What's 23% of nothing? It's nothing, obviously. So what's 23% of 27%? It's more than nothing, clearly, but not a lot more. Actually it's 6%, the proportion of the electorate that voted for UKIP in last week's council elections. Since 73% of electors who could have voted chose not to...

Last week's opening skirmish in Scotland's War of Independence exposed a flaw in the nationalist battle plan that the unionists were quick to exploit: an independent Scotland would continue to use the Great British pound, irrespective of threats from Westminster.

In the halcyon days before the crisis, the euro seemed...

I have a Diploma in Art and Design from Hornsey College of Art. George Osborne has a second-class degree in Modern History from Magdalen College, Oxford. By any sensible measure, neither of us is qualified to be Chancellor of the Exchequer but Osborne's got the gig. It's hardly surprising, then,...

The half-term general election rehearsal currently underway in Eastleigh might be fascinating those in the politics business but the result won't begin to restore the electorate's trust in politicians.

Whether or not Nick Clegg's broken promises shake the loyalties of Lib Dem voters; whether or not Maria Hutchings's distain for...