peter cardwell

Introducing the Mace Index of Special Advisers

Peter Cardwell, special adviser to four cabinet ministers, introduces our exclusive survey of the Top 50 Spads across all political parties – and explains why the politico breed are here to stay

Alan Duncan’s diaries are crass and self-indulgent

Contrary to the book’s very first line, Duncan was not “at the centre of British politics for nearly thirty years”.