Some people love politics the way others love soap opera. They follow the plots and intrigue not out of a worthy interest in this or that policy but for the sheer human spectacle. For those so inclined, I often recommend an obsessive interest in the US: the outsized egos, the extravagant characters, the perennial culture wars are all reliably gripping.
Published by: The Jewish Chronicle
I don't mock Americans' awe for the constitution. But to see an end to horrors like Newtown, they must make government anew
Published by: The Guardian
The journey from section 28 to same-sex weddings has been truly radical and rapid – it can be a model for progressive change
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The release of data from the 2011 UK census has given statistical weight to perceptions that the country is changing fast. Britons are not only less white, less Christian and less likely to marry than 10 years ago, they are more likely to have a univer...
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What the 2011 figures prove is that the photo-op image of Team GB as a changing nation of many hues is demographic reality
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The chancellor's bright-eyed optimism that served as the coalition's defining mission turns to dust in the Commons
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