It may be hard to believe, given the shambles of Liz Truss’s resignation, but Britain’s Conservative Party is the most successful election-winning machine in history
On October 20th Liz Truss resigned as leader of Britain’s Conservative Party and thus will soon depart as prime minister. The party will holdhard to believe, given the shambles of Boris Johnson’s semi-defenestration, but Britain’s Conservative Party is the most successful election-winning machine in history. Other parties rise and fall, victims of a basic shift from feudalism to capitalism or huge changes in the franchise.
A more contemporary, objective and analytical take on the party by a political scientist, first published in 2012. Among several books Mr Bale has written on aspects of the Conservative Party, this is probably the most comprehensive. He runs the rule over the party’s finances, organisation and personnel. His is also a useful reminder that for all the puffed-up pre-eminence of the Tory leaders in parliament, the party is still, to a great extent, run by voluntary membership in local associations.
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