For many Spectator readers, their only exposure to the workings of the Whips’ Office will be through the machinations of ...

The concluding part of the award-winning House of Cards trilogy. Francis Urquhart, who is still Prime Minister, becomes heavily involved in a foreign war over oil trading. Has he finally dealt himself ...

How close to reality is the fictional Chief Whip Francis Urquhart, in the drama series House of Cards? Government Whips can make or break ministers and ensure they know all the secrets of the ...