The dearth of women at the top of the party and a laid-back approach to sex has left the Lib Dems open to accusations of sleaze and sexism

Seen as more patrician than ever, the Tories in the Coalition Cabinet are less wealthy and privileged than under any previous government

‘Hollande’s ministers are falling out among themselves and criticism from his left-wing allies is getting ever more strident’

Cameron has failed to detoxify the party and Conservatives are panicking before the reckoning that awaits them in 2015

Sayeeda Warsi prioritises anti-Muslim attitudes but ignores the real threat to Western society posed by radical Islamists

Critics like to think that neoconservative ideas lie buried in the sands of Iraq. But neocons are still in the mainstream of US politics

Far more than an exercise in oy-veying and kvetching, the Jewish joke is a vital strategy for survival in a bleak and hostile world

The UK Independence Party has long been derided by the political elite, but it is now strong enough to do without deals and go it alone