Margaret Thatcher Versus The Intellectuals
The first female PM faced unprecedented vitriol from snobbish cultural bureaucrats
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Comeback For Political Novels?
The Daily Mail's Stakhanovite sketchwriter has finally written his debut novel
Corbyn’s Trots
Entryism plagued the Labour Party in the 1970s, and is doing so again
Jeremy’s Justice
Why, in the face of the evidence, does Jeremy Corbyn believe in the innocence of Jawad Botmeh?
Red Flags Flying Over Parliament Square
The tumultuous day Jeremy Corbyn was crowned Labour leader
Mr Gove, Here Is Our Statute of Liberty
The European Convention is no longer fit for purpose. It is time for the Lord Chancellor to enshrine our freedoms in British law
Click Here For The Revolution
David Cameron's former director of strategy has a manifesto for the modern world
Fast Track To The Black
A modest proposal for reducing the National Debt
Sour Smell Of Success
Alastair Campbell's new book is predictable stuff
Mr Cameron, Show The Country That You Care
As polling day nears, Conservatives are sticking to a strictly economic message. But there should be room in politics for moral arguments.
Campaign Diary
"The Chief Whip stormed the moral high ground and dug himself in. So why did I feel unable to follow Michael Gove over the top, as it were?"
Defying Duopoly: The Rise Of The Insurgents
On the doorsteps of Essex and Glasgow, the reasons why voters are turning to UKIP and the SNP appear remarkably similar