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It's really a return to the center. From the magazine issue dated Nov 16, 2009 The bottom line on last week's elections is simple—the Republicans did well. But notice that independents, who had shunned the GOP over the last few...
Heard on Fresh Air from WHYY August 24, 2009 - In the other countries, they have sort of a basic floor of care that everybody has access to, and the result is nobody dies for lack of a doctor. And we're talking about his new...
The Bad Faith Award is given out by New Humanist magazine and it goes to “the person who has made the year’s most outstanding contribution to talking unadulterated (and often destructive) nonsense about matters of religion.”...
Party leaders have demanded the full implementation of reforms to MPs' allowances after Sir Ian Kennedy, head of the watchdog charged with bringing them in, signalled he would ignore some proposed changes. By Patrick Hennessy,...
Britain should start withdrawing, not reinforcing, its troops in Afghanistan. Sending extra troops is unnecessary and will prove counter-effective. The additional number of British troops is small, but the US is poised to send...
David Cameron's concern over loss of sovereignty has led opponents to accuse him of endangering public safety by questioning the European arrest warrants that fast-track extradition requests The Tories are to consider pulling...
THE prime minister tells the Queen she is buying a retirement home in the comfortable London suburb of Dulwich. The Queen then makes another cutting remark about politicians who “come and go”, drawing a vigorous riposte from...
The reaction to Lisbon shows that the Tories are being treated - and scrutinised - as a ruling party, says Matthew d'Ancona. Prime Minister in waiting: David Cameron announces his change of course on the Lisbon Treaty Photo:...
"What are Cameron's 10 Bills for his first Queen's Speech?" a Cabinet minister asked me recently in disbelieving frustration. "The Swedish Schools Bill, and what else?" This could be a consistent theme of Labour attacks on the...
Having an extramarital affair should not stand in the way of someone becoming an MP the Tory's shadow women's minister Baroness Morris of Bolton said as she intervened in the row over the selection of Elizabeth Truss.
