On political paralysis, British intellectuals and the wisdom of Victorians
THE AUGURIES for next week’s Brexit votes are not good, to put it mildly. The European Reform Group of hardline...
Economy
On democracy, Sir Lewis Namier and the struggles of the super-rich
I SPENT MUCH of this week in the House of Commons press gallery not knowing whether to laugh or cry....
On political caricatures, “real” policies and the idea of public service
THE PARADOXES of Brexit multiply by the day. Brexit was supposed to allow Britain to take back control of its...
On parliamentarians talented, vainglorious, entertaining and anarchic
Our Britain columnist considers the best and the worst of MPs in a lively week in the House of Commons...
On “Game of Thrones”, Conservatism, Israel and Lidl
“GAME of Thrones”, which, in case you hadn’t noticed, returned for its eighth and final season this week, has already...
On “Fleabag”, a Corbyn government and Kenneth Clarke’s tandoori moments
I FINALLY GOT round to watching a few episodes of “Fleabag” to see what all the fuss is about. A...
On Change UK’s inadequacies, political agreements and missing Scots
I WAS much impressed by Heidi Allen’s first speech when she left the Conservative Party to join the Independent Group,...
On Britain beyond Brexit and the future of Conservatism
THE END-OF-AUSTERITY message has certainly got through to the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS). On June 10th the CPS launched...
The centre cannot hold – the failure of Change UK and the atrophying of political thought
The latest disasters to befall Change UK—Chuka Umunna’s decision to join the Liberal Democrats and the party’s decision to change...
And then there were two
AFTER TWO days of voting Tory MPs have chosen two of their colleagues to go through to the next stage...