Margaret thatcher
What size should government be?
Politicians should beware telling the public what they want them to hear
The power of political tears
Are politicians who cry openly ever being sincere?
Margaret Thatcher: storming the citadel
Kwasi Kwarteng explains how Thatcher saved her premiership in 1981
Coming to terms with Thatcher
Why the Conservatives are finally making peace with the former Prime Minister's legacy
Hilary Mantel: Thatcher’s legacy is still with us
Mantel talks about the former Tory PM, and why Jeremy Corbyn is no Robespierre
Revolution in the head: Andy Beckett on the early Eighties
The birth of modern Britain
EU referendum: handle with care
Ed Miliband was right about one thing: plebiscites are problematic
Nights of the long knives: Eight staggering reshuffles
What lasting significance do Cabinet switch-arounds have?
Are strong leaders overrated?
Archie Brown’s book about political leaders is undermined by his loathing of one of them in particular
Cuts are killing local government
Councils are little more than agencies of Whitehall
What if…British Rail had never been privatised?
Prospect’s counter-factual column