Read about William Hague, who was Leader of the Conservative Party 1997-2001, standing down after the party’s crushing 2001 defeat. He subsequently returned to frontline politics as Foreign Secretary in the 2010-15 Conservative/Lib Dem coalition government.
It’s a tribute to the quality of William Hague’s biography of the great anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce that, despite coming out back in 2008, it still feels fresh and relevant in the light of recent events. … Read the full post »
Knowing why people vote the way they do is tough. It’s not just because people may be reluctant to be honest to others about their motivations, but people are also often bad at understanding themselves. … Read the full post »
Ministers have been accused by a cross-party group of peers of trying to “bury” the results of the biggest ever Whitehall examination of European Union powers. … Read the full post »
See how Richmond (Yorkshire) and Liverpool Walton compare. … Read the full post »
That’s pretty clear when it comes to the House of Lords, courtesy of the last three Conservative Party general election manifestos in a row. … Read the full post »
Writing of his experience as one of Chris Huhne’s Special Advisers, Duncan Brack has this to say about green ministers… … Read the full post »
William Hague’s comments in an interview with The Times that the Liberal Democrats are restraining the Tories on Europe. … Read the full post »
Foreign Secretary William Hague’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office has published a draft written constitution including the use of Proportional Representation in public elections. … Read the full post »
Peter Snowdon’s history of the Conservative Party in opposition has four white men on its cover striding towards the reader – Cameron, Osborne, Hague and Clegg. It tells you immediately the sort of book that it is. … Read the full post »
The first Conservative party political broadcast after William Hague’s election as party leader in late 1997 has all the right basic elements but, much like his leadership, didn’t quite work. … Read the full post »