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This week I attended the launch of LabourList's One Nation book. Arriving, as I often do, ten minutes late meant I was confined to the corner as a packed-out room listened to, and engaged in the debate on the future of the party. As someone…
In truly unprecedented fashion, London’s Olympic Stadium has been packed to bursting point at every stage of the athletics this week. Despite poor showings from corporate sponsor ticketholders, we’ve seen the public crowd in to see the…
Nick Buckles, Chief Executive of embattled security firm G4S, has made plenty of astonishing statements these past few days. Yet for me, there has been nothing more shocking than the verbal shrug of the shoulders that explained how ‘normal’…
Interpreting the Bible is an immensely difficult task. For a start, differing Christian denominations accept different books within the Canon – and because there are several different versions of the Bible it is difficult to know where to…
Times are tough. We get it. We live with it every day, and can’t even escape the difficulty when we switch on the telly – watching the news is rivalled only by Enya’s back catalogue for its unbridled, baffling and relentless misery. British…
Much has been said and written these past few weeks on the Falkland Islands – and a lot of it has made me want to pull my hair out. The lack of legitimacy to Argentina’s claim to the island has been much discussed. As has the deployment of…
Three great British institutions have had their reputation destroyed in recent years. The behaviour of some individuals in Parliament, banks and newspapers have rightly seen their occupation hauled over the coals, dissected and exposed for…
As the annual Movember campaign comes to a close for another year, thousands of men across the country will today be liberating their lips under an ocean of shaving foam. Movember is a brilliant campaign, wonderful in its simplicity in…
One could be forgiven for thinking that the long-running debate on our membership of the European Union was designed specifically to be divisive. In politics, it seems, you are either pro-European or Eurosceptic, and never the twain shall…
By Jonathan Roberts / @robertsjonathan Returning home from a dinner party to Clapham Junction last night may not have been the smartest move. Like everyone, we looked on in horror whilst munching on fondue (oh yes, fondue don't you know) as…
By Jonathan Roberts / @robertsjonathan Ed Miliband, together with excellent contributions from Labour MPs Tom Watson and Chris Bryant, has helped shape the debate over the latest phone-hacking exposures. They should be congratulated. Yet…
By Jonathan Roberts / @robertsjonathan I'll start by telling a story. The story is true - but you'll have to forgive me for not naming names or identifying locations, in part because those involved are close to me, but moreover because this…
