Last night I attended an event at the Institute of Directors with Lord Lipsey, a former Political Adviser to Anthony Crosland, who went on to work at Number 10 before becoming a respected newspaper editor and member of the House of Lords. ...Read More
One of the most striking aspects of Party Conferences in big city centres these days is the Green Zone-style security: roads sealed off and armed security everywhere....Read More
Last week I appeared on BBC World Service to discuss the mysterious case of China’s Vice President Xi JinPing, who disappeared from public life for nearly two weeks. ...Read More
Yesterday marked the second anniversary John Bercow’s election as Speaker of the House of Commons, an event which, as Mrs Bercow revealed on Twitter, prompted their children into buying their father an ‘I am 2’ badge....Read More
I am increasingly revisiting my, hitherto cast iron, certainty on whether the Coalition will make it until the end of this Parliament....Read More
Despite promises to “fix our broken political system” in the wake of the expenses scandal, the conduct of the respective AV campaigns has shown that for all the fine words, little progress has been made....Read More
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