Lord Ashcroft

Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC is former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. FB: Lord Ashcroft

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Good to see other pollster catching up…

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Thank you for those who have already been in touch…

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@igfield73 I’m not a Conservative Party Member. I resigned in 2015…I’m surprised you’re dim enough not to read the result yourself. Bye…

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The start?…

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The start?…

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@igfield73 I wasn’t standing…

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@IainDale I can remember that too…

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Thank you for those who have already been in touch…

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With Andy Burnham on the brink of being installed as Labour leader and Prime Minister, I've decided to write a book about him. As usual, it'll be unauthorised. And of course it'll published by @BitebackPub.

If anyone can assist with information that would be helpful please contact [email protected]

Please see full announcement here👇

Lord Ashcroft announcement of new book about Andy Burnham
I am pleased to announce that my next project will be a book about Andy Burnham, the Makerfield MP who is nailed on to be installed as Labour leader, and so become Britain’s next prime minister, this month.

The book will examine Burnham’s life and career, asking why he and hundreds of Labour MPs think he is fit to govern after almost a decade away from Westminster as Mayor of Manchester and what Britain under his brand of socialism – so-called ‘Manchesterism’ - will be like.

With a maximum of three years until a general election must be held, Burnham is in a race against time to prove himself, a task made no easier in the era of multi-party politics.

Who is Andy Burnham? Where did he come from? What was his track record in government under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown? For how long did he plot his route to the highest office in the land?
And what explains his sudden appeal given he was soundly beaten to the Labour leadership by Ed Miliband in 2010 and then again by Jeremy Corbyn in 2015?
The book will shed new light on Burnham and his cabal by addressing these and other questions.

As with all of my books, this one will be independent, objective, open-minded, fair and even-handed.

It is my intention to publish it and my previously announced book on Zack Polanski in 2027.

I look forward to sharing my findings when both books are published by Biteback Publishing.

Michael Ashcroft, 1 July 2026

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Good to see other pollsters catching up…

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Read my interview in @Daily_Express with the far-right activist Denis Kapustin - White Rex - who is fighting for Ukraine's Russian Volunteer Corps against his former homeland @rvc_army_eng

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Brilliant @MissAlly_01

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Kemi begins her purge of the wets https://t.co/F5iNULQtX4 via @conhome

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From today there are no border controls between Gibraltar and Spain. Schengen checks are at the Gibraltar airport (and port) but for non residents of the EU time spent in Gibraltar count toward the time spent in the Schengen area…

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A tweet of 13 years ago…

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With all eyes on @AFASeleccionEN vs @England tonight, Biteback is excited that we will soon be publishing the modular biography of Lionel Messi by Sergio Levinsky, with translation by Rex Gower.

Messi and Everything Else is out on 19 November 2026! Preorder your copy here: https://t.co/LJRfp6oxBp

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Read my interview in @Daily_Express with the far-right activist Denis Kapustin - White Rex - who is fighting for Ukraine's Russian Volunteer Corps against his former homeland @rvc_army_eng https://t.co/hQ0KpJ3NMl

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Published by @BitebackPub …

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Well today is the day… thanks to all who have wished me a happy birthday! And ordered the book!

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From today there are no border controls between Gibraltar and Spain. Schengen checks are at the Gibraltar airport (and port) but for non residents of the EU time spent in Gibraltar count toward the time spent in the Schengen area…

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Kemi begins her purge of the wets https://t.co/F5iNULQtX4 via @conhome

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A tweet of 13 years ago…

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Ann Widdecombe should be in the House of Lords. All seems a bit "nasty"
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