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'A serious piece of work': Lord Young reviews 'The Usual Channels'
Books & culture
By Lord Young of Cookham
'A serious piece of work': Lord Young reviews 'The Usual Channels'
Sebastian Whale has produced a well researched and accurate account of how the whips’ office works
Unless we change the rules, my party may end up with the wrong leader
Political parties
By Lord Young of Cookham
Unless we change the rules, my party may end up with the wrong leader
Twice in my political career I have turned up at Westminster after an election where my party lost office – once in February 1974, and again in May 1997. Sadly, it has happened again.
'Perceptive and honest': Lord Young reviews 'The Best of Enemies: Diaries 1980–1997'
Books & culture
By Lord Young of Cookham
'Perceptive and honest': Lord Young reviews 'The Best of Enemies: Diaries 1980–1997'
Ambitious young politicians have much to learn from Lord Fowler’s diaries – despite the occasional lapse in diplomacy
We would do well to learn from Macmillan’s housebuilding success
Communities
By Lord Young of Cookham
We would do well to learn from Macmillan’s housebuilding success
As housing minister in the early 1950s Harold Macmillan hit his house building target, helping to pave the way for the Tory Party's 1955 election victory
We need a polluter levy on tobacco firms to help smokers quit
Health
By Lord Young of Cookham
We need a polluter levy on tobacco firms to help smokers quit
I warmly endorse Javed Khan’s recommendations and particularly welcome his top priority, which is immediate and substantially increased funding for preventive measures to reduce the harm done by smoking.