The Politics Column
Rafael Behr's take on politics inside Westminster
Articles in The Politics Column
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UK Politics
Why the deficit hawks are wrong
- 10 June 2010
- 2 comments
The government is using the example of Canada in the 1990s to promote its proposed sweeping spending cuts, but that took place in a boom era – and look what’s happened to Canadians since.
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First cracks in the coalition
- 03 June 2010
Divisions over capital gains tax highlight how precarious the coalition is.
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Don’t mention the P-word
- 27 May 2010
- 2 comments
The Tory-Lib Dem alliance claims to be the new progressives but on a raft of measures they are proving to be anything but.
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Come on, Labour – stop beating yourselves up about losing
- 21 May 2010
- 2 comments
As Labour’s top dogs square up for the leadership contest, it’s time for much-needed debate and political realignment, which the long contest should provide.
UK Politics
The wooing of Nick Clegg
- 12 May 2010
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to heal the divide on the centre left. Don't betray us, Nick
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Where next for the Tories?
- 04 May 2010
If David Cameron fails to deliver a clear victory for the Conservative Party, his so-called modernising journey could come to an end.
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Clegg’s vision of a Labour-free Britain
- 29 April 2010
Cleggmania has galvanised British politics. But it would be a mistake to write off the Labour Party - or, indeed, Gordon Brown.
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Clegg may yet plump for Cameron
- 22 April 2010
- 1 comment
Inside Lib Dem HQ, there is talk of the party providing Cameron with "supply and confidence" in the event of a hung parliament.
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There’s no such thing as a “big society”
- 15 April 2010
- 1 comment
The Tories' rhetoric about progressive conservatism does nothing to mask the fact their ideas mark a return to Thatcherism.
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Change is more than just a word
- 01 April 2010
- 4 comments
Cameron’s strategic use of language suggests a Tory party that is modern and reformed, but scratch beneath the surface and it’s the “nasty party” of old.
