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A strange disease has taken hold of British politics
October 3, 2017
By BAGEHOT | MANCHESTERBRITAIN 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...
The Tory conference reflects the dismal state of the party
October 2, 2017
By BAGEHOT | MANCHESTERIF 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...
How the Corbynites want to reverse the 1980s
September 27, 2017
Labour plans to use Margaret Thatcher’s methods to overturn the Thatcher revolution Source link
An evening with Momentum at the Labour Party conference
September 26, 2017
By BAGEHOT | BRIGHTONI 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...
The Labour Party is in jubilant mood as it meets for its annual conference
September 25, 2017
By BagehotABOUT 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...
Whatever she may say, Theresa May won’t fight the next election
August 31, 2017
ASKED in Japan whether she intends to stand down as leader of the Conservative Party in 2019 Theresa May replied that, on the contrary, she plans to lead her...