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 ››
What started as a scandal over phone hacking at the News of the World has now become an investigation into what could be an even bigger political scandal. 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 ››