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The Queen and her prime ministers – the favourites and the blunders
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoNo-one is supposed to talk about the behind-the-scenes relationship between the sovereign and the...
Echoes of dire 1970s in today's Britain
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPlans for a high-wage, high-growth economy lie in ruins as Britain's Conservative prime minister struggles to answer a cost-of-living crisis, compounded...
Ted Heath is owed full inquiry into police child sex abuse witch hunt, says Tory peer
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe official historian of the Conservative Party has called for an independent investigation into...
The 25p state pension boost for the over-80s is a worthless insult
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 4 weeks agoIn 1971, Edward Heath’s Conservative government introduced an increased state pension for the...
Who is the longest and shortest-ruling UK prime minister?
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for a general election on July 4, which will see him go up...
How collapsing energy use reveals Britain’s economic disaster
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoDoomsayers warn that Britain is returning to the bad old days of the 1970s – yet by one measure, we...
Sir Peter Hordern, backbencher under Heath and Thatcher who brought City wisdom to the House –...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSir Peter Hordern, who has died on his 95th birthday, was a mainstay of the Conservative back...
Priti Patel ‘silent on scandal’ of adviser role for accused ex-police chief
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoHome Secretary Priti Patel has been accused of staying “silent” over the “scandal” of a former chief...
How my life as a Conservative political aide inspired my new play
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoFrom the writing of James Graham to a recent revival of Yes Minister, political theatre is all the...
From Churchill to Boris: 14 prime ministers the Queen has seen come and go (and which was her...
Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoThe Queen with Boris Johnson in happier times. (PA) In her 70 years as monarch, the Queen has seen...