In opposition, David Cameron tried to stop his party gnawing at the European question. “Instead of talking about the things that most people care about, we talked about what we cared about,” he told his first... more ››
We should remind ourselves that Europe has brought down two or maybe even three prime ministers. Margaret Thatcher was ousted by an attack from the fanatically pro-Europe Michael Heseltine. During the leadership contest which... more ››
Whatever happened to conservative pragmatism? Ideology used to belong to parties of the left. The right concerned itself with the exercise of power. On either side of the Atlantic, politics has been turned on its head. The... more ››
Thatcher was different because she combined a commitment to trans-Atlantic ideals with a commitment to British self-interest. Her relationship with Reagan was anything but a love-in (she was furious about Grenada and described... more ››
In his modern classic, Vermeer's Hat, Timothy Brook says simply that 17th-century Netherlands raised the curtain on the global world – which is our world. The Dutch bought and sold wherever they could find anything to... more ››