Afghanistan was a waste of life and money. Our politics won’t recover until we recognise that
It’s happened many times before. The union flag is pulled down surrounded by anxious British soldiers. They hope…
Jon Wilson
Britain needs to renegotiate its relationship with the real world
British politics is peculiarly dominated by the relationship between this country and the rest of the world. Margaret…
England is getting more optimistic. Why is Labour still in such a bad mood?
The country is sluggishly lifting out of depression. Austerity slowed the pace of recovery, but unemployment is back…
Ed Miliband’s first 100 days
What kind of Prime Minister does Ed Miliband want to be? Amidst the long speeches and quickly changing…
Dismantling Britain’s despotism
The fictional town of Dunchester is the scene for a right-wing science-fiction novel by nineteenth century author H.…
English votes for English laws. Yes, but is that it?
‘English home rule at heart of Tory campaign’, The Daily Telegraph‘s headline screams the morning of Ed Miliband’s…
This is Labour’s radical English moment – we shouldn’t miss it
Whatever happens tomorrow, things have changed. If the United Kingdom endures, and I hope it does, relations between…
Reforming the state is the biggest issue in British politics
Anyone who doesn’t live on a peculiarly disconnected desert island would recognise we’re living through a political crisis.…
Rotherham shows how badly the government of Britain needs to change
‘They viewed these girls as an astronomer would look through a telescope at planets.” That’s how MP Simon…
We English need a debate like the Scots
I’m envious of my Scottish friends. From my limited connection to politics north of the border, the debate…
