Politics

Lessons we fail to learn

By Brian Jones

Five years after the tragic death of David Kelly, little has changed. Whitehall has ducked all criticism, appearing to have learnt little from the Iraq experience

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Party of the poor

By Oliver Letwin

Oliver Letwin, who chairs the Conservative's policy review and Tory research department, on why he believes his party is now the one that represents the least well off

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Selling out the little guy

By Wendy M Grossman

Has eBay forsaken the community values that made it such a success?

Michael Foot v the New Statesman

By Christopher Hitchens

In 1978 Bruce Page, the editor of the New Statesman, reprinted extracts from a stirring speech made by Michael Foot as a Labour rebel in 1968. Foot's criticisms contrasted starkly with his position a decade later - as a leading member of the Labour government - on its economic policy. Foot sent a vituperative letter in his own defence, printed the following week. It ended with a flick of contempt at a staff journalist, Christopher Hitchens, who responded similarly.

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Dweeb or Obama?

By Paul Evans

The blogosphere is set alight by David Cameron (well nearly), Blur v Evans and advising the Tories about skunk

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