David Cameron

General election 2015: a personal verdict

The polls were horribly wrong. The closest election for years proved nothing of the kind. David…
Election 2015: heading for Ed?

The Tories expected Ed Miliband to implode under the pressure of a general election campaign. Yet…
Leaders debate: in praise of the women

The 2010 #leadersdebate series electrified that election campaign. It was a first for a British general…
Paxman’s back: Cameron and Miliband grilled

The day after the BBC fired Jeremy Clarkson for assaulting his producer, it was good to see…
Cameron’s clanger: the great election debate fiasco

There are weeks when I despair of Britain’s politicians. And there are weeks when I really,…
David Cameron, Harold Wilson and Euro referendums

David Cameron has opened a new chapter in Britain’s troubled membership of what we now call…
Leveson: David Cameron, the press barons’ friend

“What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility —…
Britain moves left: Labour wins as voters punish coalition

Labour was the clear winner in yesterday’s local elections in England and Wales – and shared…
Hunt, Cameron and Murdoch: guilt and government by association

This week’s storm about culture, media and sports secretary Jeremy Hunt’s handling of News Corporation’s bid…
Is outrage driving out reasoned debate?

The Guardian's Julian Glover today raised an interesting question. Is outrage the common currency of political…