Jonathan Swift would be relishing the political havoc which awaits. He would recognise our current Lilliput. A land inhabited by politicians as troublesome and as…
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As I watch the woeful spectacle of the appointment of the UK’s next prime minister by an un-representative electoral college that is at the top…
It was exactly 160 years ago, on 9 June 1859, that the various liberal factions that came to make up the Victorian Liberal Party met…
You can’t help noticing, looking back at the past century or so of UK political history, that a split in the Conservative Party can be…
The Lib Dems are on a roll, the Greens are still making progress but Change UK have had a disastrous few weeks. Nevertheless, unless you believe…
I will begin this article with a disclaimer: I am not making a solid prediction here, nor am I telling you how you should bet…
We all have a tendency to judge whether decisions were right or wrong decisions by their outcome. Yet, decision scientists have always cautioned against such…
“I will assert the privilege of yielding to the force of argument and conviction, and acting upon the result of enlarged experience. It may be supposed…
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Mark Francois could hardly hide their delight. Their attempt to depose Theresa May had of course failed but they had dealt her,…
Technocrats, commentators and business people are excellent at laying out what is necessary; what ‘must be done’ in public policy to move forward. Politicians, who…
I remember as a youngster in Malta when Malta had an utterly pathetic football team, a 4-0 defeat in, say, Germany would be hailed by the…
This post is taken from the introduction to Richard Black’s new book Denied, published today… This is the story of a coup-d’état that failed. A…