How to advise Lord North, or Heath, or Thatcher, or Johnson

A new volume of essays puts special advisers in historical context, and suggests the Cabinet has been marginalised by a succession of over-mighty PMs.

Profile: Tony Blair. Zealous, unrepentant and driven – the leader who took us to war in Iraq is reborn as our saviour from the pandemic.

It is hard to find any precedent for the path that he has chosen. What furies drive him? Why this frantic activity?

Profile. Kwarteng Unchained. The rise, wobble and rise of the big, bold, bright new Business Secretary

As soon as the emphasis shifts from surviving the pandemic to reviving the economy, he will become a key figure.

The canting, self-righteous, liberal enemies of Trump who shouted “liar” at him – and failed

His critics have fallen for the Fact-Checking Fallacy: the illusion that in politics or journalism, accurate facts are all that matter.

Interview: “The power of such laws is that they change attitudes.” Hague on the 20th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act.

Opposed by Clarke and Heseltine, supported by Lilley and Portillo and backed by John Major as Prime Minister, it was the former Tory leader’s “proudest achievement”.

Cameron’s Children: The next generation of Conservative MPs

Our final pre-election version – complete with the 30 new Tory candidates most likely to make it to the Commons.