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A plague on their House
British distrust for politicians is peculiarly dangerousDec 29th 2010
Christmas with Father Whip
The coalition is trusted on fiscal discipline. It must convince voters it understands aspirationDec 16th 2010
A question of character
The government is right that parenting matters, but “nudges” alone will not workDec 9th 2010
The Lib Dems take a pasting
The student protests look fairly harmless. But they might just have big consequencesDec 2nd 2010
They told you so
The glee of Eurosceptics over the euro crisis is unseemly and dangerousNov 25th 2010
Beveridge's children
The British don’t much like work—but they like the work-shy even lessNov 18th 2010
The British bayonet
Do not underestimate the coalition’s pledge of a referendum on ceding new powers to the EUNov 11th 2010
Terror and dissent
Away from economic policy, the Liberal Democrats are influential—as the row over control orders showsNov 4th 2010
Street smarts
Labour’s shadow chancellor is just the sort of pragmatist that the party needsOct 28th 2010
Austerity Britain's global ambitions
David Cameron and George Osborne gamble that Britain wants both guns and butterOct 21st 2010
Lest ye be judged
Britain’s deep distrust of elected politicians is pushing the country’s judges into the political realmOct 14th 2010
Keep calm, but don't carry on
David Cameron can’t be both a radical and a father of the nationOct 7th 2010
Get it, or it will get you
Ed Miliband says he represents a “new generation”. But he is weirdly out of touch with austerity BritainSep 30th 2010
Playground politics
Nick Clegg is not a traitor to his party. But he is a different sort of liberal to most of its membersSep 23rd 2010
Mary who?
The English are too forgetful to dislike Catholics seriously. Amnesia is one of their virtuesSep 16th 2010
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