The Politics Column
Rafael Behr's take on politics inside Westminster
Articles in The Politics Column
Results 61 to 70 of 366
UK Politics
This is the right’s high-water mark
- 01 September 2010
- 11 comments
Unless David Cameron can overturn the ideological divide between left and right, the Lib Dems will end up in Labour’s arms.
UK Politics
Ed speaks Human
- 26 August 2010
- 11 comments
The younger Miliband brother’s emotional intelligence may yet upset the smooth progress of David, the Labour establishment candidate.
UK Politics
The chaos of Cameronism
- 12 August 2010
- 49 comments
The Con-Lib coalition’s hyperactivity has led to a shambolic three months of U-turns, scandals and embarrassment.
UK Politics
It’s Operation Target Ed Miliband
- 29 July 2010
- 29 comments
Ed Miliband may have been attacked as a “Bennite” by the left and the right, but he still has the momentum in the Labour leadership race. David’s supporters are worried.
UK Politics
Coalition policies that are completely out of the blue
- 22 July 2010
- 4 comments
A series of untested policies could undermine the legitimacy of future coalitions.
UK Politics
Five candidates without “the vision thing”
- 15 July 2010
- 27 comments
Labour’s leadership campaign is drifting badly, with none of the contenders able to describe what they really stand for.
UK Politics
Down and dirty with the Lib Dems
- 08 July 2010
- 30 comments
The Lib Dems have shown themselves to be adept at the manipulative and dark arts of British politics.
Politics
The coalition: a pact signed in blood
- 01 July 2010
- 3 comments
As a demonstration of his commitment to the coalition, David Cameron is considering reversing his opposition to electoral reform.
UK Politics
The Tories are still the Nasty Party
- 24 June 2010
- 38 comments
David Cameron came to power as a moderniser, but the Budget shows that the spirit of Thatcher lives on in the coalition.
UK Politics
To the schools that have, more is given
- 17 June 2010
- 11 comments
Labour’s academy programme at least had the noble aim of helping failing schools in poorer areas. Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, plans on giving the freedoms that go with such status to the most socially exclusive state schools in Britain.
