Today is the tenth anniversary of his election as Conservative leader – the most electorally successful one in modern times bar Thatcher.
An austere, joyless tone informs most of the essays in this new book.
A new biography of Julian Amery shows the expansive spirit in which we should debate the national interest.
Sixty years ago both main parties found themselves exploring completely new approaches to politics.
He was the last custodian of a lost Tory tradition of professional party organisation which maintained the Conservatives as a national institution.
Plus: Pipe down, John Mann. Pipe down, Justin Tomlinson. Why I love Paris. Why France hates Hollande. Teflon Theresa May. And: Why Labour doesn’t rate Miliband.
The question for you in this Open Letter is whether you will continue, develop and deepen that Conservative pledge to put human rights at the heart of foreign policy.
Plus: Boris’ big MP hurdle. Why Helmer is a disastrous by-election choice. Anonymous MEPs. And: No. 10’s cup of cold sick.
Arundells, a beautiful early Georgian house nestling beneath the famous spire of Salisbury Cathedral, is open for guided tours.
To read this latest Daily Telegraph book of military obituaries is a profoundly humbling experience.