You may have come across the concept that the 20th century did not run from January 1900 to December 1999, but instead from July 1914 to September 2001, or perhaps until the beginning of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. In a similar vein, though he may be out of parliament, British politics is still living in the Robert Halfon era.
MP for Harlow from 2010 to 2024, Halfon enjoyed a long and varied career in the Conservative Party. He served as chief of staff to Oliver Letwin as shadow chancellor, before becoming a deputy chair of the Tory Party, minister of state and select committee chair. But he will be best remembered by posterity for his campaigning on fuel duty.
