G4S is embarrassing evidence the contracting, privatisation and PFI mania of the past three decades, from Thatcher to Cameron via Blair and Brown, was an expensive mistake. more ››
There is strength in life beyond the exercise of high principle. Boris has twice now defeated Ken Livingstone, the previous mayor of London, a man of rigid ideology and therefore grinding prejudice. Boris's success so far... more ››
The Liberal Democrats’ proposals for reform of the House of Lords are so extravagantly ill-conceived as to be unsatisfactory even to those who in principle support change. more ››