UK Politics
The Conservatives’ Capital Conundrum
Why London bucked the national trend towards the Tories
Labour Doesn’t Get Why The Tories Won
The myth of a ‘progressive majority’ mesmerises the Left. Fail to learn the lessons of defeat and Labour will lose next time too
Mapping The Rocky Road To A British Bill Of Rights
The government now has an opportunity to reform our human rights laws — but progress will be tricky
Shy Tories, Lazy Labour: The Pollsters’ Fiasco
How did the pre-election polls get it so wrong? By misjudging the turnout
The Rotten Borough Lutfur Rahman Built
A court has confirmed what many Londoners knew: the deposed mayor’s reign in Tower Hamlets was divisive, dishonest and corrupt
Is There Such A Thing As A Religious Vote In The UK?
The voting patterns of religious voters in Britain are more complicated than they first appear. Politicians should stop treating faiths as bloc votes
The Pope, The Jew, And The Vision Of Blue Labour
Maurice Glasman’s agenda for the common good draws on religious and secular traditions. It has lessons for both the Right and the Left
Bourgeois Beacon
“Only the party that wins the trust of the middle classes deserves to govern.”
Fast Track To The Black
A modest proposal for reducing the National Debt
How Scotland Lost Its Mind
Voters north of the border are gripped by a nationalist mania. The SNP’s zealotry means I no longer feel as at home there as I once did
Majority rule; minority rights
It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger global picture
American revolutions: Rewriting the language of the unheard
‘Dissenting viewpoints — for example, the belief that America is not an intrinsically racist country—are shunned as further proof of racist pathologies’
The favourites
From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?