Partly in preparation for the worst, but also as a way of finding hope for the longer term, a book that has previously attracted little attention in the UK has suddenly become popular bedtime reading among British Conservative politicians.
Full Circle: Death and Resurrection in Canadian Conservative Politics by Bob Plamondon charts the fortunes of Canada’s centre-right Progressive Conservative party at the 1993 general election, when it crashed from holding a Commons majority to losing all but two seats.
Many dark years in the wilderness followed, before a merger and name change allowed it to claw itself back and eventually regain power in 2006, in one of
