In Claire Fox, the Prime Minister has elevated to the peerage someone whose former party defended terrorism.
Also: Ministry of Defence and Northern Irish Office clash over protecting ex-servicemen and police; and another bad week for Scottish Labour.
Patrick Bishop’s biography of Airey Neave, who in 1975 showed how to run a successful leadership campaign.
She voted for Davis in 2005, and her hero is Airey Neave: “The escape from Colditz is I think probably the coolest thing any British politician has ever done.”
Every such criminal claims to have been “driven” to violence. Their excuses must not be indulged.
He was murdered by terrorists 40 years ago today. Now there is a new, exemplary biography of him.