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There is more shopping in three streets in London than in Birmingham and Manchester combined

Prospect magazine’s In Fact column always contains some thought provoking numbers. This month, I was particularly struck by this statistic:

“The annual retail spend of Oxford Street, Regent Street

Elected police commissioners are a test of whether the Tories are serious or not about their agenda

Sir Hugh Orde, the head of the Association of Chief Police officers, has issued another broadside against Tory plans for locally elected police commissioner. Orde has warned that senior…

Cameron goes Blond

In their party political broadcast last night, the Tories endorsed a community right to buy. The idea is that communities would be offered first refusal to take over and run…

The EU plumps for obscure and even more obscure as its first president and foreign minister 

You can say this for the European Union, it never misses a chance to disappoint. The first EU president is a Belgium…

Letting his opinions be known

Today’s Evening Standard features an interview with Bernice McCabe, co-director of the Prince’s Teaching Institute. McCabe tells the paper that:

“He [the Prince of Wales] is very

Why my money is on Balkenende

When it comes to the position of the first European President, the worst thing to be is the frontrunner as Tony Blair found out the other week. As soon as…

Even by the standards of Karzai's government this is extraordinary

The story, ‘Afghan Minister accused of taking bribe’ might seem depressingly predictable. But the accusations in today’s Washington Post are shocking even by the standards of the Karzai government.…

Why doesn't Brown go the whole hog?

Today’s Daily Telegraph reports that:

“As a prelude to next week’s announcement Mr Brown will today set out his plans for “a smarter, more efficient and more responsive government.”

Grayling goes Dutch

Chris Grayling’s speech tonight to the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at KCL is an attempt to set out the intellectual underpinnings behind the Tories’ home affairs policies. To…

Going broke and going for broke

The Times has a fascinating story on how Labour’s lack of cash is forcing it to give up on seats and groups of voters. The paper reports that…