Politics
Beating the wrong drum
The dogmatic insistence that unionists are being pushed towards a united Ireland
Why we’re in the state we’re in
Woolly thinking, cloudy expression, and the possibility that great matters are at hand: two books by a pair of Foreign Office grandees
Flawed analysis of illiberal culture
d’Ancona is guilty of the same kind of arrogance and bad faith he identifies in other liberals
How I brought down Theresa May
Christopher Howarth on his role in removing a prime minister
Anatomy of a miserable deal
Barnier’s Secret Journal should interest British readers due to the insights on whether the UK could have negotiated a better deal
Stay home, win elections
Leaders that reject grand narratives in favour of what actually matters to people are rewarded
Taking on New Labour
20 years since Dr Richard Taylor won in the Wyre Forest
The draining life of a young Conservative
How the two major UK parties are populist, Americanised, authoritarian entities reinforced by a system that tips the balance in their favour
“We did everything we could”
This book offers an insider’s account of the extraordinary (in)decision-making among Johnson’s team during the most tumultuous year in modern history
Truman and Tennessee: an unlikely friendship
Michael Collins maps the relationship between two of the greatest writers of the American south