Free To Choose
We now live in the world of iDemocracy, according to Douglas Carswell, but unlimited choice in the state sector is unsustainable
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Boris’s 2020 Vision
By 2018 David Cameron will be ready to step down leaving the way clear for the London Mayor to swap City Hall for Number 10
Blair Baiting
A website, arrestblair.org, is offering cash rewards to anyone who attempts to apprehend the former PM. Interested, Desmond Tutu?
A Long Way From Cable Street
Robert Wistrich's new study of anti-Semitism brilliantly elucidates how the Left has betrayed the Israel for which it once campaigned
Strange Death of the English Gentleman
Cameron's sustained attempt to hide his gentlemanliness reflects wider society's rejection of good moral conduct
Dark Days at the DEA
Samuel Brittan's diaries from 1964-66 prove that, even then, the doyen of financial journalism was insightful and, at times, cutting
Flying The Flag
Anti-patriotic liberals tell us that the BNP has hijacked the Union Jack but they are the only ones that make the connection between the flag and bigotry
Is Boris the Man to Succeed Cameron?
To some in the Conservative Party he is a scheming charlatan with no policies. To others his star power could be worth harnessing
Fashion Victims
The dowdy wives of UK politicians could learn a thing or two from their fashion-forward foreign counterparts
Bigotry or Dissent?
As dissenters are labelled bigots and homophobes in the same-sex marriage debate; has Britain become too intolerant for free speech?
Cameron Should Scrap His Tired Old Script
The Prime Minister acts like a figure from the era of Clinton and Blair. Their style of politics is dead and he needs a new one
Good Idea, Bad PR
With Steve Hilton on sabbatical in California, it’s high time Cameron ditched the Big Society. To the long list of flagship ideas and slogans that have failed to catch on (which includes