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Rob Ford
@robfordmancs.bsky.social
Politics Professor, University of Manchester.
Author of "Brexitland" and "The British General Election of 2019"
My Substack, "The Swingometer", is here: swingometer.substack.com/
www.robertford.net/
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A lot of them did. We had a long discussion of this in the 2019 election book, where sources who knew him well listed out his flaws, which were widely known within the Tory party before they made him leader. His positives (which were also substantial) were felt to make the risks worth it.
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Rob Ford
@robfordmancs.bsky.social
Politics Professor, University of Manchester.
Author of "Brexitland" and "The British General Election of 2019"
My Substack, "The Swingometer", is here: swingometer.substack.com/
www.robertford.net/
9.5k followers1.5k following676 posts