John Rentoul: Lansley's Bill is safe, but he is not
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
The NHS shake-up is past the point of no return, and will proceed. Its author's future is less assured
John Rentoul: Huhne is the missing green giant
05 February 2012 12:00 AM
After selling out on tuition fees and Europe and losing their eco warrior, the Lib Dems look flimsier than ever
John Rentoul: Cameron has a feel for the big things
29 January 2012 12:00 AM
His government may be flaky on detail, but the Prime Minister has the people behind him on welfare reform and Europe
John Rentoul: Do you want the market or the market?
22 January 2012 12:00 AM
Cameron and Miliband compete to bash the bankers, but they both intend to safeguard the capitalist system in Britain
John Rentoul: This is new all right. It just isn't enough
15 January 2012 12:00 AM
Labour's acceptance yesterday of the Tory case for cuts is welcome, but Miliband and Balls still look like a losing team
John Rentoul: Didn't do our prep, did we, Mr Cameron?
08 January 2012 12:00 AM
The Prime Minister should learn from Tony Blair and prepare an answer to the obvious question, not the one he is hoping for
John Rentoul: A shorter summer holiday <u>is not</u> a good idea
06 January 2012 12:00 AM
Could there be anything more joyless than the persistent mutterings about shorter summer school holidays? Do people not understand article 67 of the European Convention on Human Rights: the right of children to a childhood, including at least eight weeks of holiday with compulsory sunshine?
John Rentoul: No one to replace Ed Miliband? Try Yvette Cooper
03 January 2012 12:00 AM
Cooper's politics are not mine but she would be populist on law and order, and she would be noticed
John Rentoul: A missed chance to tell the truth about Mrs T
01 January 2012 12:00 AM
Meryl Streep's new film could have nailed some of the more persistent myths about how Thatcherism changed Britain
John Rentoul: 'Ed Miliband needs to be much-more Blair-like'
28 December 2011 11:53 AM
John Rentoul: Cameron wrongfoots his head boy
18 December 2011 12:00 AM
Another year of politics ends and the PM takes the side-stepping and bullishness prizes, while Nick Clegg smarts
John Rentoul: Any PM would have done as Cameron did
11 December 2011 12:00 AM
Ignore the Eurosceptic cheers. It may turn out to have been wise to step away from the heat as the euro begins to meltdown
John Rentoul: Ed is lost if Merkel pulls it off
04 December 2011 12:00 AM
Yvette Cooper is waiting in the wings should the eurozone survive and the Labour leader run out of friends
John Rentoul: Labour wakes up, fuzzy and too late
27 November 2011 12:00 AM
As Osborne fiddles, Miliband, rather belatedly, is beginning to think about balancing the books
John Rentoul: A bumper week for Eurowaffle
20 November 2011 12:00 AM
While observing diplomatic protocol with Angela Merkel, David Cameron distanced himself from much of his party
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