It was Sir John Major, as prime minister, who said that the British would forever be defined by their love of "warm beer".

This Parliament is the most rebellious for 50 years but MPs who vote against the coalition no longer attract the headlines given to those who defied John Major in the 1990s.

John Major’s premiership was dogged by endless rumours of a leadership challenge. The media often told the story of the two Michaels. There was to be a great clash between Michael Heseltine and Michael Portillo for the crown. Whilst they both enjoyed tenure in the cabinet, their followers and supporters must have briefed about the

In his speech yesterday Nick Clegg said, “We want a truly open society, in which every man and woman will be able to go as far as their talent, ambition and effort take them”. Oh wait, hang on. Sorry, wrong speech. That was John Major back in the day, though the words would have fitted

Science fiction fans have voiced their delight after two old episodes of John Major’s premiership were rediscovered in a negotiating room. The two rediscovered episodes are from a 1991 story entitled ‘The Continental Menace’ and show Mr Major in the role of Prime Minister thwarting the evil European Commission on the planet Maastricht. The adventure was found unexpectedly during ...

Former prime minister Sir John Major resigns from the Marylebone Cricket Club committee over a disagreement about Lord's redevelopment.

The Government is divided over Europe and waiting for a Commons statement from the PM - recalling the position John Major faced 20 years ago this week as he signed the Maastricht Treaty.

The website politics.co.uk has got it right with their headline today, "The Conservative Curse: Cameron faces the Europe test." The issue that long ago became a latter day tariff reform menace has been warming up for some time to give Mr. Cameron the same unalloyed misery it passed on to predecessors John Major and Margaret Thatcher. Both were undone by Europe in the end - the converted euroscepti...

The UK should stop using the term "special relationship" to describe its alliance with the US, Sir John Major says, arguing it is outdated and "patronising".

The age of the "special relationship" with America is over and Britain must seek to define a new world role, Sir John Major has said.