The worst-ever performances in Tory leadership elections (updated)… Continue reading
Author Archives: Lion & Unicorn
Mrs Merton vs Ken Livingstone
Caroline Aherne’s analysis of Labour’s identity crisis. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Wielding the knife
The roots of ‘He who wields the the knife never wears the crown’. Continue reading
The next prime minister
Who should lead the nation, and will they have democratic legitimacy? Continue reading
Where did you go to, my luvvies?
Where’s Robert Kilroy-Silk when you need him? Continue reading
Rigger mortis
Will the referendum result be fixed, like it was in 1992? Continue reading
Calling EU cliches: The Big Sleepwalk
Everyone from Michael Gove to Michael Portillo (via Jacques de Cock) is worried about nocturnal wandering. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Eye watering
From knicker-shredding to the Black Death, the media are becoming increasingly lachrymose. Continue reading
The language of Blajorism
Spelling out Tony Blair’s debt to John Major at the heart of Europe. Continue reading
‘No longer two nations but one’
In an exclusive extract from his new book, ROGER HERMISTON tells the story of the astonishing Franco-British Union plan of 1940. Continue reading
Articulate, glamorous and patronising
Some perceptions of the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg in 2010. Continue reading
Hitler in springtime
A collection of quotes from the Left about the Third Reich. Continue reading
