Innovation
Nicola Sturgeon’s consultation on a new Scottish independence referendum gets her out of a tight spot
DELEGATES and journalists arriving in Glasgow today for the Scottish National Party (SNP) conference had one big subject on their minds: the political puzzle that has been hanging over...
Parliament must push for a bigger role in the Brexit negotiations
TODAY is Brexit day at the Conservative Party conference and Theresa May has opened proceedings with two chunky announcements about Britain’s next steps towards the exit door. First, she...
Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected with an increased mandate
OWEN SMITH was never the front-runner in Labour’s leadership contest. But moderates in the party hoped that he would at least begin the process of clipping away at the...
What is the point of the Liberal Democrats?
THE title of this post is the question that—more than ever before—I find myself asking following the Liberal Democrats’ just-finished gathering in Brighton. It was my fourth Lib Dem...
Why a “True Labour” splinter party could succeed where the SDP failed
LABOUR is in the midst of a roller-coaster leadership election. Today a court ruled that the 130,000 people who have joined the party since January (most of them supporters...
Britain’s newly interventionist economic consensus is a question, not an answer
FOR much of the past two decades, a consensus has defined Britain’s industrial and labour policies; a theory of the country’s place in a globalised economy and of what...
Britain’s new prime minister will regret appointing Boris Johnson
IT WAS sweeping, ruthless and decisive. “Brutal reshuffle, prime minister?” shouted reporters as Theresa May arrived back in Downing Street after a morning going through Cameroons like a hot...
Theresa May will be Britain’s next prime minister
JUST when it looked like Westminster was settling into a long summer of party-leadership elections, Andrea Leadsom this morning cut the Conservative contest short by withdrawing from the race...