He’s meant to be politically dead and buried, but he’s still shaping policy. Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
2016 Politician of the Year (dead)
The man we should all have been talking about in 2016. Continue reading
The phantom shadow cabinet
ALWYN TURNER remembers Yvette Cooper’s shadow cabinet from a parallel universe. Continue reading
‘Plainly nuts’: A press portrait of Paul Nuttall
ALWYN TURNER looks at the career of Nigel Farage’s successor as UKIP leader. Continue reading
Europe (still) isn’t working
In the wake of the referendum, DAN ATKINSON asks whether the failure of the euro will destroy the EU. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Wrong side of history
It’s difficult to be right about history – as everyone from Sir Walter Scott to Philip Hammond has discovered. Continue reading
Post #200: The liberty of the press
A robust defence of free speech from 200 years ago. Continue reading
Saving democracy: The popular front against Fascism
Stephen Spender in 1936 on the political responsibilities of intellectuals. Continue reading
80 years ago: The future of Labour
From the News Chronicle in October 1936: Will there ever be a Labour government again? Continue reading
The quiet revolutionary Mark I
Theresa May isn’t the first Tory prime minister to promise a quiet revolution. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Naming and shaming
Amber Rudd is the latest home secretary to pledge to name and shame. But who was the first? Continue reading
The quiet revolutionary?
How did Theresa May get on with her first conference as leader? Continue reading
