In the land of pantomime, this government has led – maybe even forced – parliament to turn itself into a tragic farce. Last week’s events…
…and why we need a radical centre Based on the book “The Death of Liberal Democracy?” The Rt Hon the Lord LansleyFormer Secretary of State…
As Brexit Day approaches, it seems fair to look back and conclude with a reasonable amount of certainty that the British political system was either…
In Brooklyn, a suburb of New York where he was born 77 years ago, Bernie Sanders launched his presidential campaign on Saturday, March 2, 2019….
I was fascinated last month while writing about the great Distributist G. K. Chesterton, to find his description of why he stopped being a socialist….
This article first appeared in the Times of Malta Towards the end of last year, my investment manager sent out a note that took the…
There is a reason why we talk about the Westminster bubble; it is small, reasonably hermetic, claustrophobic at times, and most will agree it feels…
This article first appeared in The Guardian I was almost 22 in March 1981 when the SDP gang of four (as we called them in…
Despite the headline, I actually don’t want to talk about Shamima Begum in the specific very much in this article. I don’t want to get…
There is a hidden gender problem deep in the heart of Westminster. We often talk about the number of female MPs in parties and on…
In this issue of our Globalization outlook: Many in the free trade world are calling for the West both to cooperate and compete with China….