Lee David Evans
@leedavidevansuk.bsky.social
Podcasting and writing about post-war British politics. Ramsden Fellow at Mile End Institute.
In the lead-up to the 2009 local and European elections, the MPs’ expenses scandal broke.
It was the biggest political scandal in a generation.
The outrage was so intense that the Conservatives scrapped their party political broadcast for a piece to camera from David Cameron.
It was the biggest political scandal in a generation.
The outrage was so intense that the Conservatives scrapped their party political broadcast for a piece to camera from David Cameron.
November 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
In the lead-up to the 2009 local and European elections, the MPs’ expenses scandal broke.
It was the biggest political scandal in a generation.
The outrage was so intense that the Conservatives scrapped their party political broadcast for a piece to camera from David Cameron.
It was the biggest political scandal in a generation.
The outrage was so intense that the Conservatives scrapped their party political broadcast for a piece to camera from David Cameron.
🚨 NEW PODCAST: 'Are the old Political Parties over?' & Thatcher's Legacy
Richard kicks off our mid-week Since Attlee & Churchill podcast by asking whether the old political parties in Britain are dying, changing, or simply finding they have new competitors.
And I...
Richard kicks off our mid-week Since Attlee & Churchill podcast by asking whether the old political parties in Britain are dying, changing, or simply finding they have new competitors.
And I...
October 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🚨 NEW PODCAST: 'Are the old Political Parties over?' & Thatcher's Legacy
Richard kicks off our mid-week Since Attlee & Churchill podcast by asking whether the old political parties in Britain are dying, changing, or simply finding they have new competitors.
And I...
Richard kicks off our mid-week Since Attlee & Churchill podcast by asking whether the old political parties in Britain are dying, changing, or simply finding they have new competitors.
And I...
‘What a good idea! I hadn’t thought of it.’
Margaret Thatcher was so pleased with this heckle from Dennis Skinner that she apparently wanted to make him a peer!
Margaret Thatcher was so pleased with this heckle from Dennis Skinner that she apparently wanted to make him a peer!
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘What a good idea! I hadn’t thought of it.’
Margaret Thatcher was so pleased with this heckle from Dennis Skinner that she apparently wanted to make him a peer!
Margaret Thatcher was so pleased with this heckle from Dennis Skinner that she apparently wanted to make him a peer!
From Margaret Thatcher's last PMQs as PM.
An SDP MP - Rosie Barnes - asks about an old Liberal/SDP talking point: electoral reform.
The outgoing Thatcher, who came top in the first round of the Tory leadership election but had to resign anyway, offers a pretty witty reply...
An SDP MP - Rosie Barnes - asks about an old Liberal/SDP talking point: electoral reform.
The outgoing Thatcher, who came top in the first round of the Tory leadership election but had to resign anyway, offers a pretty witty reply...
September 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
From Margaret Thatcher's last PMQs as PM.
An SDP MP - Rosie Barnes - asks about an old Liberal/SDP talking point: electoral reform.
The outgoing Thatcher, who came top in the first round of the Tory leadership election but had to resign anyway, offers a pretty witty reply...
An SDP MP - Rosie Barnes - asks about an old Liberal/SDP talking point: electoral reform.
The outgoing Thatcher, who came top in the first round of the Tory leadership election but had to resign anyway, offers a pretty witty reply...
How can a prime minister under pressure strengthen their position?
John Major’s approach in 1995 was to resign, and then fight again for, his party’s leadership.
Here’s the highlights of his resignation statement, when he told his critics to ‘put up or shut up.’ 👇🏻
John Major’s approach in 1995 was to resign, and then fight again for, his party’s leadership.
Here’s the highlights of his resignation statement, when he told his critics to ‘put up or shut up.’ 👇🏻
September 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
How can a prime minister under pressure strengthen their position?
John Major’s approach in 1995 was to resign, and then fight again for, his party’s leadership.
Here’s the highlights of his resignation statement, when he told his critics to ‘put up or shut up.’ 👇🏻
John Major’s approach in 1995 was to resign, and then fight again for, his party’s leadership.
Here’s the highlights of his resignation statement, when he told his critics to ‘put up or shut up.’ 👇🏻