By Bagehot TODAY’s British press is full of the latest row about high street banks, this time involving the aggressive marketing of payment protection insurance (PPI) to millions of customers.…

May 6th 2011 By Bagehot DURING the 1960 primary campaign in West Virginia, it is claimed, John F Kennedy liked to use a joke to ward off charges of using…

May 6th 2011 By Bagehot WITH results from regional and local elections now pouring in, a nationalist triumph in Scotland is the story of the morning (counting in the referendum…

By Bagehot TWO things reliably happen on a Thursday that affect the life of an Economist political reporter: it is the day of the week when Britain traditionally holds elections,…

Apr 25th 2011 By Bagehot EVEN hardened Westminster types seem taken aback by the ferocity of the language flying between the Liberal Democrats and their Conservative coalition partners in the…

Apr 20th 2011 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week looks at the British public mood around the royal wedding, and makes the case that it is time for compassionate…

Apr 14th 2011 By Bagehot THIS week’s print column looks at the shockingly low quality of the national campaigns around the May 5th referendum on whether to change the voting…

Apr 14th 2011 By Bagehot DAVID Cameron gave a speech about immigration policy today. Two big things can be said about it. Reuse this content Read More

Apr 12th 2011 By Bagehot BAGEHOT is on the campaign trail, watching the nation’s most dedicated political activists trying to argue the merits and flaws of the Alternative Vote (AV),…

Apr 11th 2011 By Bagehot THERE is crossness in the tight-knit world of groups campaigning for better bicycle paths in Britain, and other pro-cycling policies. Reuse this content Read More