Why The Tories Should Split
From Mr Lawrie Brownlee Sir: Lord Howe's article ('Balancing the ticket', 22 February) confirms my view that the Conservative party is doomed in its present form. What is......
From Mr Brian Fernier Sir: A Few Weeks Ago I
went to a black-tie dinner hosted by a residents' association on the Hyde Park Estate in London — a bastion of Tory tribalism. During the dinner I understood from the......
From Mr Roderick Maclean Sir: Why Are You So...
embracing the term 'Tory'? In modern usage it is most often a left-wing term of abuse. In origin it was first applied to Irish bog-trotters and robbers, and then in around 1680......
My Husband's Great Act
From Lady Butler Sir: Peter °borne (Politics, 1 February) uses the word 'disgraceful' in alluding to my husband's political career. I learn that he is referring to the time of......
New Light On Nancy
From Laura Thompson Sir: Anne Chisholm (Books. 1 March) is of course entitled to her alarmingly low opinion of my book about Nancy Mitford, Life in a Cold Climate. But she is......
Reaping The Whirlwind
From Mr Royce MacGillivray Sir: Frank Johnson (Shared opinion, 1 March) convincingly argues that the Iraq crisis is not Munich or Suez, but Sarajevo in 1914. It is worth......
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