1922 Committee
Was Graham Brady really the awesome power-broker he imagines?
His kiss-and-tell memoir implies that the past five Tory prime ministers all feared him. But the longtime Chair of the 1922 Committee was in reality no ‘kingmaker’
Are some Tory candidates about to be ruled out?
The Tory leadership contest is a very crowded place – with Liz Truss overnight becoming the tenth candidate to declare…
Boris's U-turn defence
Is Boris Johnson’s government jumping from one crisis to the next or is No. 10’s agenda progressing roughly as planned? It…
The next Tory leader will have even less flexibility than May on Brexit
In Choosing A Leader, what remains one of the best books published on British leadership contests (although I appreciate this…
David Cameron is heading for a hollow victory in the EU referendum
‘Nothing except a battle lost can be half as melancholy as a battle won,’ wrote the Duke of Wellington after…
