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Posts Tagged: First World War

“For mighty dread had seized their troubled mind”

Unlike the angel, we’re unable to announce tidings of great joy. But it’s worth mulling why the Christmas season can pause even Brexit hostilities.

By Paul Goodman | 22 December 2018 | 134 comments

Alan O’Kelly and Hugh Byrne: It’s time for a Conservative Friends of Ireland group

The Party has not yet cultivated a formal relationship with the Irish community in Britain and this is an opportunity to reach out to what can be a powerful network.

By Alan O Kelly and Hugh Byrne | 17 December 2018 | 54 comments

WATCH “They shall grow not old…” – Lord Ashcroft on how Binyon came to write his famous verse

‘The Fallen’ has become synonymous with the act of remembrance, but the origins of the poem are less well-known.

11 November 2018 | 2 comments

The unknown names that live for evermore

These acts of remembrance may in some slight measure salve grief, and enable those who have not had to endure such things to give thanks for those who do.

By Andrew Gimson | 11 November 2018 | 69 comments

WATCH: “We will remember them.” The inspiration for Laurence Binyon’s “For the Fallen”.

Lord Ashcroft on the origins of the famous war poem, part of which is read aloud, up and down the land, each Remembrance Sunday.

1 November 2018 | 4 comments

Daniel Hannan: If Momentum wants more war memorials, why won’t its members crowd-fund them?

Imagine if they raised money to help honour the soldiers who answered Britain’s call during two world wars – thus showing more than anger and resentment.

By Daniel Hannan MEP | 31 October 2018 | 41 comments

Greg Knight: It’s time to stop putting the clock back each year – and plunging us into afternoon darkness

Churchill said more daylight hours would “enlarge the opportunities for the pursuit of health and happiness among the millions of people who live in this country”.

By Sir Greg Knight MP | 26 October 2018 | 95 comments

Alistair Lexden: How the 1918 election paved the way to inter-war Conservative hegemony

Just as they had with Joe Chamberlain before him, the Tory leadership wooed Lloyd George to fatally fracture the Liberal Party.

By Alistair Lexden | 18 July 2018 | 11 comments

Terry Barnes: From the Anglosphere, we watch with horror as Britain bungles its Brexit chance to go global

British politicians are negotiating as if it were 410 AD, and still the Roman province of Britannia, asking permission to leave instead of flourishing a mandate to do so.

By Terry Barnes | 15 July 2018 | 142 comments

Bill Cash: The EU Withdrawal Bill. No Conservative colleague should defy the will of the people next week.

The referendum transferred from MPs themselves the decision as to whether to remain in or leave the EU and – with it, to regain our freedom to make our own laws.

By Sir William Cash | 6 June 2018 | 104 comments

Peter Marshall: A hard truth after the Commonwealth summit. There’s no institutional awareness of its importance.

I have lost count of the number of times I have heard its demise confidently predicted or stridently recommended. Houdini-like, it has so far escaped this awaited fate.

By Sir Peter Marshall | 23 April 2018 | 38 comments

Lewis Baston: Election gambles that worked. And those that failed – like May’s this year.

And those that never were, such as 1978, 1991 and 2007. Prime Ministers tend to make the opposite error to that of their predecessors.

By Lewis Baston | 11 August 2017 | 27 comments

WATCH: Fallon commemorates the Passchendaele centenary

“Although the sacrifice was enormous, it was fought in a good cause…to defend the freedom that we enjoy today.”

31 July 2017 | 34 comments

George Maggs: Brexit, our Commonwealth friends – and a chance to discover the deepest sense of our national interest

Our real interests derive from forging understandings and ties with countries which have traditionally considered themselves British in all but name.

By George Maggs | 19 February 2017 | 172 comments

“NATO – the cornerstone of the West’s defence”. The Prime Minister’s speech to the Republican Party Congress: full text

“Let us renew the relationship that can lead the world towards the promise of freedom and prosperity marked out by those ordinary citizens 240 years ago.”

27 January 2017 | 5 comments

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