British Politics
Scotland is approaching a political reckoning
Reform has become a serious force in Scottish politics — but do not count out the SNP
How British politics is being redefined
The temperamental divide in British politics has been inverted
The problem with Ed Davey
Davey, Davey, give us better answers do
How to fix Holyrood
Holyrood is broken — but not beyond repair
The government wants more criminals out in the streets
Our authorities are committed to trying everything but the solution
In defence of doorstopping
An attempt to criminalise going to the homes of elected officials is unjustifiably broad
Peace, solar power and ponies for all
Zack Polanski has a head full of empty promises
The new “enemy within”
Britain needs clear thinking and cheap energy
In defence of cynicism
It is a natural response to being continually treated like an idiot
Why are our PMs so bad?
Structural changes have harmed our politics — but we bear responsibility as well
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories