After the games: 20 ideas for a Commonwealth fit for the 21st century
A new vision is needed for a modern Commonwealth fit for the 21st century.
Good Society
Baroness Warsi is a product of her own failed analysis
I value any principled stand, but I worry when the principles don’t stand up to scrutiny.
It’s the obsessing over Miliband’s wreath that really demeans the war dead
Millions died in World War One. Millions of people are still dying today as a result of conflict. Should we not remember them in a more serious way?
The First World War: how the Great War came home
The First World War really did come home, and it had an impact way beyond the one million dead.
With the ‘big six’ set to double profits, what we actually need is a ‘small twenty’
With ever-rocketing bills, the time has come to break up the big energy companies.
WW1: The hidden story of soldier’s mutinies, strikes and riots
In 1919, Britain came close to a workers and soldiers uprising. But it’s not a story the official WW1 commemoration wants to highlight.
In a city as wealthy as London, no one should be sleeping rough
In a city as wealthy as London, no one should be sleeping rough.
Cities can take on the ‘big six’ energy companies
Politicians on all sides want to devolve power to the cities to boost economic growth. Energy should be central to this new agenda.
Coalition releasing sex offenders without treatment
It’s time that the Conservative justice secretary stopped trying to justify the oversight and started looking at ways to correct it.
Britain’s councillors: old, white, wealthy…hard-working?
Councillors are older, working longer and are more educated than in the past, according to a new survey.