By Bagehot RETURNING to Britain at the weekend from holidays in France, Bagehot had a sobering drive from Dover up into London, past boarded-up shops and restaurants and van after …

Jul 25th 2011 By Bagehot THIS week’s print column looks at the puzzle of better press regulation, and offers a tentative solution. It will be my last column until mid-August, …

Jul 21st 2011 By Bagehot GEORGE Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, has given a very important interview to the Financial Times this morning. In essence, Mr Osborne has confirmed …

Jul 19th 2011 By Bagehot „THIS is the most humble day of my life,“ Rupert Murdoch told members of the House of Commons, after the media, culture and sports select …

By Bagehot LISTENING to this morning’s Today programme on BBC Radio 4, Bagehot’s first, unworthy thought was: blimey, it’s Statler and Waldorf from the Muppet Show. Instead, the men shouting …

Jul 19th 2011 By Bagehot AUSTERITY Britain? Or a cunning Keynesian stimulus plan, imposed by stealth? If you will forgive the brief diversion from phone-hacking and other grisly matters of …

Jul 18th 2011 By Bagehot THE old rules still apply in the unprecedented scandal shaking the British press, police and political establishment, starting with the dictum: in public life, it …

By Bagehot AFTER the first fortnight or so, constant gloom and indignation loses its charm. My print column this week argues that, in fact, there are reasons to be optimistic …

Jul 14th 2011 By Bagehot THE end is nigh for self-regulation of the British press, all hail „independent regulation“. That was the message from David Cameron, the prime minister, in …

Jul 12th 2011 By Bagehot THE GROUND continues to slip under the feet of the British politico-media establishment as the scandal of tabloid misconduct and phone-hacking deepens. Reuse this content …