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The Sun’s opposition to the Snoopers’ Charter is a significant shift

Fleet Street now has first-hand experience of police officers using ‘anti-terror’ powers against journalists and their sources.

By Mark Wallace | 15 March 2016 at 3:45 pm | 13 comments

One hundred days to go until the EU referendum

Four reflections on the campaign so far and things to watch for as the campaign intensifies.

By Mark Wallace | 15 March 2016 at 2:00 pm | 33 comments

Could Trump happen here?

The current price of protection against Tea Party politics is the risk of Potemkin parties.

By Paul Goodman | 15 March 2016 at 6:50 am | 74 comments

The Budget. Osborne should dare to be dull.

The Chancellor should resist the temptation to ease the path to June’s referendum and further his leadership ambitions.

By Paul Goodman | 14 March 2016 at 6:50 am | 34 comments

The importance of infrastructure to Osborne

He sees it as a way of supporting the economy through its times of need. But, politically and practically, it can also go wrong.

By Peter Hoskin | 13 March 2016 at 12:44 pm | 20 comments

Clegg to Cameron: Your renegotiation will either be insubstantial or impossible. Cameron to Clegg: “I know.”

A reported conversation that throws light on the Prime Minister’s claim that his renegotiation has achieved real EU reform for Britain.

By Paul Goodman | 13 March 2016 at 7:00 am | 129 comments

Osborne must show he really believes in lower taxation

Boris has just cut the Council Tax precept by 6.4 per cent. Does Osborne have such clear credentials?

By Harry Phibbs | 12 March 2016 at 9:26 am | 57 comments

Project Fear Scare Story of the Week: Cameron’s sock price shock

Tariff threats say much more about the real costs of EU membership than they do about the hypothetical costs of Brexit.

By Mark Wallace | 11 March 2016 at 2:30 pm | 44 comments

The Commons needs Cameron as a not-so-much-elder statesman

He should stay on to give it the benefit of his finest hours, worst moments, close shaves, cock-ups, might-have-beens and, yes, wisdom.

By Paul Goodman | 11 March 2016 at 9:30 am | 43 comments

Ten things to look out for in next week’s Budget

Including: fan charts and Brexit, sofas and mergers.

By Peter Hoskin | 11 March 2016 at 6:50 am | 43 comments

Hunt is right to take on the NHS’ blame culture

Adopting the airlines’ no-fault investigation model is in the best interests of patients, and fits a pattern of minister-led Conservative reform.

By Henry Hill | 10 March 2016 at 3:00 pm | 24 comments

The Republic of Ireland shows how a nation state can transform its economic prospects for the better

This astonishing success story has not yet attracted the attention it deserves.

By Andrew Gimson | 10 March 2016 at 7:00 am | 32 comments

The Hinkley Point debate reveals that indecision has its price, too

For decades, Governments allowed British nuclear expertise to atrophy, and refused to make decisions about new capacity.

By Mark Wallace | 9 March 2016 at 4:35 pm | 43 comments

58 per cent of Party members tell our survey that they will vote to leave the EU

The finding scarcely moves from last month – yet more evidence of the survey’s usual consistency.

By Paul Goodman | 9 March 2016 at 3:07 pm | 23 comments

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Cameron uses a liberal club to bash Labour

The Prime Minister seized the moral high ground by condemning “segregated political meetings”.

By Andrew Gimson | 9 March 2016 at 2:01 pm | 21 comments

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