Largely unreported by the London media, power is being devolved through the City Deals programme, for which Greg Clark is responsible.
Tory modernisers are guilty of their own ‘stupid logic’…
Cameron once prized “freedom and democracy.” But now he ignores both to win trade from China.
In an era when minor parties can have a major impact, who gets to decide which ones get the oxygen of publicity?
Also: Reflections on chairing the Tonbridge and Malling primary. And why I like Piers Morgan…and Tony Benn.
Some people regard their willingness to analyse Marxism out of its political and historical context as a sign of intellectual sophistication.
In almost every developed democratic nation, politics is firmly organised along familiar left-right lines
In Britain, ideological uniformity is extremely unusual in a mainstream political party. In fact, it’s completely unprecedented and borderline sinister.
These days it is fashionable to accuse our fence-sitting, consensus-hugging, compromise-loving politicians of being all the same. David Cameron would have a two word answer to that: “Len McCluskey”. George Osborne, meanwhile might reply “Ed Balls”; Michael Gove,“Christine Blowers”; Iain Duncan Smith, “Owen Jones”; Boris Johnson, “Ken Livingstone”; and Theresa May could trump the lot […]
Lord Alton of Liverpool is an independent cross-bench member of the House of Lords. Benedict Rogers is a human rights advocate with Christian Solidarity Worldwide, and author of ‘Burma: A Nation at the Crossroads’. Today, the House of Lords will devote at least an hour to debating Burma. Some may ask why – when the prevailing […]
In a hugely insightful post for openDemocracy, Ivan Krastev has an interesting question for us: “…who is more democratic, Russia or China?” He admits that this is bit like asking “who is more feminine, Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger?” Nevertheless, the question is a useful one. The obvious answer has to begin with the fact […]
The internet is, of course, a wonderful thing. For a start, there’d be no ConservativeHome without it – and, then, where would we be? Yet, however powerful and convenient a tool of communication it may be, there is an ever-present tendency among some internet boosters to mistake the medium for the message. It is a […]
Yesterday, MPs voted against plans to axe 20,000 regular troops – Ministers should listen to Parliament.