Oct 5th 2015 By BAGEHOT The chancellor’s conference speech contained a theory about how Britain is changing—and what the state should do about it Reuse […]
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An interview with George Osborne
Sep 24th 2015 By BAGEHOT Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer talks China, globalisation, the EU and his country’s place in the world with our Bagehot […]
Reanimating Bagehot’s notebook
Sep 24th 2015 By BAGEHOT IN THE last post in this blog, dated June 28th 2012, one of my predecessors introduced his column on what […]
Thoughts on the debates
Mar 11th 2015 THIS clip of David Cameron calmly but firmly taking on a not always respectful crowd at a college in Deptford—picked up by […]
Are British newspapers a menace to democracy?
By Bagehot BAGEHOT spent today in Singapore on the final leg of a trip watching the British foreign secretary at work in Asia. A future […]
Britain’s educational secret weapon: chilly rigour
Apr 25th 2012 By Bagehot “YOU don’t see many white people round here,” said the American lecturer, visibly startled to encounter Bagehot at the Banking […]
The British government’s prosperity agenda hits the road
By Bagehot REPORTING from a summit some years ago, your correspondent found himself following the foreign minister of another country into a press conference. The […]
Why elected mayors matter
Apr 19th 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week is from Bristol, one of ten English cities that on May 3rd are holding a […]