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Category Archives: History
The donkeys
The worst-ever performances in Tory leadership elections (updated)… Continue reading
‘Labour: the road to oblivion’
The Labour Party in 1979, torn between voters, members and MPs. Continue reading
The Three Brexiteers
ALWYN TURNER on the three men who shaped the Leave vote in the referendum. Continue reading
The flag over Dachau
ALWYN TURNER on the time when Tony Benn accused Enoch Powell of being a Nazi. Continue reading
Rigger mortis
Will the referendum result be fixed, like it was in 1992? Continue reading
Project Fear: How I shall be voting
ALWYN TURNER explains where he’ll be putting his cross in the referendum. 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
‘May the Lord bless you real good’
Billy Graham’s 1954 London Crusade (the ‘Salvation Army plus sex’), remembered by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Hitler in springtime
A collection of quotes from the Left about the Third Reich. Continue reading
‘An historic step for Europe’
A hundred business leaders in 1998 speak on why Britain needs closer European integration. Continue reading
