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Sadiq Khan shall be London’s new mayor

Sadiq Khan shall be London’s new mayor

Could sixth 2016 By BAGEHOT Reuse this content material

The “emergency brake” is just symbolic, however it can most likely work

The “emergency brake” is just symbolic, however it can most likely work

By BAGEHOTIT TELLS you a lot about David Cameron’s dinner in London last night with Donald Tusk that the press could not subsequently decide whether it was a coup or a disaster for the prime…

An interview with Dominic Cummings

An interview with Dominic Cummings

By BAGEHOTIN MY column this week I profile Dominic Cummings, a former government adviser who is now campaign director for Vote Leave, the largest of the groups vying to lead the Out campaign in Britian's…

Blame the British public for the junior docs’ strike

Blame the British public for the junior docs’ strike

AT EIGHT this morning junior doctors in England began a 24-hour strike during which they are providing only emergency cover, equivalent to that provided on Christmas Day. Patients have been advised to avoid hospitals if…

The Labour Celebration is heading for a showdown on Trident

The Labour Celebration is heading for a showdown on Trident

By BAGEHOTAS RESHUFFLES go, Jeremy Corbyn’s tweaks to his shadow cabinet were relatively few. They were, however, momentous. In a marathon of meetings spanning three days (tired and hungry lobby journalists lurking in the corridors…

All the pieces it’s essential find out about Labour’s rolling disaster

All the pieces it’s essential find out about Labour’s rolling disaster

By BAGEHOTSOMETHING remarkable is happening in British politics. In September the Labour Party elected Jeremy Corbyn, one of its most far-left and rebellious MPs, to its leadership after a campaign in which tens of thousands…

Model Echh: Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton Can’t Save the Lame ‘Our Model Is Disaster’

Model Echh: Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton Can’t Save the Lame ‘Our Model Is Disaster’

Warner Bros. If you look at it as another sincere and affectionate cover-band take on a popcorn genre from director David Gordon Green, Our Brand Is Crisis almost makes sense. Pineapple Express was Green’s “’80s…

50 Scenes That Do Not Seem within the Fox ‘X-Information’ Revival

50 Scenes That Do Not Seem within the Fox ‘X-Information’ Revival

People are often surprised to learn that I, Brian Phillips, enjoy spending time with celebrities in glamorous situations and environments. “But Brian,” they exclaim, eyes wide over the straws of their Frappuccinos, “you’re a serious…

In Reward of Seaside Slang, 2015’s Finest, Most Honest Rock Band

In Reward of Seaside Slang, 2015’s Finest, Most Honest Rock Band

If you’ve ever driven from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Green Bay, Wisconsin, I’m sorry. For everybody else: The six-hour sojourn is composed mainly of depressed industrial towns, rust-colored grain fields, and Kwik Trips populated by…

Who Was Lacking From Taylor Swift’s Miami Squad?

Who Was Lacking From Taylor Swift’s Miami Squad?

Rodrigo Varela/LP5/Getty Images for TAS On the one-year anniversary of 1989’s release, Taylor Swift took her victory lap for the album’s huge success with a huge concert at Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena. And in the most…