What Birmingham means to today’s Conservatives
By BAGEHOT BIRMINGHAM was an obvious place for the Tories to hold their conference. The mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, is a Conservative. Central Birmingham is a far bett
John McDonnell offers an ambitious alternative economic policy
By BAGEHOT SO FAR the Labour Party’s annual conference has very much been John McDonnell’s. The shadow chancellor not only delivered today’s keynote address in the main hall.
Americans are doing a good job of misunderstanding Britain
By BAGEHOT A RESTAURANT critic for the New York Times informs us that, on returning to London after a ten-year absence, he was astonished to discover that the local restaurants hav
Labour is no longer the party of the traditional working class
By BAGEHOT ON JULY 3RD Jeremy Corbyn told Unite, Britain’s biggest trade union, that “Labour is back as the political voice of the working class”. This would be nice if it we
Some thoughts on the crisis of liberalism—and how to fix it
By BAGEHOT BREXIT is such an all-consuming process for the British—at once a drama, a muddle and a mess—that it is easy to forget that it is part of something bigger: a crisis
China celebrates lunar new year as Covid infections hit 80 per cent
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The rebirth of Notre-Dame: from ashes of lead to ‘symbol of hope’
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Pandemic-hit Rolls-Royce hopes for clearer skies as new boss takes helm
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RSK’s Alan Ryder on how to manage rapid expansion
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Reed Hastings stepped down and took the sheen off Netflix’s surprisingly solid subscriber numbers
Netflix’s co-founder and chief stole the show from a surprise uptick in subscriptions. The streaming giant posted bumper earnings yesterday (Jan. 19), adding a net 7.7 million ne