ROBERT AICKMAN, JOHN BETJEMAN, John Cornforth, Stafford Cripps, Richard Crossman, Margot Fonteyn, Billa Harrod, Jennifer Jenkins, Simon Jenkins, Jim Monaghan, Tom Rolt, Gavin Stamp, John Summerson and Swampy. This is part of James Stourton’s galère of persons who have, one way and another, done what the wantonly destructive, crassly philistine, risibly-named Conservative party seldom does — conserve.
Duncan Sandys, Geoffrey Rippon and Michael Heseltine were notable exceptions. The dismal norm as Secretary is some creature like the scouse slapper Nadine Dorries or a statesman of the stature of Stephen Dorrell whose proudest achievement was to rename Care In The Community as Spectrum Of Care. He also announced he would not want
