Sep 26th 2011 By Bagehot (A) BRITAIN is a helpless cork, bobbing about on an ocean whipped by economic storms beyond the control of any […]
The cheery gloom of the Liberal Democrats
Sep 22nd 2011 By Bagehot HERE is my print column this week, looking back at the rather odd mood at the Liberal Democrats’ annual conference: […]
Nick Clegg asks voters for permission to be heard
Sep 21st 2011 By Bagehot THE leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, closed the party conference this afternoon with a speech that posed more […]
Britain’s plague of young politicians
By Bagehot SEND for the greybeards. At the Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham this week, the biggest buzz has—rather unexpectedly—been around a trio of snowy-haired […]
The real reason for the Liberal Democrats’ odd cheeriness: Ed Miliband is doing worse
Sep 19th 2011 By Bagehot ARRIVING at the Liberal Democrats’ annual party conference in Birmingham on Sunday, the first thing your blogger saw as he […]
British Conservatives plan for the collapse of the euro
Sep 15th 2011 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week looks at the excitement among British Conservatives, as they prepare for what many see as […]
The Tories who think retreat the best form of defence
Sep 15th 2011 By Bagehot AN EXTRAORDINARY story from the City of London, reported on the front page of this morning’s Financial Times, offers Britain […]
The depressing tale of Johann Hari
Sep 15th 2011 By Bagehot READERS of the Independent were in for a surprise this morning: a lengthy apology from that newspaper’s star columnist Johann […]
David Cameron flies to Russia
By Bagehot THIS is not about me, it’s about you. That—riskily—has been David Cameron’s message to the Russian government here in Moscow today, setting out, […]
Can an Englishman rent his castle?
Aug 30th 2011 By Bagehot THE British have long been told that theirs is a nation of homeowners (and more specifically house-owners). According to conventional […]