World Why I didn’t want to mark myself safe on Facebook during the Berlin attack If we continue to respond to attacks with hatred and hysteria, we allow the perpetrators and the far right to win. By Rajeev Balasubramanyam
Straight out of Wodehouse: could Boris Johnson be a Roderick Spode disguised as a Bertie Wooster? Which is more terrifying in a potential prime minister: a posh airhead with no ambition, or a secretly well-read… By Rajeev Balasubramanyam
I’ve glimpsed Cameron, Blair and Thatcher up close in public – each time was very different No one thought to yell at Cameron as he passed, and no one shouted “Dave We Love You”. By Rajeev Balasubramanyam