The idea of Europe
Almost 31 years ago the French President, Francois Mitterrand, and the West German chancellor, Helmut Kohl, visited the…
Stefan Stern
Things will change and the readiness is all
The Sunday newspapers are always looking for something a bit different, and it is tempting for politicians to try…
How are the leadership candidates faring so far?
Choose your least irritating sporting metaphor (or cliché): it’s a marathon not a sprint, it’s a game of…
Face the facts about political reality
Clearly we are living in deflationary times. In 1981 when you wanted to find economists who would criticise…
The state we’re in
Has the US government spent too much supporting the businessman and entrepreneur Elon Musk? According to the Los Angeles…
Only losers make concession speeches
Yes: it is time to concede and move on. Inequality doesn’t matter, social democracy is finished, the Conservatives…
Alone, together – the zoned-out electorate
Headphones, earphones, everywhere you look. Pedestrians nearly knocked down as they cross the street without looking to see…
Forward, not back
“History is written quickly, and pundits like to make out as if every result was inevitable,” wrote the Spectator’s editor…
Knowing me, knowing you, I’m sorry I haven’t a clue
If I were you, I should expect the unexpected. Which is another way of saying we are still…
Well done Nick Clegg. Thank you very much. And goodbye
Hands up who really thought the coalition would last five years. Not me. Those five remarkable days in…
