So Jamaica may become a republic soon. After 50 years of independence it might cut its ties with the British monarchy and, possibly, more importantly judicial sovereignty from London. It's hard to argue a coherent case for keeping the link with old Bess in Buck House. The Empire is long...

We are all guilty of it: being in receipt of only half of the facts and coming to an instant decision because of who was supposed to have said what. I confess that I often lapse into it; I instinctively rail against The Daily Mail's headlines and feel I should...

The numbers are looking up for the President according to the latest polls his approval rating is now up to at 49%. It has risen by seven points in a little over a month when he has done well, not much at all. The political winds seem to blowing his...

What does X factor, the SNP and this summer's riots have in common? It's that they force the English to look at themselves and to point to a new English identity that is not in any part British. Whatever the causes for the lawlessness that swept Birmingham, London, Manchester and...

Its 2011. The US credit rating has been downgraded, Italy has a government with no elected MPs, the Euro is imploding and the organised left across the globe is mute. Its silence is almost deafening. In Britain, the Labour party talks about the squeezed middle but no over arching theories...