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Some thoughts on the open v closed divide
ONE of the most popular interpretations of modern politics is that it is increasingly defined by the difference between open and closed rather than left and right. Openness means...
Theresa May wastes an opportunity to regalvanise her party
TODAY’S Cabinet reshuffle was billed as a golden opportunity for Theresa May to achieve two things: stamp her authority on the Conservative Party after the debacle of the general...
Damian Green’s exit gives Theresa May a problem—and an opportunity
AT THE last prime minister’s questions of the year, on December 20th, Damian Green loyally sat on Theresa May’s right and bellowed his support at all the right moments....
A strange disease has taken hold of British politics
BRITAIN is suffering from a very un-British affliction at the moment: millenarianism. A country that has always prided itself on its support for common sense and gradual change is...
The Tory conference reflects the dismal state of the party
IF I had to sum up the Labour Party conference in Brighton last week in a single word, it would be “frightening”. A major British political party has been...
How the Corbynites want to reverse the 1980s
PAUL MASON, a journalist turned Labour Party activist, was very much in evidence at the Labour conference in Brighton this week, competing with the Guardian’s Owen Jones for the...
An evening with Momentum at the Labour Party conference
I VENTURED into Momentum’s “A World Transformed” jamboree—a sort of parallel conference running alongside the main Labour Party conference—with some nervousness. Momentum has a reputation for playing hardball: they...
The Labour Party is in jubilant mood as it meets for its annual conference
ABOUT half-way through “Jaws”, Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster, Sheriff Brody (Roy Schneider) finally catches sight of the giant shark that has been wreaking havoc in the high seas off...
