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Coming face to neck with Vladimir Putin
Coming face to neck with Vladimir Putin
March 21, 2018
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
Some thoughts on the open v closed divide
March 16, 2018
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
Theresa May wastes an opportunity to regalvanise her party
January 8, 2018
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
Damian Green’s exit gives Theresa May a problem—and an opportunity
December 21, 2017
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...