By BAGEHOT THE political implications of the attacks in Paris are only just starting to unfurl. But there are early indications that one might be […]
David Cameron is playing a self-inflicted bad hand well
By BAGEHOT AFTER months of vague talk about “renegotiating” Britain’s EU membership and a flurry of visits to European capitals by the prime minister and […]
The bile spewed at Tony Blair is not just unfair—it is counter-productive
By BAGEHOT FOUR years after its last hearing concluded, six years after it was commissioned and twelve years after the war began, the Chilcot inquiry […]
The Conservatives deserve little sympathy for their defeat on tax credits
By BAGEHOT THE House of Lords, Britain’s upper house, has just voted to stall the government’s planned cuts to tax credits. According to the Institute […]
The case for ditching the NHS
Oct 23rd 2015 By BAGEHOT If the taxpayer-funded model is not politically workable, Britain should adopt a social insurance system Reuse this content Read More
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 […]
