UK politics
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…
Revealed: David Cameron's rehearsed resignation speech
At 6.30 p.m. on 7 May, the Camerons invited guests at their home in Oxfordshire into the garden for a…
Jonathan Portes, master of the political correction
Jonathan Portes, master of the political correction
How did the polls get it so wrong? Jim Messina knows
Jim Messina, Cameron’s data supremo, explains all
The two Labour tribes preparing to go to war
A new leader will have to focus on winning, not sniping
The year that Scotland learned to hate
If the SNP isn't about Scottish purity and hating the English, why do so many of its supporters behave as if it is?
Satire is dying because satirists are too successful
I appeared on Radio 4 a couple of weeks ago to discuss the age-old question of whether political satire is…
The DUP’s Nigel Dodds may soon be propping up the Tories. What does he want?
In a Tory-leaning hung parliament, the DUP’s Nigel Dodds may command the balance of power. So what does he want?
Left-wing populism is on the rise - and may take Ed Miliband to No10
Would-be leaders of the left are harnessing the mood of angry populism
Why do politicians go potty for ‘passion’?
‘I long for spontaneous passion but I will never get it with my husband because I think he has Asperger…
