Evelyn Waugh

Aspirations of a Mugwump, by Evelyn Waugh

‘Mugwumps‘ are in the news today, after Boris Johnson used the term to describe Jeremy Corbyn. In the 2 October 1959 issue of The Spectator, Evelyn Waugh also used the term, when he wrote a piece entitled ‘Aspirations of a Mugwump’:  I hope to see the Conservative Party return with a substantial majority. I have bitter memories