In case you missed it, my latest article has been published in the new issue of @CBHJournal It documents the links between the Br Conservative Party & Scandi Conservatives, as well as their roles in forming the European Democrat Union with Christian Dems:

@elisabmpiller You were resistant when I suggested you join Twitter and then look what happened. I just interpret my primary sources

@JanSueselbeck Wow. 🇬🇧

@JanSueselbeck Nice choice. 👍

@gsoh31 Congrats Glen. I love forward to reading it

@history_griffin @GirtonCollege How many years until you qualify for an offical portrait Ben?

We the editors @GaryLoveHistory & @skov_chr are delighted to have submitted ‘Conservatism, Christian democracy and the dynamics of transformation’ to @ManchesterUP today. Here is a peak of what’s to come in the New Perspectives on the Right series @Richard_Hayton @RobByronMUP

@BenJThomas_ @RichardToye Who is the politician?

RT @RichardToye: I am delighted to announce that I and @GaryLoveHistory have just signed a contract with Cambridge University Press for an…

@NicholasGuyatt @_hoolio I think it’s a big problem but a fascinating one. When I came to Norway I was outraged to find I had to swipe my bank card in my Dr’s office every time. I hadn’t realised how privileged I’d been in the U.K. I really hope they don’t abandon those core principles of the NHS

@_hoolio @NicholasGuyatt A real expert on this tells me that the Norwegian system was very successful after 1997 but then future governments put the breaks on as costs spiralled. Now it is about a lack of funding for doctors, nurses, and beds, despite the extra payments/ top ups

@_hoolio @NicholasGuyatt I’d have to read more about it but I’d like to know why waiting lists are so long. Not only have private services been incorporated into the public health system to try to cope but a small private health system has started to emerge, which would have been unthinkable decades ago

@_hoolio @NicholasGuyatt Thinking about this is sobering. Even such a well-funded public system in a very rich country struggles to meet demand :(

@NicholasGuyatt Agreed. In Norway I think nobody under 16 pays. I’d like to think the most vulnerable don’t pay but I don’t know that for a fact. Problem with top up fees is they rely on the functioning of a sensible & humane system. I don’t even trust Norway to maintain one forever

@NicholasGuyatt I see. Yes, that would be worse. The system here is being privatised more and more (more than people realise). Inequalities are increasing but marginally & slowly so it’s tolerated. But in U.K. I wouldn’t trust it at all! We’ve seen what’s happened to universities…

@NicholasGuyatt Obvs meant ‘model’

Love how there already seems to be an obsessive narrative emerging about needing to hold Labour to account when it felt like the Conservatives were given blank cheque after blank cheque for 14 years. I didn’t hear much about the importance of accountability then.

@redhistorian @PPFIdeas I might need to have to go for a run later