Mar 1st 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week reports on intensive efforts underway within the Conservative Party to understand Britain’s black and Asian electors better, and to learn …
Feb 27th 2012 By Bagehot IN JERSEY last week, interviewing some of the island’s two hundred or so honorary (ie, unpaid) elected police, I asked a senior officer if he …
Feb 23rd 2012 By Bagehot FOR a different perspective on the debate about elected police commissioners, Bagehot left the mainland and this week flew to the island of Jersey, a …
By Bagehot MY COLUMN in the print edition this week looks at a puzzle facing the Liberal Democrats, junior partner in David Cameron’s coalition. Among Lib Dem members of parliament …
Feb 10th 2012 By Bagehot ONE of the more depressing episodes of my week came on Tuesday, when I watched the House of Commons debate the case of Abu Qatada, …
Feb 9th 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week looks at the British debate about high pay, and suggests that the row is about more than bonuses and banks. …
Feb 7th 2012 By Bagehot A QUICK link to an interview I recorded with Andrew Marr of the BBC for The Economist late last week, about his new biography of …
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 of Chris Huhne as Britain’s …
Feb 2nd 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week is based on reporting visits I recently made to an inner London secondary school. I found the experience hugely encouraging. …
Jan 31st 2012 By Bagehot WELL that is helpful timing. It is bank bonus season. And there was the government, wriggling like a lugworm on a hook as the press …
