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John Major

Major disaster: How Tories’ 1992 victory sowed seeds of Brexit

Almost five years on from the fateful vote, historian JAMES HAWES explains why the decision to leave the EU was the result of a Tory civil war – triggered by John Major’s 1992 victory – for eternal control of southern England Karl Marx believed that history was all about a succession of class struggles. He was, […]

John Major

Things are only to get worse trying to hold politicians to account

Why have our attitudes to standards slipped?

John Major

Alastair Campbell: My demand for an apology from Toby Young

In these exclusive extracts from his diaries, ALASTAIR CAMPBELL explains why he demanded an apology from Toby Young following his evidence to the Leveson inquiry.

John Major

John Major savages Brexit warning Britain will ‘never be a great power again’

Former Conservative prime minister John Major has savaged the Brexit project warning that Britain is “no longer a great power” and “will never be so again”. In a pre-recorded lecture at Middle Temple the former MP claimed “even more brutal than expected” due to the UK’s negotiating “failures” and warned of its impact on Britain’s standing […]