Tea Party zombies long to lurch further right
Published in The Independent (May 7th, 2012) A few days before last week’s local elections, the Tory MP Nadine Dorries... Read Full Article
Conservatives
Osborne has sent a missile into six years of Tory modernisation
Published in The Guardian (March 21st, 2012) There was much to admire when this heavily leaked budget was finally delivered:... Read Full Article
Why Dave will miss this hawk in hippy’s clothing
Published in the Daily Mail (March 3rd, 2012) Last week in Downing Street there was a seminar on the future... Read Full Article
Bring me sunshine
Published in The Guardian (October 4th, 2011) The meetings began in the summer with gentle debate down at Chequers over... Read Full Article
Lib Dems need to stake out their own territory
Published in the Financial Times (August 24th, 2011) One of the many twists to have occurred in British politics since... Read Full Article
Cameron must breathe new life into the coalition
Published in the London Evening Standard (July 25th, 2011) “We had lost our virginity on scandal,” wrote Tony Blair, reflecting... Read Full Article
Betraying themselves
Published in Prospect (March 25th, 2011) An army of political obituarists is arguing that we are witnessing the suicidal spasms... Read Full Article
Why Cameron is inviting a Viking invasion
Published in The Times (January 19th, 2011) For decades the British Left was held captive by Stockholm syndrome. It looked... Read Full Article
Brand detox remains the Tories’ prime task
Published in the Financial Times (January 4th, 2011) After weeks of muttering and coded articles, the new year has arrived... Read Full Article
Britain’s big gamble puts the citizens at the wheel
Published in the Financial Times (December 28th, 2010) Lady Perry, a former chief inspector of schools in England, uses an... Read Full Article