Conservative Party
The rediscovery of red Toryism
Could the Canadian Conservatives teach the Tories how to hold onto power?
The Tory machine is falling down
Faulty data analysis isn’t why the last campaign failed
A shield for Sir Henry
Sir Henry Wilson was a duly elected MP murdered in post — he deserves a few square inches of paint
Can British veterans ever vote Tory again?
There’s only so much defilement you can take of the principles you fought to defend
Leading the good life
Peter Ainsworth 1956-2021
Thatcher and me
From Finchley Grammar to Jerusalem, Moscow, and Washington: David Smith recalls his lifelong association with Margaret Thatcher
Could Tice scupper the Tories in Hartlepool?
The Hartlepool by-election will require a careful candidate selection for the Conservatives
You had to be there
Riotous good fun for someone in No 10
The shifting sands of British tribal loyalties
Nick Cohen detects a seismic electoral change based on identity, age and education
A gentleman and a player
The well-rounded life of Stuart Wheeler
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
A spy’s afterlife
John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture
The odd couple
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene may have been unlike as possible, but they remained the closest of friends for four decades
Reformed towns
The Reformation was a transformative moment in English urban history
Black holes and revelations
Keir Starmer has detected a previously unknown budgetary singularity from whose gravity no tax cuts can escape
Don’t shoot the piano man
A silent film pianist was blacklisted from the BFI for supporting J.K. Rowling
July letters
Tory trans activists and franchise folly
Night of the ghost fascism
If a far right protest is rumoured but no one turns up, can it be counter-protested?
Cecilia Featherstonehaugh
Posh publisher
The riots and the social media blame game
Politicians blaming social media for the riots are hiding from state failings
