Censorship will not consign Jihadism to the dustbin of history
Our government’s lunge for censorship suggests a fear among both officialdom and elected representatives that our society cannot defend itself against bad ideas
Right-Wing Watch
Disaffection with democracy and what political parties must do about it
Disaffection is a perennial problem for politics; the way democracy is understood contributes to that problem
Alex Salmond’s oil predictions aren’t so slick after all
Has Alex Salmond wildly overestimated the part of oil in his independent utopia?
Yes Scotland’s NHS scares and lies strategy
The Yes campaign has borrowed one of New Labour’s best tricks, and not in a good way.
Don’t put it past Gove –the founder of Carphone Warehouse really could be the next chair of Ofsted
The Tory donor has his own academy chain and a financial interest in selling technology to schools: what could possibly go wrong?
The Scottish referendum debate is doing the public an injustice
Describing Scotland as being ‘captive’ or ‘oppressed’ is patronising and insulting to the entire country.
Land-banking property owner gives Tories £300,000
A property developer that sits on land instead of building on it has given £300,000 to the Tories.
The ‘ideologically obsessed zealot’ who ‘secretly’ raided £400m meant for school places: Gove owes us answers
Labour has failed to sufficiently press Michael Gove over his raid of the basic need budget.
Tories take £1.5 million from controversial hedge fund guru
A top hedge fund guru whose tax affairs have been scrutinised in the past has given £1.5 million to the Conservative Party, new figures from the Electoral Commission can reveal.
The Maria Miller affair shows we need the right to recall MPs
Politics is not a one every five years business. Democracy shouldn’t be either.