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Tag Archives: John Major

‘It was everything I feared’
Culture / Politics

‘It was everything I feared’

Posted on 3 February 2021 by Alwyn Turner • 3 Comments

From Morrissey and Bowie to Major and Blair, the Union Jack was everywhere in the 1990s, as ALWYN TURNER remembers. Continue reading →

Novelist MPs #2: Woodrow Wyatt
Culture / Politics

Novelist MPs #2: Woodrow Wyatt

Posted on 6 November 2020 by Paul Saffer • 3 Comments

Was Wyatt’s fiction as colourful as his diaries? wonders PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading →

Me and baby brother
Politics

Me and baby brother

Posted on 29 July 2020 by Paul Saffer • Leave a comment

PAUL SAFFER revisits the memoirs of Terry Major-Ball, older brother to a former Prime Minister. Continue reading →

Never too Sunak
Politics

Never too Sunak

Posted on 8 July 2020 by Paul Saffer • Leave a comment

Rishi Sunak has risen without trace. How should Boris Johnson respond, wonders PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading →

PMX bandits
History / Politics

PMX bandits

Posted on 15 July 2019 by Paul Saffer • Leave a comment

How will Theresa May shape up as an ex-prime minister, wonders PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading →

Breaking the Euro-election mould
Politics

Breaking the Euro-election mould

Posted on 21 May 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER wanders through thirty years of elections to the European Parliament. Continue reading →

‘Sturdy and true’: A government of national unity
History / Politics

‘Sturdy and true’: A government of national unity

Posted on 1 April 2019 by hermir10 • Leave a comment

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

The battle of the bulls’ semen
History / Politics

The battle of the bulls’ semen

Posted on 27 March 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER remembers John Major’s problems with BSE and the EU. Continue reading →

2018 Politician of the Year (living)
Politics

2018 Politician of the Year (living)

Posted on 30 December 2018 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Our not so annual gong goes to the female Boris Yeltsin. Continue reading →

‘Stroking kills’: A poor porn report
Politics

‘Stroking kills’: A poor porn report

Posted on 28 October 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER objects to a report on pornography by the Women & Equalities Committee of the House of Commons. Continue reading →

‘Stupid boy’: Hague as leader
History / Politics

‘Stupid boy’: Hague as leader

Posted on 19 June 2018 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

A weak leader, an ageing party, bitter divisions over Europe – ALWYN TURNER remembers William Hague’s Tories. Continue reading →

No lessons from history
Politics

No lessons from history

Posted on 5 October 2017 by Alwyn Turner • 4 Comments

After the conferences, what’s the state of political play, asks ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

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    Imperial fiction: Black Beauty
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    Imperial fiction: The Lair of the White Worm
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    Morgan of the Month: Cooper
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    Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned
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    Bits of Britpop: Part 2
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    Imperial fiction: The Scarlet Pimpernel
  • Me and baby brother
    Me and baby brother
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    Imperial fiction: The Beetle
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    'Danger to democracy': A press portrait of Diane Abbott (pt 1)
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    1997: The loser

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