By BAGEHOT DAVID CAMERON completed his EU renegotiation just days ago and yet, as some of us predicted, already it is receding into the distance. […]
Boris Johnson is wrong: in the 21st century, sovereignty is always relative
By BAGEHOT TODAY the commentariat, and almost no one else, has been waiting excitedly for Boris Johnson to show his colours in Britain’s upcoming EU […]
The Brexit referendum on June 23rd will be all about David Cameron
By BAGEHOT DAVID CAMERON returned home from Brussels last night to mixed reviews. The likes of Nigel Farage were always going to pan his “renegotiation” […]
Keep David Cameron’s renegotiation in perspective
By BAGEHOT DAVID CAMERON is in Brussels for the endgame of his great “renegotiation” of Britain’s membership of the EU. For over three years this […]
An interview with Sadiq Khan
Feb 4th 2016 By BAGEHOT Labour’s candidate for London’s mayoralty discusses his plans for the capital Reuse this content Read More
The “emergency brake” is only symbolic, but it will probably work
By BAGEHOT IT TELLS you a lot about David Cameron’s dinner in London last night with Donald Tusk that the press could not subsequently decide […]
An interview with Dominic Cummings
By BAGEHOT IN MY column this week I profile Dominic Cummings, a former government adviser who is now campaign director for Vote Leave, the largest […]
Blame the British public for the junior doctors’ strike
AT EIGHT this morning junior doctors in England began a 24-hour strike during which they are providing only emergency cover, equivalent to that provided on […]
The Labour Party is heading for a showdown on Trident
By BAGEHOT AS RESHUFFLES go, Jeremy Corbyn’s tweaks to his shadow cabinet were relatively few. They were, however, momentous. In a marathon of meetings spanning […]
Everything you need to know about Labour’s rolling crisis
SOMETHING remarkable is happening in British politics. In September the Labour Party elected Jeremy Corbyn, one of its most far-left and rebellious MPs, to its […]