I think that perhaps, looking back, one remembers those more theatrical elements. But, canvassing at the time, stuff like VAT on fuel bills absolutely drove people mad. The economy was also doing oka… (View Post)

The policy differences in 1997 weren't huge. If you look at Labour's famous pledge card, what is striking is how modest it was. It nodded to areas where a different approach may be taken, r… (View Post)

True about Callaghan but Major is looking back with rose tinted specs. He's done well to rehabilitate his reputation post 1997, and he was seen as pathetic more than nasty, but he really polled … (View Post)

I'm fairly sure David Lloyd George was teetotal. (View Post)

I find much of the reporting of this absolutely extraordinary. It's the indulgence of Johnson involved in saying it's hard to say if he'd got 100 MPs or not. In reality, it's an o… (View Post)