On Wednesday 15th November 1922, the British electorate went to the polls and changed the course of political history.
Some of its problems can be fixed. Others won’t be. And one perhaps can’t be: namely, that this Parliament seems to be incapable of saying No.
It was not entirely clear at the time that it had created a new political structure that would last for generations – with the Conservatives as the leading party of the state.
It’s past time that the record was set straight on the life and achievements of this remarkable Tory statesman.