The Labour Party is heading for a showdown on Trident
AS RESHUFFLES go, Jeremy Corbyn’s tweaks to his shadow cabinet were relatively few. They were, however, momentous. In a marathon...
Economy
Blame the British public for the junior doctors’ strike
AT EIGHT this morning junior doctors in England began a 24-hour strike during which they are providing only emergency cover,...
An interview with Dominic Cummings
IN MY column this week I profile Dominic Cummings, a former government adviser who is now campaign director for Vote...
The “emergency brake” is only symbolic, but it will probably work
IT TELLS you a lot about David Cameron’s dinner in London last night with Donald Tusk that the press could...
An interview with Sadiq Khan
Labour’s candidate for London’s mayoralty discusses his plans for the capitalTHE two incumbents of London’s mayoralty, created in 2000, have...
Keep David Cameron’s renegotiation in perspective
DAVID CAMERON is in Brussels for the endgame of his great "renegotiation" of Britain's membership of the EU. For over...
The Brexit referendum on June 23rd will be all about David Cameron
DAVID CAMERON returned home from Brussels last night to mixed reviews. The likes of Nigel Farage were always going to...
in the 21st century, sovereignty is always relative
TODAY the commentariat, and almost no one else, has been waiting excitedly for Boris Johnson to show his colours in...
An interview with Ian Bremmer
DAVID CAMERON completed his EU renegotiation just days ago and yet, as some of us predicted, already it is receding...
The cosmopolitan-communitarian divide explains Britain’s EU split
PUBLISHED by YouGov yesterday, the above map caught my eye. Using a 80,000-strong panel of voters, the pollsters have ranked...