On Thursday 11 October 1984, Conservative politician Norman Tebbit had good reason to feel satisfied. As trade and industry secretary, he had just delivered a rousing speech to the Conservative party

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Few politicians have had as much experience at compiling resignation statements as Peter Mandelson. Even so, the latest – announcing his departure from the Labour Party after a lifetime’s immersion –

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In 1939, at the start of the Second World War, the government planned to evacuate 1.5 million civilians, mostly school children, mothers and other vulnerable people, from cities at risk of bombing to