Mandela was the best of us – but he was neither saint nor god. He was a politician
How do you even begin to write about the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela? So many words…
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I have lost a lifelong hero
Every Christmas Eve, my Dad would take us kids to the West End of London. We had traditions…
‘Father of South Africa’ Nelson Mandela dies aged 95
Former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela has died aged 95. Widely regarded as…
Osborne says “we’re in this together” – so why’s he playing divide and rule?
It took him long enough, but towards the end of his statement to the house, Osborne finally pulled…
There’s only one question that matters for George Osborne today
The Tory spin operation has been whirring into overdrive in recent days ahead of the Autumn Statement –…
Go Bold, and give power to people
‘Go bold or go home’ is Ed Miliband’s advice to the shadow cabinet. In his slow creation of…
PMQs Verdict: Nick Clegg is a Tory
Let’s start by being clear about something – this was not PMQs, at least not in any meaningful…
Tory attacks on Darling aren’t bizarre – they’re calculated
Reports in this morning’s papers (including this one in The FT(£)) suggest that there’s been some fairly systematic…
Has the Collins Review actually made any progress yet?
Today the Guardian reports that the party might consider delaying changes to the Labour/union link for five years…
Stephanie Cutter to give the first LabourList Christmas Lecture
In British politics there’s a bit of an obsession with the way campaigns are run in the US…
