- I've written a Substack about what I've been reading and writing recently – on the voters who make populism happen, and why Labour isn't speaking to them. maguirepatrick.substack.com/p/the-voters...
Dec 7, 2025 18:42
- You're right about that Long biography. One of the absolute best. I read it in New Orleans which made it even more fun.
- It's so good, isn't it? Beautifully written, often laugh-out-loud funny, and – while obviously sympathetic – never anything less than fair, and duly critical of his excesses. The Brinkley book I mention is more sceptical, as I say, but broadly concurs in how it assesses him.
