David Lloyd George Articles

This book is the third in an impressive series on political leadership in Britain’s mainstream parties which we owe to an imaginative initiative of Charles Clarke’s. Though the books make good reading for anyone interested in politics, this sustained reflection by...

Rows about spin, concerns about the centralising of decision-making and over powerful aides. Not a new book about Downing Street today but rather a detailed new volume that shows these rows are as old as the post of prime minister itself. Indeed, within the first...

Nothing demonstrates the importance of the right to vote more than a consideration of the sacrifices of previous generations to obtain it. This month, April 2013, marks the 100-year anniversary of the passing of Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913....

The performance of UKIP in the Eastleigh by-election has generated a great deal of comment in recent days. The party took 27.8 per cent of the votes cast on 28 February 2013, and beat David Cameron’s Conservatives into third place. The Liberal Democrats won the...