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“Stern and unbending Toryism has never paid dividends to the Conservative Party, nor in practice when in office has the party ever taken that line.”

 — Robert Norman William Blake, The Conservative Party from Peel to Major (2011) (more…)

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One thing was obvious about the referendum result of June 23, 2016 – namely, that neither side had expected it. (more…)

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Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 here)

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