Julian Lewis: the defence studies fanatic who got a bumbling Number 10 to back down

One of Julian Lewis’s first political acts was to infiltrate the Labour Party. Between 1976 and 1978 he posed as a moderate, won control of the Newham North East constituency party, and set out to reverse the deselection of the sitting moderate MP, Reg Prentice. His efforts went as far as to obtain a High Court injunction to stop the local party from meeting.

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