Monday January 23rd 2012

Scottish independence

Bagehot: Alex Salmond, Little Englander

In his determination to dismember Britain, Scotland’s leader has some surprising allies(46)

Britons don’t want their high streets to decay, but neither do they like to shop in them. Those desires are hard to reconcile(22)

Ed Miliband has changed his policy on the deficit—a little bit(2)

The battle to run Europe’s biggest city offers the same candidates as last time, but a starker choice(3)

Britain is the home of the world’s capital of capital but no longer prizes it. That is a mistake(209)

More bad news for media companies(16)

Britons are cutting back on many vices. Unfortunately, abstinence makes the Treasury grow poorer(10)

Also on this channel
High-speed rail
Train reaction
Putting a new train line underground will not bury opposition to it (10)
No-frills accommodation
Room without a view
Tiny additions to London’s hotel market (8)
Dale Farm after the evictions
Bleak midwinter
The Dale Farm travellers stay put, in deteriorating conditions (1)
British and American rowing
Rowed scholars
The transatlantic traffic in rowers is increasingly two-way (8)
The Big Issue magazine
Help the homeless!
An embattled social enterprise seeks to revive its fortunes (7)
Telefónica connects
London calling
A Spanish digital venture in London (9)