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...