The Politics of Envy

“The row over Cameron’s tax affairs is now bringing out the worst in envy politics”

-Isable Oakenshort, Political Journalist of the Year 2011

Maybe it is the politics of envy, maybe the carers of the disabled people having their benefits cut…

Strong Conservative Women Terrify the Good Ol’ Boys

Behind every strong man is an even stronger woman–especially if she is conservative.

Combine true empowerment, feminine virtue, ambition, maternal instincts, sass, and intelligence–and what do you get? A force to be…

Why We Need Another ‘Firing Line’

In this election season, Canadians are candidates, rappers are political pundits, and racism is the new “telling it like it is.” Everything we all thought we knew about politics has been thrown out the window; except that window is on a speeding car going in a direction…

This Budget Is Osborne’s Nadir — How Long Before His Tory Colleagues Boot the Chancellor Out of Office?

Sometimes it’s the people with whom we work most closely that end up knowing us the best. So it has proved with George Osborne and Iain Duncan Smith. IDS…