Of the individuals to have held the office of Prime Minister since 1945, few have been treated so unfavourably as John Major. His tenure has been portrayed as weak and ineffectual. Divisions within Party and Cabinet hampered his ability to govern, culminating in the decision to call a leadership...

One of the most noticeable features of recent studies of European integration has been the growth in the number of publications that have focused on the impact that membership of the European Union has had on its member states. One element of this has been the emergence of a significant body of...