A cry of rage against the BBC
Robin Aitken, who worked for the Corporation for 25 years, accuses it of propagating liberalism and suppressing conservatism behind a pretend impartiality.
May is miscast as Prime Minister because she takes far too little trouble to find the right words
A new study of the 2017 general election shows May failing to insist on a message and a manifesto which supported each other.
We think we know Churchill, but are constantly surprised by him
Andrew Roberts manages to bring the great man before us in all his variousness in just under a thousand pages.
Davidson roars about in her bulldozer, promoting the cause of women
But the Scottish Conservative leader cannot shed any light in her new book on the atrocious abuse directed against women on social media.
Britain’s defences are far weaker than the public realises
A new book, White Flag?, tries to sound the alarm. Will anyone listen?
Patriots first and foremost. The post-war Tories who showed that it is usual in politics to be baffled and indecisive.
In his new book,Richard Ritchie tells the story of the Progress Trust, an influential group of Tory backbenchers set up during the Second World War.
Carrington, the hero who resigned over the Falklands, is reduced to a set of virtues
A new life is unable to bring the former Foreign Secretary into focus, and does not explain why he hated the Conservative Party.
Davidson, the best hope of the Stop Johnson campaign
A new biography fails to convey the Scottish Conservative Leader’s gusto, but does show how traditional she is.
Why May – and all her predecessors – have failed to cut the Gordian knot of the EU
Andrew Adonis’ new study of Prime Ministers since Churchill shows how difficult it is to reach an acceptable, and practical, European policy.
The genius of Adam Smith, who knew there could be no such thing as value-free economics
For relief and refreshment from the hucksters of the present day, turn to Jesse Norman’s account of the great philosopher from Kirkcaldy.
The trade-off is not just a grubby necessity: it is the noblest part of the politician’s vocation
In his new book, Ferdinand Mount looks at twelve great political thinkers and says what’s wrong with each of them.
The very English scandal of Thorpe the Liberal leader and Rinka the dog
The comedy and horror of Thorpe’s trial, and of the 1970s, are caught in this book and television series.
How Islam and the West went wrong
Ed Husain has written an excellent account of the Islamic world, and of the inability of doctrinaire secularists to comprehend it.
Thatcher is “full of wonder and freshness”, but at the end starts sobbing
Caroline Slocock says the first woman Prime Minister, whose downfall she witnessed, deserves the admiration rather than the contempt of feminists.
Trump reminds Comey of a Mafia boss
For readers on this side of the Atlantic, there is also some value in being shown how explicit, and serious, Americans like to be about moral questions.