memberships shrink Conservative Party perhaps their views have become rather more extreme but Kia Starmer also elected centrist figures like Corporation.
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