The Politics Column
James Macintyre’s incisive guide to politics inside and outside of Westminster
Articles in The Politics Column
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UK Politics
Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader
- 19 November 2009
Public patience with the Afghanistan war is running out. Brown may yet regret becoming a war leader
UK Politics
The Sun sinks to a new low
- 12 November 2009
- 1 comment
The Sun has returned to doing what it does best: bashing Labour. And, it seems, at any price
UK Politics
Brussels is back with a vengeance
- 05 November 2009
- 2 comments
The ratification of the Lisbon Treaty creates new dilemmas for David Cameron-and for David Miliband
UK Politics
“We must move on from New Labour”
- 29 October 2009
- 4 comments
The Westminster village would do well to listen to an emboldened Peter Hain
UK Politics
How the BNP came in from the cold
- 22 October 2009
- 4 comments
Question Time's grotesque stunt has allowed the BNP to enter the political mainstream. There is now no going back
UK Politics
The People versus Gordon Brown
- 15 October 2009
The expenses scandal has hit Labour hardest. Brown should adopt a "masochism" strategy
UK Politics
It’s business as usual for the Tories
- 08 October 2009
The party may call themselves "progressive" but they remain unreconstructed on a host of issues
UK Politics
Burned by the Sun
- 01 October 2009
Courting Murdoch was always bound to backfire on Labour but the paper's influence is built on a myth
UK Politics
It’s now or never
- 24 September 2009
For his own sake, and the sake of the Labour Party, Brown must act like this is the final six months of his political life
UK Politics
The original spin
- 17 September 2009
- 5 comments
Journalists are being spun big style; they cover Cameron as though he were PM-elect
