DAN ATKINSON on David Aaronovitch’s memoir of growing up with the CPGB. Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Morgan of the Month: Nuttall
We name the most irritating person of February 2017. Continue reading
‘Overcrowding is the cancer’
Forty years of problems in prisons. Continue reading
Trumping the Beaver
With a tycoon in the White House, ROGER HERMISTON revisits a time when another businessman helped save Britain. Continue reading
Morgan of the Month: Smith
The man nicknamed ‘In Deep Shit’ is the inaugural winner of our award for being ubiquitous and unnecessary. Continue reading
20 Corbyn-rock classics
The essential soundtrack for the hardcore fan of the Jeremy Corbyn. Continue reading
The pernicious problem of Preachy TV
DAN ATKINSON is unimpressed by propaganda masquerading as drama. Continue reading
‘Not a public-school boy’: A press portrait of David Davis
ALWYN TURNER on the life and career of the man who Tony Benn said was too left-wing for New Labour. Continue reading
Sulk and pout
Political winds not blowing your way? PAUL SAFFER looks at those who slipped down the greasy pole with a good old sulk. Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (living)
Will the real Mr Brexit please stand up? Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (decomposing)
A newly instituted award for the politician who threw it all away. Continue reading
2016: Odds and sods
Some leftover highlights and lowlights of the last 12 months. Continue reading