I agree with you - rancorous Tory splits are nothing new. Before the schisms on Europe, there was a pretty heated war between the wets and the dries under Thatcher. (View Post)

I wonder if Andy Street should be on Tory Party resignation watch? He was mightily pissed off with the HS2 decision, and seems a decent chap who clearly doesn't want any part of the current divi… (View Post)

As you hint in your penultimate sentence, virtually all of the reduction in the CS numbers was illusory. Maude and Osborne contracted out huge numbers of functions. Where numbers were genuinely cut, … (View Post)

No, they're real, but their numbers are still relatively small. It's a relief that they'd never visit London, though. The problem with Anderson 'and his mates' is that they a… (View Post)

More free advertising for an unknown Spectator columnist. (View Post)