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Sounding the death knell for Corbynmania
[ad_1] Labour’s so-so performance in the local elections raises questions about Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership [ad_2] Source link
Amber Rudd’s resignation throws Theresa May’s government into crisis
[ad_1] By BAGEHOTIN THIS week’s Bagehot column I ventured that Amber Rudd, Britain’s home secretary, was probably not fatally wounded by recent events, “unless there is another scandal festering in...
Coming face to neck with Vladimir Putin
[ad_1] By BAGEHOTT.H. MARSHALL, one of the founders of modern economics, and one of the most brilliant analysts of the economics of place, argued that “there was something in the...
Some thoughts on the open v closed divide
[ad_1] By BAGEHOTONE 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...
Theresa May wastes an opportunity to regalvanise her party
[ad_1] By BAGEHOTTODAY’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...
Damian Green’s exit gives Theresa May a problem—and an opportunity
[ad_1] By BAGEHOTAT 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...
A strange disease has taken hold of British politics
[ad_1] 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
[ad_1] 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
[ad_1] Labour plans to use Margaret Thatcher’s methods to overturn the Thatcher revolution [ad_2] Source link
An evening with Momentum at the Labour Party conference
[ad_1] 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...
