Book review – British political history

The furious tug of war between 18th-century Whigs and Tories

8 November 2025 9:00 am

George Owers evokes the seismic cultural divisions between the parties – with different coffee houses attended, wines drunk, doctors consulted and fashions preferred

The class that got left behind

5 April 2014 9:00 am

In the 2010 general election, Ukip gained nearly a million votes — over 3 per cent — three times as…