Gisela Stuart
Labour’s Uphill Task
The Labour MP who has represented Edgbaston for 20 years also bids farewell with a warning to her party of tough times ahead
The Rise of UKIP is Labour’s Problem Too
It can only be defeated if we too promise an in/out referendum on EU membership and fair, not free, movement of labour in Europe
What Makes Her Tick?
Will the real Angela Merkel please stand up? After reading Stefan Kornelius’s official biography the German Chancellor remains a mystery
Auf Wiedersehen, Euro
‘The interests of Germany and Europe are the same: Germany should leave the euro’
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past