The unions were small-c conservatives. They paraded under heraldic banners, had no truck with such new-fangled ideas as women’s rights, and wanted to keep every coal mine in the country open.
Dale’s new volume of brief lives of all 55 Prime Ministers since 1721 brings only some of them to life.
The Electoral Reform Society calculates that a tiny change in votes would have given May a bare majority last spring. But how much difference would this have made?
They will be strange, edgy experiences: I can hardly wait.
The views of parents matter – and they can serve as a bulwark against corruption.
From my perspective, his most significant changes are the reshaping of the school curriculum and examinations.
Despite polarisation on Brexit, there is more agreement among voters than often appears – and therefore more cause for optimism.