Showing posts with label John Major. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Major. Show all posts
Friday, May 29, 2026

The Joy of Six 1525

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"Unlike Blair, he was deeply and passionately engaged in the current moment. He had not fossilised his world view. He was intellectuall...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

The myth that Labour's tax policies lost them the 1992 election

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Why did John Major win the 1992 election when most pundits expected Neil Kinnock's Labour Party to be the victors? Immediately after the...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Downing Street Downfalls: The Misadventures of Britain’s Prime Minister Since Thatcher by Mark Garnett

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Downing Street Downfalls: The Misadventures of Britain’s Prime Minister Since Thatcher Mark Garnett Agenda, 2025, £20 It’s not a novelty for...
Sunday, November 02, 2025

The Kinks: Autumn Almanac

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Time to get his posted before autumn turns to winter. Autumn Almanac is a non-album single from 1967 that made no. 3 in the UK singles chart...
Friday, May 16, 2025

Lord Bonkers 30 years ago: I watched Sir Edward Heath being hunted through the lobbies by a full pack of beagles

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Lord Bonkers mentioned the other day that my rent falls due on Lady Day. I took this as a subtle reminder that it's a long time since I ...
Sunday, February 16, 2025

John Major: The last Conservative statesman

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Embed from Getty Images John Major was a figure of fun to many while he was prime minister, but compared to any leader the Conservative Part...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

The strange ride of Alan Amos

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Embed from Getty Images Augustus Carp, our Defections, Principles and Opportunism Correspondent, has drawn my attention to the remarkable ca...
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Thursday, March 14, 2024

Party like it's 2005: Ed Davey announces new decapitation strategy

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Embed from Getty Images Liberal Democrat leader targets senior Tory seats at UK general election runs the headline on the Financial Times i...
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Monday, November 27, 2023

Terry Venables and the summer of 1996

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The first Chelsea game I can remember is the 1967 FA Cup Final, when we lost 2-1 to Spurs. Terry Venables, a former Chelsea favourite, was p...
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

John Major is not a Nigerian but a Victorian

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Embed from Getty Images Simon Hoggart had a theory about John Major's way of speaking: It was always my theory that John Major was a Ni...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Lord Bonkers 30 years ago: The rediscovery of Charles James Fox's left kneecap

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It's the question that almost no one is asking, and I've put off answering it as long as I decently can, but it's time to find o...
Monday, March 30, 2020

A psychologist explains how politicians evade questions

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The psychologist Professor Peter Bull talks about his research into the way politicians answer questions - or fail to answer them. In my...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019

John Major's eulogy at Paddy Ashdown's memorial service

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A memorial service for Paddy Ashdown was held at Westminster Abbey today, attended by four former prime ministers: Tony Blair, Gordon Brow...
Friday, August 30, 2019

Former Tory MP for Harborough is acting for John Major

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Sir John Major, reports the Guardian has said he will seek the high court’s permission to join the case brought by the anti-Brexit campai...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Six of the Best 862

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Rachel Reeves celebrates the way women MPs have transformed politics, The Conservatives - in government and beyond - have stopped think...
Saturday, June 23, 2018

Why Tim Farron is more efficient than the privatised railways

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The Financial Times has been to the Lake District and covered Tim Farron's success in restoring a service to the line from Oxenholme ...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Will the collapse of Carillion kibosh rail improvements at Market Harborough?

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The straightening of the railway through Market Harborough and the improvement of the station were in the hands of a company called Car...
Saturday, October 21, 2017

Stephen Reicher on the psychology of authoritarian populism

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This an audio recording of Professor Stephen Reicher's lecture on the psychology of authoritarian populism that I attended last month....
Sunday, June 25, 2017

The Boo Radleys: Wake up Boo!

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Wikipedia elucidates: Despite critical acclaim and a cult fanbase, the Boo Radleys were still largely unknown to the general public by ...
Thursday, June 01, 2017

The Economist has endorsed the Liberal Democrats - and the Tories should be worried

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Embed from Getty Images I must begin by apologising to Stephen Tall for stealing his headline, but I have had it in mind to write...