George Osborne’s horrible spring
Jun 15th 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week listens to a chorus of criticism about George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, and considers which bits might matter.…
Jun 15th 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week listens to a chorus of criticism about George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, and considers which bits might matter.…
Jun 7th 2012 By Bagehot MY COLUMN this week is about UKIP, the British political party campaigning for withdrawal from the EU. Reuse this content Read More
Jun 1st 2012 By Bagehot WEARY readers may find this hard to believe, but Bagehot tries hard to ration the amount that he writes about the European Union. After five…
May 31st 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week is a profile of John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons: Reuse this content Read More
May 24th 2012 By Bagehot QUEEN Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations are just over a week away. My print column this week ponders what royal jubilees reveal about Britain. Reuse this…
May 11th 2012 By Bagehot IT BEING Friday, I hope readers will tolerate a snippet of breaking news from the streets of South Kensington, nerve centre of the French expatriate…
THE war drums are pounding among those dreaming of a referendum on EU membership. As noted in a post last week, Peter Mandelson, the former Labour cabinet minister, co-inventor of…
May 11th 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week looks at the politics of House of Lords reform, and suggests that this dry-sounding subject is actually a rather important…
By Bagehot A WHILE back, debate gripped David Cameron’s inner circle, on the subject of how to persuade a sceptical British public to embrace elected city mayors. A rather abstruse…
May 4th 2012 By Bagehot DESPITE stiff competition from local and mayoral election results involving almost 200 local authorities across England, Wales and Scotland, Peter Mandelson, the former Labour cabinet…
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