Wanted: a sensible system for choosing Conservative Party leaders 8th August 2022 Should Conservative Party members have the final say? There are many who think the choice should be made by elected MPs, who have to work day by day with the... Articles
Sir Henry's lesson 5th August 2022 The following letter, which was published in The Daily Telegraph on 5 August, was prompted by Boris Johnson’s supporters’ attempts to get his name on the ballot... Articles
Supermac and his successor 29th July 2022 Writing in The Times on July 26, William Hague said that “it is a struggle to find a single one of our 55 prime ministers who have given sustained approval to... Articles
Another Mordaunt 19th July 2022 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 19 July about a woman who had the same name as the Conservative leadership candidate, but bears no... Articles
The discredited Johnson 11th July 2022 In its leading article on July 8, The Times condemned Boris Johnson’s continuance in office on a caretaker basis, arguing that “Britain’s loose constitutional... Articles
Purge the Privy Council - starting with the Rt. Hon. Christopher Pincher 4th July 2022 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 2 July, as a particularly serious sex scandal rocked Boris Johnson’s Government. SIR - Surely... Articles
Neville Chamberlain: A Commanding Tory Leader and Social Reformer 30th June 2022 Writing in his diary on 13 November 1940, Viscount Mersey, historian, author and long-serving Liberal Whip in the House of Lords, noted the death of Neville... Articles
Wanted: a Stanley Baldwin for our time 27th June 2022 On 24 June, Oliver Dowden resigned as Chairman of the Conservative Party in the aftermath of two disastrous by-election losses. In his letter of resignation he... Articles
Neville Chamberlain: the reality 15th June 2022 In an address to the Friends of the National Archives at Kew on 14 June, Alistair Lexden returned to one of his abiding convictions: that Neville Chamberlain is... Articles
