UK politics
OK: I’m convinced: one EU referendum might not be enough
We now have to take seriously the possibility that in the EU referendum Britain will vote to leave. I had…
Bring back the bungalow!
We’re not building the right houses for our ageing population
The Tories are still anxious to reach out. And that’s a very good sign
Post-election party conferences usually follow a standard pattern. The winning party slaps itself on the back while the losers fret…
George Osborne’s epic kowtow to China
Cameron and Osborne have a very clear China policy: do whatever China wants
Chris Mullin’s diary: Murdoch’s men couldn’t face even a fictional Corbyn victory
With four days to go until the result of Labour’s leadership election, a call from the Sunday Times. Would I…
Don’t weep for Costa – but the Living Wage punishes small businesses that need our support
What is George Osborne’s Living Wage? Is it a ploy to shift cost from the taxpayer to the employer by…
‘Perhaps we needed to tip the whole thing over’: Jon Cruddas on Jeremy Corbyn's Labour
Jon Cruddas is still looking for ways to renew his party.They’re unlikely to please his new leader
Tristram Hunt’s diary: The rainy glories of Devon – and a cold political climate
‘Devon, Devon, Devon/ Where it rains six days out of seven.’ Nothing beats a British seaside holiday. And north Devon…
Labour's already running out of time to regain its lost voters
The Labour leadership contest was supposed to be a debate about the party’s future. Instead it has oscillated between petty…
Labour always lurches left when it loses. But this time is worse
The party always swings left after defeats. But this time is worse
Why MPs have a duty to resist online petitions
It is the duty of MPs to resist Twitter storms and online petitions
How Jeremy Corbyn could destroy the Tories (yes, really)
‘Why this sudden restlessness, this confusion?’ asked C.P. Cavafy in his poem ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’: Because night has fallen…
Whoever wins the Labour leadership, Blairism is at death’s door
The exhausted Labour leadership contest takes a bucket-and-spade holiday next week, with all four candidates agreeing to an uneasy truce…
Why I was right to vote for Jeremy Corbyn
Is the ‘Tories for Corbyn’ campaign politics at its most infantile? As one of the few conservative commentators willing to…
Which political souvenirs are worth hanging on to
My first reaction on hearing of Margaret Thatcher’s death in 2013 was: ‘Great — now my autograph from her will…
The hunting ban could be gone soon – but the hypocrisy will linger on
With luck, the cruel, hypocritical ban could be gone by winter
Why won't Cameron seize his chance on the EU?
Few European leaders have been luckier than David Cameron. First he was sent Ed Miliband. Now events in Greece may…
Osborne’s false prophet: why Jim O’Neill will never deliver a ‘northern powerhouse’
Why Jim O’Neill isn’t fit to run the Northern Powerhouse
Labour’s austerity tradition
The spirit of 1945 No one would have been more surprised at the sight of 100,000 people marching in London…
Merkel's crisis is Cameron's opportunity
Merkel’s crisis is David Cameron’s opportunity
The transatlantic flirtation behind Ukip’s sudden meltdown
Nigel Farage’s special relationship with an American website, and its part in his party’s sudden meltdown
Ten myths about Brexit
Don’t believe the scare stories about leaving the EU
Why Ed Miliband may have lost Labour the next election, too
You wait ages for a Labour leadership contest, then five come along at once. In the past few days, nominations…
The humiliation that turned Andy Burnham from Blairite to union man
Andy Burnham is the Labour establishment’s choice as the next party leader. So why does he feel like an outsider?
Cameron’s EU referendum tactics make Harold Wilson look clever
David Cameron is now facing the biggest challenge of his leadership: how to renegotiate Britain’s membership of the EU without…
