Michael Mosbacher
Underrated: Sajid Javid
The talented new Culture Secretary has been immersed in radical politics since his student days and is far from being a philistine
Class war won’t wash, Ed—you’re too posh
By joshing about the differences between Eton and ‘minor public schools’, the Shadow Chancellor reveals just how out of touch he is
Underrated: Robert Halfon
The up-and-coming backbencher is an unlikely champion of blue-collar conservatism
Major and Mobility
John Major is wrong. Far from the current Conservative-led cabinet being overwhelmingly privately educated it is in fact the most representative in history
Overrated: George Monbiot
How seriously should we take an Old Stoic who wants to reintroduce wild elephants to Britain?
The Myth of Cameron’s Etonian ‘Chumocracy’
Seen as more patrician than ever, the Tories in the Coalition Cabinet are less wealthy and privileged than under any previous government
Moldova and Out
An overlooked consequence of Romania’s admission into the EU is that a majority of citizens of Europe’s poorest nation, Moldova, will be able to claim Romanian citizenship and gain access to the UK
Lords A-Voting
Nick Clegg may have failed in his attempt to create an elected House of Lords but elections— albeit peculiar ones — do take place in the upper house
Blair Baiting
A website, arrestblair.org, is offering cash rewards to anyone who attempts to apprehend the former PM. Interested, Desmond Tutu?
Pride of the CUP
Cambridge University Press have just published a book by an anti-Zionist, anti-democratic Hegelian elitist. The reason? He has the right enemies
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal