politics
Pets on parade
There’s nothing quite like the description “animal lover” to engender good will towards politicians
The Helm Review: Flop26
Mace hears from economist and climate expert Professor Dieter Helm on his assessment of Cop26
Is Europe edging left?
A stunning socialist victory at Portugal’s snap election on Sunday is a boost for the centre-left in Western Europe
In defence of lobbying
There’s more to engaging with government than short-term lobbying for single issues
2021’s top 100 in politics
The veteran broadcaster, political commentator and prolific list-maker counts down the movers and shakers in his annual Political 100
An appetite for diplomacy
With the right ingredients, gastrodiplomacy in Brussels is proving to be the ideal conversation starter for ministers within and beyond the EU
Bridge to the Past
A new play set in former Yugoslavia serves as a reminder that in many ways the conflict of the 90s is still depressingly present
Why returning to the office is a smart move
My nostalgia for the office is not a sad, sub-David Brent fantasy – it’s a vision of our working future
The Corridor
Our Westminster spy on the freeloading footie fan, Labour’s hard-left harrumphing and Johnson’s swinger consigliere
Future fuel
Jacob Young MP tells Mace why he’s backing clean hydrogen as the fuel of the future
The Éric Zemmour Factor
The right-wing ‘intellectuel’ is fast becoming Emmanuel Macron’s worst nightmare
Germany: the land where centrists rule
The collapse of traditional governing parties across Europe has benefited radical and populist rivals – but this is not the case in Germany
Digital Confidential: Why toxic big tech must be held to account
Now we know that the likes of Facebook and Instagram know their harmful content damages its young users, these tech giants should have nowhere to hide
Diary: Government as Performance Art
Anand Menon is back in Portcullis House – but ‘politics as normal’ is distinctly absent
Keeping the lights turned off
Light pollution means most of us rarely see the full beauty of the sky at night. Stargazing MP Andrew Griffith plans to change that
New trade secretary must stand firm against pro-Brussels lobbying
For Bill Cash, trade is the policy area where the UK can most significantly, and successfully, depart from the Brussels bureaucratic model.
Baroness Jenkin: gone swishing
The Conservative peer reveals her sustainable lifestyle from clothes swapping and cycling to embracing her freezer and making potato milk
In Search of A Social EU?
The bloc must find a delicate balance between adequate social support whilst encouraging individual responsibility
The West Needs a New Strategy for Belarus
Belarus has been carrying out oppressive measures against its people with abandon – and without any major repercussions from the West.
Carbis Bay gets the Yalta treatment
Can a Cornish eco hotel can live up to the glitz and glamour of the G7?
The Biographer’s Tale
Freed finally of the task of finishing his biography on Joe Biden, Christopher Jackson discusses the plight of the biographer
Beyond Westminster: Consultancy Across the Regions
Devolution has been good business for public affairs consultants with specialist knowledge of Holyrood, Stormont and the Senedd
The mutant variant of parliament has poisoned Westminster
Worse still, much of the new intake of MPs have not been able to discover the art of cooperation.
Pepys: Cummings and Goings
Dominic Cummings’ great achievement was to glamourise disruption
Andy Coulson: How I became a black-belt in crisis management
Former Fleet Street editor and David Cameron adviser Andy Coulson on the art of communications and lessons from his own personal “nightmare”.
To Westminster: remember climate change?
In her latest Jackdaw entry, Marie Le Conte argues Westminster politicians are forgetting about one very important issue.
Breaking the code
The government seems to believe pragmatism and practice should outweigh the law or international treaties