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By Bagehot MY COLUMN in the print edition this week looks at a puzzle facing the Liberal Democrats, junior partner in David Cameron’s coalition. Among Lib Dem members of parliament…

Feb 10th 2012 By Bagehot ONE of the more depressing episodes of my week came on Tuesday, when I watched the House of Commons debate the case of Abu Qatada,…

Feb 9th 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week looks at the British debate about high pay, and suggests that the row is about more than bonuses and banks.…

Feb 7th 2012 By Bagehot A QUICK link to an interview I recorded with Andrew Marr of the BBC for The Economist late last week, about his new biography of…

Feb 3rd 2012 By Bagehot FROM a distance it must be hard to feel excitement at the news now gripping the Westminster village: the resignation of Chris Huhne as Britain’s…

Feb 2nd 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week is based on reporting visits I recently made to an inner London secondary school. I found the experience hugely encouraging.…

Jan 31st 2012 By Bagehot WELL that is helpful timing. It is bank bonus season. And there was the government, wriggling like a lugworm on a hook as the press…

By Bagehot TO his slight surprise Bagehot was recently asked to review all the new biographies of Queen Elizabeth II being published to mark 2012, her 60th year on the…

Jan 26th 2012 By Bagehot MY new column looks at today’s seemingly distinct debates about British capitalism, executive pay, welfare caps, the squeezed middle and immigration, and concludes that behind…

Jan 19th 2012 By Bagehot MY RECENT interview with Alex Salmond, the leader of Scotland’s pro-independence party and head of the Scottish government, forms the basis of this week’s print…