Author of Gimson's Heroes; G's Presidents; G's PMs; G's Kings & Queens; Boris Johnson - The Rise and Fall of a Troublemaker. Contributing editor to ConHome.
Ed Stourton has just said Trump is the first president in history not to attend his successor's inauguration. At 4 a.m. on 4 March 1801, John Adams, the second president, left Washington by the public stagecoach rather than attend Thomas Jefferson's inauguration
The EU as an imperial power brilliantly manipulated by Dublin (would that T.E.Utley were living at this hour): my belated review for @ConHome of @tconnellyRTE's authoritative work on Irish diplomacy and Brexit
I got the permission of Martin Hammond, who wrote the letter, Stanley Johnson, who received it, and Boris Johnson, whose character is so brilliantly delineated. Hammond, who supplied me with copies of all his reports on Boris, naturally insisted I obtain the Johnsons' agreement.
Gordon Brown wrong about 19th century PMs being in for 20 years. None since Walpole has managed that. Average length of PMs' tenure over last three centuries 5.5 years.
Lord Finchley tried to mend the Electric Light
Himself. It struck him dead: And serve him right!
It is the business of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan.
Oxfam clothes, indifference to money and baked beans eaten straight from the tin are more attractive than the commentariat realises: my review of Bower's Corbyn book bit.ly/2NlU2I1
