Westminster
David Miliband
The British Foreign Secretary has failed to take on Iran’s mullahs
Parliamentary Privileges
‘The DPP’s robust response to the four parliamentarians charged with false accounting amounted to “See you in court”’
Should Baby Boomers Feel the Pinch?
The Shadow Universities and Skills Secretary David Willetts discusses the legacy of the post-war generation with the senior Labour MP Frank Field and Daniel Johnson, the Editor of Standpoint
Will the Tories Give us the Schools We Deserve?
The Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Michael Gove, and the former Chief Inspector of Schools, Chris Woodhead, discuss the Conservatives’ reform plans with Daniel Johnson, the Editor of Standpoint
A Reader’s Guide to Thatcherism
As anti-Thatcher literature blossomed in the 1980s, it was tempting to argue that the Right had won the economic war and the Left had won the cultural war. But the real victors of the past 30 years are blaring populists, ignorant and proud of it.
Clegg’s Cowardice
‘Having been caught out lying about Jenny Tonge, Nick Clegg took refuge in objecting to a personal accusation of racism that had not been made’
How European are the British?
The writer Piers Paul Read‘s Catholic vision of the EU confronts the politician David Heathcoat-Amory‘s Eurosceptic case for Britain as an independent country. The discussion is chaired by Daniel Johnson, the Editor of Standpoint
Colour Me Angry
As a black Conservative parliamentary candidate, my choice of party is often met with either surprise or sneers
Conference Charades
‘The Tories want to help people save their local pub. I can do that by drinking in it. Shouldn’t they be saving this country’s sovereignty?’
Phillip Blond
The inventor of Red Toryism — said to have the ear of David Cameron — is totally confused about the welfare state and the markets
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