Three (Tory) reasons to be fearful
Just before I get too sunny, here are three areas where the country's politicians, and the Tories not least, face real problems. They all centre on the country's habit of self-deception. Read more...
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Gordon Brown’s great good fortune
I was often depressed and irritated by Gordon Brown, but he made a good departure (that matters in political life). Better still, substantial people are fighting for his reputation. Irwin Stelzer (the Spectator), Anthony Seldon (the Guardian) and Martin Wolf (the Financial Times) have all mounted defences of his record. This is… Read more...
Three Tory reasons to be cheerful
This is a golden period for Conservatives. Their party is a natural vehicle for the politics and government of the early 21st Century. Who'd a thunk it? Read more...
The best political day for years
One ought to take some risks at such a time. Mine is to say that this is the best political period for decades. Read more...
Tory politics after 2010
This is still a country which is socially conservative, sexually permissive, economically entrepreneurial and obstinately attached to a statist welfare system. But we are less inclined to disenfranchise the fence-sitting Lib-Dem voters. What now for the Tories? Read more...
Note to the 2010 MPs: “Grow a couple”
In previous posts I have remarked what a great political and constitutional opportunity the UK now has. But it depends far more on individual MPs than on their leaders, constitutional historians, greybeard commentators or anyone else. Read more...
Ghost: Creepily excellent in so many ways
Roman Polanski's movie is an excellent account of Robert Harris's book. But it is even more of a post-modern experience. Read more...
Three reasons to celebrate this election…
This is perhaps the most exciting election of my lifetime, and I don't care who wins..... Read more...
RDN on oil spills and ecological disaster on R4 “Today”
I went on the BBC morning news show to say that the BP/Transocean Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico (a) might be dreadful but (b) would be the first such celebrity event to be an ecological disaster if it is one. Read more...
Mr Cameron’s makeover success?
Six days before 2010 election and the beginning of a new age in British politics, can we claim Mr Cameron's Makeover Politics a success or a failure? Read more...