Advantage Cameron
David Cameron will surely be relieved by the finding in today’s Guardian/ICM poll that Gordon Brown’s lead has narrowed already…
Our outrage should give us hope
The more you read about the murder of Rhys Jones, the more shocking it becomes. The combination of a BMX—a…
What the statistics don’t show
In my Sunday Telegraph column today, I argue that statistics cannot reflect cultural sensibilities, especially in the wake of a…
Naipaul on Walcott
V.S. Naipaul’s essay on Derek Walcott, the great St. Lucian poet, in today’s Guardian review is as eloquent and insightful as…
On the road with Sarkozy
For any politician to allow someone full access to them so that they can write an ‘on the campaign trail…
The East End Way
I spent part of this morning on a delightful walk down Brick Lane in east London with the artist and…
An opportunity to fix the broken society
When trying to understand the impact of events like the shooting of Rhys Jones, turn to the tabloids. Their readers are…
Hamas’s mask of moderation slips
Osama Hamdan is the supposeldy moderate face of Hamas. The organisation’s representative in Beirut, he has met with Michael Ancram…
The MCB is back in with the government
This morning, Coffee House heard that the government’s policy of freezing out the Muslim Council of Britain was over and…
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What Bush is up to
At first glance it seems bizarre that Bush invoked Vietnam in defence of his Iraq policy. After all, for years…
Where the Iraq debate now stands in the US
This brief Time magazine article is as good a summation as any of the current situation in Iraq and how the…
Cameron on crime
In his speech on youth crime today, David Cameron suggested that those who commit minor offences should have their driving…
A Straw man of an argument
David Davis’s op-ed in the Telegraph today on immigration makes an absolutely crucial point about the Learco Chindamo case. As…
Your taxes paying for taxis
The Pandora column in today’s Independent report on just how much the Department of Health spent on transport last year,…
Fighting the bureaucratic enemy, not the real one
Perhaps, the most damning thing about the CIA Inspector General’s report into the Agency’s performance into the run up to…
What Sarko told Condi
Have we entered a post-American age in Europe? That’s the argument of this Adam Gopnik piece in the New Yorker.…
Hold the front page: Boris Johnson more right-wing than Steve Norris
“Boris Johnson is by far the most right wing candidate ever to be presented by a major party for Mayor…
Updating Our Island Story
John Lloyd has a typically thoughtful op-ed in the FT today about how we should teach history in schools and…
The trendiest political trends
Mark Penn is the pollster of choice for those politicians who still believe in the third way. He advised Tony…
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