The rise of Corbyn appears to be the big surprise of this general election, so we have commissioned two blogs – one on either side…
The rise of Corbyn appears to be the big surprise of this general election, so we have commissioned two blogs – one on either side…
The Conservative Party has complained to the BBC that the audience at the leaders’ debate (the one where only one leader was missing) was unreasonable,…
I found myself speaking at a New Weather Institute event at the Hay festival last weekend, about the prospects for a ‘progressive alliance’. Despite the…
Published in the Financial Times Martin Wolf makes some powerful points on the progressive loss of faith in free markets and free trade (Conservatism buries…
It’s a constant source of disappointment that the Prime Minister, and her advisors, frequently identify an important problem, and then seem to have zero practical…
I was surprised to find, this morning, that the news still has the power to reduce me to tears. The vision of parents struggling through…
The Tories will win the upcoming election. They will do so either handsomely or shockingly – with a majority of more than 100 seats. They…
The idea that the UK is a nation perched on a knife-edge division between Brexiters and Remainers has begun to unravel over the last few…
The Tories face but one hurdle on June 8th: complacency. That thousands upon thousands of people who would vote for the Conservatives could they be…
In the UK and continental Europe, we discuss the French election as if we were all French. Likewise, in June we will be British and…
Europe has breathed a sigh of relief at Macron’s victory in France. Europe, M Macron, and liberals and democrats everywhere are right to break out…
The French people are at the polls today in what is probably the most unpredictable French election anywhere. We will know the shape of the…