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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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May 3rd 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week reports on William Hague’s recent visit to south-east Asia and what it reveals about the Foreign Secretary’s vision for British …
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Wirtschaft
If Tom Watson really believes Rupert Murdoch is a menace, why didn’t he work for a cross-party report condemning him?
May 1st 2012 By Bagehot TOM Watson, the Labour MP who has done more than most members of the British Parliament to uncover wrongdoing within the media companies run by …
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May 1st 2012 By Bagehot CHARLOTTE Leslie, the thoughtful new Conservative MP for Bristol North West, makes an interesting suggestion in today’s Daily Telegraph. Given that improving the quality of …
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By Bagehot BAGEHOT spent today in Singapore on the final leg of a trip watching the British foreign secretary at work in Asia. A future column will discuss Britain’s new …
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Apr 25th 2012 By Bagehot “YOU don’t see many white people round here,” said the American lecturer, visibly startled to encounter Bagehot at the Banking Academy of Vietnam, a sprawling …
