When did politicians start talking about legitimate concerns over immigration? Continue reading
Tag Archives: Enoch Powell
Referendum: Ten years after
Was it all about the Empire? ALWYN TURNER on the Brexit referendum, a decade after the fact. Continue reading
‘The street fighting was excellent’
ALWYN TURNER on the riots of the early 1980s. Continue reading
Politician of the Decade (dead)
Our award for the most influential deceased politician of the 2010s. Continue reading
Revive 45: September 1974
ALWYN TURNER on the top pop hits from the month that gave us Ceefax and Kung Fu Fighting. Continue reading
This Is (not) Tomorrow
SIMON MATTHEWS on a new book by Martin Gayford – and how politics killed British art. Continue reading
Morgan of the Month: Cooper
Yvette and the ‘people’s legitimate concerns’. Continue reading
‘Mad, literally mad’
ALWYN TURNER on the extraordinary figure of Enoch Powell. Continue reading
Doing deals with Ulstermen
The history of British governments relying on Irish MPs hasn’t always been a happy one, finds PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
1997: The loser
ALWYN TURNER assesses the premiership of John Major. Continue reading
1997: The vote
ALWYN TURNER remembers the general election that ended 18 years of Tory government. Continue reading
‘Plainly nuts’: A press portrait of Paul Nuttall
ALWYN TURNER looks at the career of Nigel Farage’s successor as UKIP leader. Continue reading
