Browsing: Behr

British politics is starting to look post-Conservative. That isn’t a forecast of extinction for Kemi Badenoch’s party, just an observation of decline. Their agenda-setting days are…

In the polarised climate of British politics, irritation with Liberal Democrats is one of the few things that Labour and Tory MPs have in common. Parliament’s…

With a buzz of activity in parliament and mandatory back-to-school metaphors, a new political season opens in Westminster, but is that where politics really happens? Yes,…

There is a Russian proverb: don’t blame the mirror if your face is crooked. I first came across it as the epigraph to The Government Inspector,…

Wars do not have to be won. Total victories loom largest in the popular imagination because those are the stories nations always tell to sustain patriotic…

Returning from holiday, asked where I have been, I want to say “offline”. The more precise answer is France, where the internet is available. But I…

When politicians can’t admit they are losing, they say they are listening. Your anger has been heard, says the contrite minister after a byelection drubbing. We…

We need to talk about Liz Truss, although there are reasons not to bother. The prime minister who failed faster than any previous holder of the…