October 25, 2019

How I learned the Tories weren’t evil Working in the coalition taught me that humility must take the place of hubris in our politics

Polly Mackenzie

24.10

There’s no such thing as Left versus Right There’s so much more to politics than the market and the state

Peter Franklin

23.10

Don’t let Brexit become the next Troubles Growing up in Belfast in the 1970s taught me that tribal loyalties have a way of turning nasty

Jenny McCartney

22.10

How Noël Coward made me a Marxist I realised that it wasn't just prime ministers and Catholic priests who could lead a double life

Paul Mason

21.10

The making of a reactionary I was not a Tory — or even a conservative; I had an immovable love of certain, unchanging things

Peter Hitchens

18.10

Cuba killed my communism When I was a teenager, I thought I had all the answers

James Bloodworth

17.10

As a headstrong activist, I was a dangerous thing Like Labour, I dismissed the concerns of decent people as they struggled to cope with fundamental social change

Paul Embery

16.10

The Yorkshire Ripper fired up my feminism Peter Sutcliffe's crimes exposed the misogyny of Eighties England — and opened my eyes to politics

Julie Bindel

15.10

How my daughter disrupted my politics When your child is born profoundly disabled, it forces you to see everything differently

Ian Birrell

14.10

The fall of the Wall powered up my politics Events in Berlin inspired the former leader of the Scottish Tories to wake up to the world

Ruth Davidson