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By hugging Clegg close, Cameron might end up suffocating him

Rafael Behr — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:47:39 GMT

The Tories are trying to smother in advance any talk of Lib Dem collaboration with Labour.

Rafael Behr — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:51:56 GMT

The PM has yet to get into the room to fight a battle to secure the national interest.

Rafael Behr — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:52:27 GMT

The PM has a record of expressing uneasiness about the ugly side effects of an unbridled market economy.

Rafael Behr — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:34:05 GMT

Cameron's intense relaxedness about the technicalities of government is his greatest weakness.

Rafael Behr — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:02:25 GMT

There is only so long the Tories can blame the length of the dole queue on the people standing in it.

Rafael Behr — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:31:09 GMT

The problem is that if the euro sinks, the UK will be dragged down with it.

Rafael Behr — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:55:46 GMT

For Tory MPs, the Prime Minister�s bungled euro negotiations feel like treason.

Rafael Behr — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:15:53 GMT

What Labour lacks is a story to tell about how it would govern in a time of austerity.

Rafael Behr — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:30:31 GMT

Soon, the Tories will have no choice but to think of government not as part of the problem, but the solution.

Rafael Behr — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:56:57 GMT

The Prime Minister's real problem is a party that was already too unpopular to win an election but has not the will to change.