By BAGEHOT IN MY column this week I profile Dominic Cummings, a former government adviser who is now campaign director for Vote Leave, the largest […]
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, equivalent to that provided on […]
The Labour Party is heading for a showdown on Trident
By BAGEHOT AS RESHUFFLES go, Jeremy Corbyn’s tweaks to his shadow cabinet were relatively few. They were, however, momentous. In a marathon of meetings spanning […]
Everything you need to know about Labour’s rolling crisis
SOMETHING remarkable is happening in British politics. In September the Labour Party elected Jeremy Corbyn, one of its most far-left and rebellious MPs, to its […]
Labour’s sensibles are starting to push back—but they should push harder
By BAGEHOT THE political implications of the attacks in Paris are only just starting to unfurl. But there are early indications that one might be […]
David Cameron is playing a self-inflicted bad hand well
By BAGEHOT AFTER months of vague talk about “renegotiating” Britain’s EU membership and a flurry of visits to European capitals by the prime minister and […]
The bile spewed at Tony Blair is not just unfair—it is counter-productive
By BAGEHOT FOUR years after its last hearing concluded, six years after it was commissioned and twelve years after the war began, the Chilcot inquiry […]
The Conservatives deserve little sympathy for their defeat on tax credits
By BAGEHOT THE House of Lords, Britain’s upper house, has just voted to stall the government’s planned cuts to tax credits. According to the Institute […]
The case for ditching the NHS
Oct 23rd 2015 By BAGEHOT If the taxpayer-funded model is not politically workable, Britain should adopt a social insurance system Reuse this content Read More
English-only votes set Britain on the path to federalisation—or break-up
Oct 22nd 2015 By BAGEHOT Reuse this content Read More