There has been the usual rush of fascinating political books in 2011, including a rash of New Labour memoirs and it’s pretty difficult to narrow a lot of very important Read more

It’s World Aids Day today and the red ribbon is its symbol.   But today, on Britain’s high streets, there is little sign of many red ribbons, despite there being a Read more

“It’s not an exclusive definition, the battler is somebody who finds in life that they have to work hard for everything they get… normally you then look at it in Read more

Tim Harford spoke at Policy Exchange yesterday about the importance of innovation to the economy, reflecting on his excellent new book Adapt – Why Success Always Starts With Failure. It Read more

Over recent decades, the Conservatives have failed to make any real breakthrough in the North.  Party strategists will be increasingly concerned given the electoral battleground is moving North at the Read more

Two weeks ago, a Liberal Democrat Minister, Lynne Featherstone, announced at the Lib Dem conference that there would be legislation to legalise gay marriage.  At the same conference, Vince Cable Read more

There were a number of immediately striking things about Ed Miliband’s speech to Labour conference.  The first is that he has clearly ignored the experience of Labour since the 1950s Read more

The Government has announced that it is planning to launch a consultation with the aim of legalising gay marriage. It’s a very welcome announcement indeed. The case for gay marriage Read more

Two extraordinary things happened a couple of weekends ago.  A few days of horrendous disorder broke out in London, Birmingham and Manchester.  People’s homes and businesses were destroyed following an Read more

The full horror of this week’s riots are there for all to see. The perpetrators are rightly being utterly condemned for a grotesque display of violence and nihilism that has Read more