
Alistair Lexden: At the top of the greasy pole – Disraeli 140 years on
His first premiership was accidental and cut extremely short by Gladstone – but ‘Dizzy’ did manage to make the Queen a Tory.
His first premiership was accidental and cut extremely short by Gladstone – but ‘Dizzy’ did manage to make the Queen a Tory.
Reports that the former brought pressure to bear on ITV are alarming. Can we look forward to a new series – Britain’s Got Feudalism?
A move from Ken Clarke to Aneurin Bevan would not only risk harming the NHS, but miss the real target of reform: social care.
From Wellington to Johnson, this institution has managed to keep itself at the heart of Tory politics.
His archivist writes that this agreement has succeeded…in recovering powers which some thought had been lost permanently”.
Max Caller, the inspector who brought change to Tower Hamlets, has been sent in to the city. The Government could take control.
At the final meeting of her Cabinet, a revived Iron Lady told members, during a coffee break, that “on no account must Heseltine be elected”
The second part of the author’s mini-series of three articles on obesity policy for ConservativeHome this week.
Butler added a further key factor: “six years of left-wing propaganda accompanied by a virtual cessation of right-wing propaganda”.
We’ve learned nothing at all about his outlook but quite a lot about his capacities during the last tumultuous twelve months.
Post-Covid, the environment is likely to be egalitarian and interventionist. For libertarian, small state Eurosceptics, this must come as a disappointment.
Sitting in a park is selfish, but organising a mass demonstration in a park is wonderful, and schools should still stay closed. Seriously?
But these demonstrations, which cannot uphold social distancing, will have a catastrophic impact on our collective fight against the virus.
A limited suspension is one thing, lasting change would be another. And so often, nothing is so permanent as the temporary.
If, that is, interest rates carry on at rock bottom rates. But we have to take a chance on growing our way out of this crisis.