Anthony Seldon, Paul Johnson, Meg Russell and John Kampfner

Historian Sir Anthony Seldon discusses a new collection of essays on the 14 years of Conservative government with some of the contributors, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Professor Paul Johnson, politics lecturer Professor Meg Russell and writer and journalist John Kampfner.

Seldon and his co-editor Tom Egerton, editor and founder of The Political Inquiry, have collected a series of essays on the last 14 years of Conservative government. What changed for better or worse during this prolonged period of power? What impact did serious challenges such as austerity, Brexit and Covid have on the government and its successes or failures? What lessons can be drawn?

Seldon is an authority on contemporary British history and a former master of Wellington College. He has written more than 40 books including Blair; May at 10; Brown at 10; Cameron at 10; and Johnson at 10.

Johnson has been director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies since 2011. He is a columnist for The Times and a visiting professor in the UCL Policy Lab and at the UCL Department Economics. He contributed to a chapter on the economy

Russell is director of the Constitution Unit and professor of British and comparative politics at UCL and author of The Parliamentary Battle Over Brexit. She wrote a chapter on government, parliament and the constitution.

Kampfner has worked for The Telegraph, the FT and the BBC and was editor of the New Statesman between 2005 and 2008. His books include Freedom for Sale: How we Made Money and Lost our Liberty. He contributed a chapter on culture.