Civic Nationalism Or Mob Rule?
Author:Nick CohenSNP hate figure: Faisal Islam, the political editor of Sky News (photo: ITN)If the media were the rat race and snake pit of popular imagination, Faisal Islam would have chosen a...
View ArticleWorkers Of The Right, Unite!
Author:Oliver WisemanPolitical pit-stop: Robert Halfon and volunteer Hannah Ellis campaigning by the roadside in Harlow, Essex (photo: Oliver Wiseman) read more
View ArticleThe Bitter Battle For The Soul Of Bradford West
Author:Julie BindelNo love lost: The election in Bradford West has been dominated by the battle between Respect’s George Galloway and Labour’s Naz Shah (pictured)When George Galloway won Bradford West...
View ArticleHow Scotland Lost Its Mind
Author:Iain MartinArchitects of discord: Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond have overseen a dramatic rise in support for the Scottish National Party (photo: Barbara Alper/Getty Images)Drive across the...
View ArticleFast Track To The Black
Author:Christopher FildesThe Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney (photo: World Economic Forum)George is the finance director of an overstretched conglomerate called UK plc, which can’t kick...
View ArticleBourgeois Beacon
Author:Daniel JohnsonAristotle: The perfect polity, to him, was one with the middle class was in the majority — as ours is todayread more
View ArticleThe Pope, The Jew, And The Vision Of Blue Labour
Author:James MumfordDetermined to break new ground: Maurice Glasman speaks at an Occupy event in 2012 (photo: Wheelz/Demotix/Press Association Images) read more
View ArticleIs There Such A Thing As A Religious Vote In The UK?
Author:Eliza FilbyCatholicism and nationalism: Mass at St Andrews Cathedral, Fife (photo: Lawrence OP, via Flickr)read more
View ArticleLabour Doesn't Get Why The Tories Won
Author:Nick CohenDisastrous: Ed Miliband with the much-derided “Edstone” (photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)I first saw Ed Miliband at the launch of a new book by Will Hutton. It was the autumn of 2010,...
View ArticleThe Conservatives' Capital Conundrum
Author:Oliver WisemanMike Freer (left) campaigning with Boris Johnson: London’s demographics are changing (photo: Boris Johnson)The capital bucked the trend. London left Conservatives scratching their...
View ArticleIs Nicky's Knack To Put Teachers First?
Author:Robert PealNicky Morgan: Now to curb Ofsted's powers (photo: Department for Education)Prior to his removal as Education Secretary in July 2014, Michael Gove took to teasing his more obdurate...
View ArticleThe Night Scotland Turned Yellow
Author:Oliver Wiseman“It’s our time”: Nicola Sturgeon (in red) with the seven newly-elected SNP Glasgow MPs (photo: Nicola Sturgeon, via twitter)The wake had begun before the body had been pronounced...
View ArticleTime For A Leaner BBC To Pay Its Way
Author:Stephen GloverDouble standard: The BBC's bias could be seen in the contrast between interviews with party leaders (photo: Dave Smith, via Flickr) read more
View ArticleDon't Write Off First-Time Voters
Author:Frankie McCoyMhairi Black MP: A first-time voter, aged 20, who had the luxury of voting for herself (photo: Anadolu Agency)read more
View ArticleDavid Cameron Must Govern With Humility
Author:Daniel JohnsonIn the March issue of Standpoint our election diarist Andrew Gimson wrote that he had told a lunch of pollsters back in January, at which a sweepstake was held, that the...
View ArticleClegg's Surprising Strength
Author:Brendan SimmsIronic: Lib Dem robustness in foreign policy coincided with the total collapse of their vote (photo: Liberal Democrats, via Flickr) read more
View ArticleLosing The Lib Dems
Author:Douglas MurrayThe Lib Dems on election night: Will we miss them? (photo: David Holt, via Flickr)read more
View ArticleThe EU's Waterloo?
Author:Daniel Johnson"The Poisoning of King John", from a 13th-century verse chronicle of the Kings of England, forms part of Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy, at the British Library until September 1...
View ArticleClick Here For The Revolution
Author:Eliza FilbySteve Hilton: David Cameron’s former adviser calls for a more personalised politics (photo: Peter MacDiarmid/Getty Images)read more
View ArticleAn Open Letter To Nicky Morgan
Author:Katharine BirbalsinghDear Nicky: Wave goodbye to Ofsted and performance-related pay, while keeping bureaucracy to an absolute minimum (photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)Dear Nicky Morgan,Might I...
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