‘We broke all the rules’

A Minister for Testing? There is a precedent, says ROGER HERMISTON. Continue reading →

Ancient liberties placed in pawn

Have we been here before? asks ROGER HERMISTON. For 2020, read 1940… Continue reading →

My mother was a friend of an enemy of the people

SIMON MATTHEWS on Judi Dench as Red Joan – and other suburban spies. Continue reading →

‘Sturdy and true’: A government of national unity

Do we have a new Churchill and Attlee in our midst, wonders ROGER HERMISTON. Continue reading →

Sulk and pout

Political winds not blowing your way? PAUL SAFFER looks at those who slipped down the greasy pole with a good old sulk. Continue reading →

80 years ago: The future of Labour

From the News Chronicle in October 1936: Will there ever be a Labour government again? Continue reading →

No more heroes anymore?

ROGER HERMISTON wonders why the Lib Dems are so reluctant to draw on their rich heritage, and celebrates the career of Archibald Sinclair. Continue reading →

Labour leadership elections: Part 1

ALWYN TURNER’s history of the post-war Labour Party, seen through the ghosts of leadership elections past 1955-63. Continue reading →

Project Fear: How I shall be voting

ALWYN TURNER explains where he’ll be putting his cross in the referendum. Continue reading →

2015 Politician of the Year (dead)

The unexpected return of a lost Labour hero. Continue reading →

Denis the menace

He was a political bruiser and hated by the left. But Denis Healey’s great achievement, argues DAN ATKINSON, was to cut without harming. Continue reading →