John Major Articles

There is no going back to New Labour, only going forward with its 'attitude of mind' The Labour party finds success a challenge. It is much more au fait with failure – it expects it. The Conservative party ran Britain for 57 years of the last century. This century...

Today I suggest we praise a prime minister from the 1990s. No, not Tony Blair but John Major. You may think I am referring to his pioneering work on the peace process in Northern Ireland but I want to highlight a neglected position – the brave and far-reaching...

While I hesitate to draw on the insights of a former Conservative leader, it seems appropriate when they show up the weakness in the argument of another. When Iain Duncan Smith underpinned his Brexit case on Andrew Marr with an appeal to optimism and British pride I...

While Oldham West and Royton was voting – so overwhelmingly Labour – on 3 December, another vote was taking place not far away which may also have important consequences for the future of British politics. This vote was a referendum in Denmark on closer European...