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June 2015

Will Britain’s triumphant Prime Minister now show the maturity and character that the nation has a right to expect from him?
In the March issue of Standpoint our election diarist Andrew Gimson wrote that he had told a lunch of pollsters back in January, at which a sweepstake was held, that the Conservatives would win 330 seats. He was thus the only pundit to correctly predict the result. (The final tally of 331 includes Speaker Bercow, who does not ordinarily vote.) For this bold feat of psephological clairvoyance, Mr Gimson deserves to win not merely his sweepstake but one of those press awards that seldom seem to go to the most deserving members of the journalistic trade.
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FRANKIE MCCOY
Contrary to stereotype, young voters were more politically engaged this election than ever before
Time For A Leaner BBC To Pay Its Way
STEPHEN GLOVER
John Whittingdale is a Culture Secretary who means business. He must stop W1A’s Europhiles from hijacking the EU referendum
The Night Scotland Turned Yellow
OLIVER WISEMAN
Watching the death throes of Labour on election night in Glasgow
 
Is Nicky's Knack To Put Teachers First?
ROBERT PEAL
The Education Secretary should prioritise good teaching in order to consolidate Michael Gove's reforms
The Conservatives' Capital Conundrum
OLIVER WISEMAN
Why London bucked the national trend towards the Tories
Labour Doesn't Get Why The Tories Won
NICK COHEN
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
MICHAEL PINTO-DUSCHINSKY
The government now has an opportunity to reform our human rights laws — but progress will be tricky
Shy Tories, Lazy Labour: The Pollsters' Fiasco
MICHAEL MOSBACHER
How did the pre-election polls get it so wrong? By misjudging the turnout
The Rotten Borough Lutfur Rahman Built
JOHN WARE
A court has confirmed what many Londoners knew: the deposed mayor’s reign in Tower Hamlets was divisive, dishonest and corrupt
 
Why The World Still Needs The West
ALEXANDER WOOLFSON
Ignore the isolationists. In a dangerous world, America and Europe neglect their duty to defend liberty and prosperity at their peril
Evoking The Empire That Refuses To Die
JOHN MAN
The Mongol Empire may be forgotten in the West, but it was Genghis Khan and his grandson Kublai who laid the foundations of modern China