Portrait of the week
Home Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, cheered the United Kingdom by promising four new bank holidays for the whole country…
Barometer
Back to the Foot year This year’s election has been likened to that of 1983 when, under Michael Foot’s leadership,…
Let them eat hay
From ‘What ails the House of Commons?’, 21 April 1917: Theoretically no horses kept for pleasure or sport ought to…
May’s manifesto
Never has the Conservative party entered a general election campaign feeling more confident about victory. Much of that confidence is…
Letters
Benedictine engagement Sir: Matthew Parris has missed the point (‘Give me the Anglican option’, 15 April). He compares Rod Dreher’s…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, having repeatedly said that there would be no election until 2020, surprised the nation…
