Keynesian Liberal

 As the two contenders for the Tory leadership engage in a race to the bottom in terms of honesty, relevance and decency, my friend John Col...

 David Steel once said of Margaret Thatcher: " I wish I were as certain of just one thing as she is of everything."    Liz Truss i...

Amid all the contrived excitement of the competition for the Tory leadership (which doesn't really matter becasue they're all Tories...

I am currently stricken with COVID and haven't the energy to keep bang up to date with the latest developments, but understand the numbe...

 As I write (7am on Thursday 7th July) the morning news says that Mr Johnson is still in 10, Downing Street clinging to the premiership in s...

  A "progressive alliance" of the centre-left parties (Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens, maybe some Nationalists) to defeat the T...

  On page 382 of his "Modernity Britain: a shake of the dice,1959-62" historian  David Kynaston, picks out "Orpington" a...