SUICIDAL
After a year of Corbyn’s ineffectual leadership, Labour had a chance to return to mainstream politics. Instead, its members chose to indulge in the sanctimony of permanent opposition.
Alex Massie is a former Washington correspondent for The Scotsman and The Daily Telegraph. He currently writes for The Spectator and blogs at www.spectator.co.uk/alexmassie.
The Road to Perdition
The case for war was made with ‘certainty which was not justified,” based on ‘flawed intelligence,’ and assessments that were ‘not challenged and should have been.’
RISKY
In selecting Jeremy Corbyn as its leader, Labour may have consigned itself to more than a decade out of power.
Foreign Policy
Raúl Castro got his moment in the spotlight at Nelson Mandela’s funeral, but the the real headlines will come when Cuba finally finds a real liberator of its own.
Red Card
As the European Championships kick off, off-field problems are threatening the matches. By Alex Massie.
Not content with shaping the GOP presidential field, Donald Trump has trained his sights on bigger game: saving Scotland.
We might see an independent Scotland in 2014, if the referendum recently OK’d by Parliament comes to a vote, reports Alex Massie.
Lauding John Boehner as ‘our William Wallace,’ House GOP put self-indulgence before politics.
James Murdoch resigning from two British newspaper boards is the latest chapter in a Dickens-worthy saga.
Why David Cameron backs gay marriage—and what the GOP can learn from him. By Alex Massie.