Nigel Lawson Articles

It is the stuff of nightmares for Labour, but what if David Cameron wins next May? Hopi Sen assesses the Tories’ plans Think about the Tories winning next year. David Cameron emerging from Downing Street, wreathed in smiles. A Dimbleby intoning the words ‘Conservative...

There are lessons for today in the defeat of the miners’ strike which began 30 years ago next month This year marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the miners’ strike. Most people aged 40 or younger will have little or no personal recollection of that dramatic...

Tomorrow Ed Miliband will make his much-trailed pitch to Britain’s middle classes. Its presentation by some in the media – as a panicked response to Labour’s falling poll ratings – is a little unfair. The plight of the nation’s ‘squeezed middle’ was front and centre...

I began business questions this week by wishing everyone a Happy Easter as this was the last session before recess. I have heard rumours that there are plans afoot to start selling a ‘coalition’ Easter egg so I enjoyed speculating what that might look like. It would...