Sholto Byrnes

UK Politics

Lessons from Liberal history

• 19 September 2010
• 11 comments

Grimond and Steel both knew that the price of power is getting your hands dirty.

Religion

The great “Protest the Pope” implosion

• 17 September 2010
• 64 comments

It’s been a damp squib so far. Does opposition to the papal visit come only from a liberal metropolitan elite?

Keeping it in the family

• 15 September 2010
• 2 comments

There’s nothing that unusual about Miliband v Miliband

Religion

Time to "uninvent" the Reformation

• 12 September 2010
• 48 comments

Is this the Pope's hidden plan?

Religion

Eid mubarak!

• 10 September 2010
• 21 comments

“Understanding Islam” is a very welcome new initiative from the Coexist Foundation.

UK Politics

It’s not only Blair who should be saying sorry

• 05 September 2010
• 47 comments

When is the Labour Party going to apologise for inflicting this man upon us?

Politics

Hague should have known the dangers of sharing a room

• 02 September 2010
• 22 comments

It brought down at least one Tory MP in the past.

Politics

Hands off NHS Direct!

• 30 August 2010
• 18 comments

Scrapping the call-in health service will not help build a “big society”, still less a “modern solidarity”.

Religion

Ireland’s shameless cardinal

• 25 August 2010
• 16 comments

Claudy bombings cover-up shows sorry is the hardest word for the Catholic hierarchy — yet again.

Ten reasons why Charles Kennedy should not join Labour

• 22 August 2010
• 47 comments

From Iraq to class warfare: why Kennedy must stay loyal to the Liberal Democrats.