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Britain’s government slides into chaos
By BAGEHOT NOBODY CAN accuse Theresa May of an unwillingness to repeat herself. The woman who said, again and again, that “Brexit means Brexit” is […]
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 […]
Britain’s Green-minded climate change minister resigns: why that’s good for the environment
Feb 3rd 2012 By Bagehot FROM a distance it must be hard to feel excitement at the news now gripping the Westminster village: the resignation […]
Is Britain’s tabloid press getting serious about improving standards?
Oct 13th 2011 By Bagehot THE Independent columnist John Rentoul has earned a cult following for a regular feature on his blog: a rolling log […]
Just what Britain’s cash-strapped military did not need: a minister mired in bizarre allegations about a dodgy friend
Oct 10th 2011 By Bagehot WHEN a doctor starts talking like a lawyer, it is rarely good news. Today, it was the turn of doctor-turned-politician […]
Britain’s ruling party gathers under the watchful eye of the bond markets
Oct 3rd 2011 By Bagehot SO WHERE, exactly, are these ideological axe-men who supposedly infest the Conservative Party? Throughout this conference season, Bagehot has heard […]
Britain’s plague of young politicians
By Bagehot SEND for the greybeards. At the Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham this week, the biggest buzz has—rather unexpectedly—been around a trio of snowy-haired […]