Two encounters with a pair of socialists have proved instructive for assessing why Britain is broken and how it can be fixed.

Supporters of Rachel Reeves may be a dwindling band even inside the Labour Party but those who remain loyal believe she is ...

As the pre-orders roll in for Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir Frankly, speculation continues about the title.  The publisher's blurb would have ...

It was Mrs Healey, other half of Denis ... Roy Jenkins arguably had too much of one. Tony Blair bought his off the peg to suit the idea of Cool Britannia. John Major had cricket, Churchill ...

Mrs Thatcher established and chaired a small war cabinet, officially called the ODSA Overseas and Defence committee, South Atlantic, to take charge of the conduct of the war. Within days of the ...

Sir Julian Seymour, who has died aged 80, organised a rudderless Margaret Thatcher after her ejection from Downing Street, running her private office from 1991 until he retired in 2001; a director ...

Tony Blair agreed to direct police and military meetings with the IRA — but was advised that it should be deniable by claiming they were talking to Sinn Fein, declassified government files reveal.

Cherie Blair ... for Tony and Cherie and hope people will respect their privacy." Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith and his wife Betsy sent flowers to Downing Street with a note wishing Mrs Blair ...

Andrew Padoa from Sasfin Wealth joins Business Day TV for a broader look at the day’s market movers.

Mrs Thatcher divided the political nation into those who were passionately in favour of her and those who were passionately against. It has never been easy for either side to cultivate historical ...

Of the New Labour gang, Tony Blair and John Prescott have already been served up between hard covers ... The suspicion lingers that some potential Mrs Browns may have been put off by the fear of ...

In her reply Mrs Thatcher assured the [anti-apartheid] protestors that the Conservative Party was totally opposed to apartheid. Her letter said: "We believe that the objective for South Africa must be ...