Predictions
A foolproof way of predicting the future
Nostradamus’s prophecies are so poetic that they can be taken to foretell almost anything, while the American clairvoyant Jeane Dixon also managed to cover every possibility
An entertaining demolition of futurology
Nick Foster explores the various ways we think about the future, from thrilled anticipation through to panicked doom-mongering
The Living Wage is nifty politics – but let’s see more help for small business too
What is George Osborne’s Living Wage? Is it a ploy to shift cost from the taxpayer to the employer by…
Why estate agents aren’t dying out
I don’t like to make business predictions, but — barring some apocalypse — I suspect there will be plenty of…
Miliband country
A ‘progressive alliance’ would be a profound threat to rural life
The boy David
Lunch with a young Cameron on polling day, 1992
Scotland’s new national faith
The great SNP revival, and why it’s impervious to reason
Ed dawn
He could still win. Here’s what happens if he does
The Miliband agenda
There will be tax rises to suit every taste. But the people he’s expecting to pay will probably just leave
Grand National Notebook
‘How’s your shoulder?’ someone asked recently, and it was only then I realised, for the first time in a while,…
Return to the rose garden
The Prime Minister could never admit it, but he’s dreaming of – and scheming for – another coalition
The not-very-general election
There’s normally an easy way to tell which party is losing a general election campaign. Whenever one side starts telling…
Where is the Tories’ secret weapon?
‘You did this,’ David Cameron repeatedly declared to Tory donors as he reeled off a list of the government’s achievements…
Unwanted consequences: will cheap oil lead to a Labour election victory?
BP’s profits are down, and the oil giant is slashing up to $6 billion out of its investment plan for…
Diary
An embarrassing confession: in the late 1960s, I was a Trotskyite. But that period of political adolescence has its uses.…
Barometer
Marking a century Some things which celebrate their 100th birthday in 2015: 3-D films The first was shown at the…
I’m celebrating Glasgow’s Games as my forecast comes true at last
‘Perhaps I should shift my prediction to 23 July 2014,’ I wrote in April 2012. ‘That’s the opening of the…
Diary
Andrew Marr 22 August 2015 9:00 am
This is the Corbyn summer. From the perspective of a short holiday, my overwhelming feeling is one of despair at…