The Labour Party under Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn in the final part of ALWYN TURNER’s series. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Iain Duncan Smith
Calling all cliches: One nation
In tribute to Theresa May, some other one-nation politicians in modern Britain. Continue reading
The Three Brexiteers
ALWYN TURNER on the three men who shaped the Leave vote in the referendum. Continue reading
David Cameron: An obituary
ALWYN TURNER says farewell to Dave’s political career. Continue reading
Rigger mortis
Will the referendum result be fixed, like it was in 1992? Continue reading
Project Fear: How I shall be voting
ALWYN TURNER explains where he’ll be putting his cross in the referendum. Continue reading
Pick of the Pops: ‘All In It Together’
The Pirates rage against political sloganeering. (‘Don’t it make you wanna puke?’) Continue reading
2015 Politician of the Year (living)
National leader? Or piggy in the middle? Continue reading
Peter Oborne and the kiss of death
Is Oborne’s approval the beginning of the end for a party leader? Continue reading
‘Banal in the extreme’: A press portrait of Theresa May
ALWYN TURNER sums up the pre-premiership career of a difficult woman. Continue reading
Style matters
PAUL SAFFER suspects the slickness of this year’s Conservative Party conference will speak louder than any words actually uttered there. Continue reading
The Quiet Man II: This time it’s political
Jeremy Corbyn’s speech ‘warmed the cockles of the hearts of the faithful’. That’s all. Continue reading
Lion & Unicorn 