Things Fall Apart in Yemen
The uprising in Yemen is spinning dangerously out of control. The West needs to prepare for the fallout.
- 11 June 2011
Beauty's only skin deep... (yeah, yeah, yeah!)
A veteran of over a dozen political campaigns gives us the 4-1-1 on how short, bald and fat candidates can win elections.
- 10 June 2011
The Labour Party is up to its neck in Balls
Ed Balls claimed the Brown plot to topple Blair was 'balderdash', but last night's leaks have plunged the Labour party into disarray.
- 10 June 2011
Study shows alarming decline in UK competitiveness
Britain has been tumbling down all the main competitiveness tables. Radical reform is urgently needed, says Tim Knox of the CPS think tank.
- 10 June 2011
All hail President Blair! Er... or not?
Tony Blair sought to answer Henry Kissinger's old question yesterday. If he wants to call Europe, just pick up and say "Yo Blair!"... apparently.
- 10 June 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury should stop playing Che Guevara in a frock
Rowan Williams is known for supporting Sharia law in Britain, and being “uncomfortable” about the killing of bin Laden. Now he’s after Cameron.
- 9 June 2011
The Theatre of Life: Remapping the Middle East at the LSE (“Libyan School of Extremism”?)
There is evidence of serious attempts to delegitimise Israel at the London School of Economics. Their excuses are not good enough.
- 9 June 2011
PMQs: Cameron aces it in the Commons against miserable Miliband
How could the Labour leader make such a pig's behind of today's Prime Minister's Questions? asks our new UK politics editor Harry Cole.
- 8 June 2011
Bring back Bush to sort out Libya
NATO ministers meet in Brussels to discuss Libya, but there's nothing to discuss. Get Gaddafi, get out, and then get Iran.
- 8 June 2011
Instant View: Universities and their complacency
UK universities and student societies are burying their heads in the sand over extremism - will the Prevent review help?
- 7 June 2011
Another Chance for Portugal?
After the fall of the socialists, Portugal has a chance to rebuild. But the new centre-right government has a gargantuan task.
- 7 June 2011
A nuclear armed Iran could be the price of the Libya campaign
Iran is emerging as the great beneficiary of a bombing campaign over Libya with little strategic benefit to the West, says Emanuele Ottolenghi.
- 7 June 2011
Another damp declaration of war from Vince Cable
It's all very well keeping wounded Lib-Dems in the Cabinet, but don't expect them to do well in battle writes Harry Cole from Westminster.
- 6 June 2011
Market reforms to the NHS symbolise the Conservative Party I want to be remembered serving
Nick de Bois MP says competition is the core of the Health and Social Care Bill and if we miss this opportunity for reform we won’t get another for a generation.
- 6 June 2011
Yes we... should: Foreign aid spending and how not to sell it
Sir John Major argues the case for foreign aid, but he must be careful about overstepping the mark.
- 5 June 2011
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