My reaction to last week’s local election results is straightforward: I get the message, loud and clear. I know that the familiar excuses – low turnout, mid-term blues – aren’t enough. Even the difficulties of our... more ››
Politics in Britain feels stuck. The Conservative party has not won a parliamentary majority since 1992 and last week’s local election results rubbed in its continuing weakness in the urban north – there is not a... more ››
Polls show Cameron's Conservatives trailing Labour by as many as a dozen points; worse still, just 65 percent of 2010's batch of Conservative voters say they would back Cameron's party if an election were held next month. In such... more ››