Archive From the NS archive: The left’s betrayal of Michael Foot 30 July 1993: It is now fashionable not just to denigrate Michael Foot as a politician, but even to mock his intellectual accomplishments. By Ian Aitken
From the NS archive: Keeping corruption at bay 2 September 1994: You can hardly make a fuss about Hong Kong Chinese millionaires contributing £2m to Conservative funds… By Ian Aitken
Fated always to come second? Everyone sees Brown and Portillo as future party leaders. But history suggests they will fail By Ian Aitken
In those days, it really was tough A foot-and-mouth crisis, a terrible train crash, rising petrol prices. In 1967, Harold Wilson had to By Ian Aitken