The Politics Column
Rafael Behr's take on politics inside Westminster
Articles in The Politics Column
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UK Politics
Cameron’s leadership — a holiday persistently interrupted by reality
- 25 August 2011
- 36 comments
The Prime Minister has long positioned himself above the fray, at the expense of a coherent message for his party.
UK Politics
Cameron posed for pictures with a Tuscan waitress as London burned
- 11 August 2011
- 50 comments
Failing to understand the need to return quickly was a huge misjudgement by Cameron.
UK Politics
It’s a sign of Miliband’s strength that storms are staying in their teacups
- 04 August 2011
- 7 comments
The recent convulsions around the "Blue Labour" movement could have turned into a leadership crisis.
UK Politics
The Tories’ facile metaphors mask a frightening lack of insight
- 29 July 2011
- 15 comments
Osborne and Cameron have no way to express the global challenges they face without sounding as if they are making excuses for their failed policies.
UK Politics
No party can afford to ignore the “sandwich generation”
- 30 June 2011
- 5 comments
Tensions are rising over the care of the elderly and the prospects of the young. Both the coalition and Labour must address these issues before it is too late.
UK Politics
Dave and Nick need to fake it now that the romance has gone
- 23 June 2011
- 26 comments
With the Prime Minister now attacking his deputy openly on the radio, it’s clear that the early truce is over. How will the two parties convince voters that coalition is still a viable option for 2015?
UK Politics
The Lib Dem plan to retoxify the Tory brand
- 09 June 2011
- 17 comments
No 10 fears that the public hears the words "Conservative reform" and understands "mass privatisation".
UK Politics
For Labour, even joined-up opposition seems a long way off
- 02 June 2011
- 35 comments
Why Labour may need a little more "control freakery".
UK Politics
Why Lib Dems feel they are locked in a brightly lit interrogation room
- 19 May 2011
- 31 comments
The mood inside the party is one of grim determination.
UK Politics
After the bloodbath, it’s time for Lib Dems to call the Tories’ bluff
- 12 May 2011
- 49 comments
Even after the bloodbath in the local elections and the public’s rejection of AV, the Lib Dems still have the power to challenge Tory policy from within.
