David Cameron

Politics and the EU: Take me to your leader

If only David Cameron had Nigel Farage’s sway over the Conservative Party13

Bagehot: The Atlanticist delusion

Unhelpfully, Barack Obama restrains his scorn for Britain’s threat to leave the European Union26

America and Syria: No American cavalry for now

The pressure on Barack Obama to change course on Syria is growing by the day. But his inaction is of the decisive sort, defenders say108

The politics of immigration: Don’t mess

David Cameron thinks that tough talk on immigration will boost the Conservative Party’s fortunes. He is probably wrong87

Politics this week

Britain’s local elections: Send in the clowns!

The UK Independence party, an outfit of right-wing rogues and dreamers, surges in the polls174

Conservative politics: Oh, brother!

David Cameron promotes a younger sibling of his biggest rival5

Race and politics: Tories who don’t know it?

An opinion poll released on April 19th by Lord Ashcroft, an occasional Tory donor and full-time gadfly, helps to explain why.19

Britain and Europe: Enter Merkameron?

Last Friday the prime minister dined with Angela Merkel at Schloss Meseberg, her summer retreat29

Bagehot: The dinosaur’s fresh meat

The real reason so many new Tory MPs are grumpy is Parliament itself8

Bagehot: A bad day for foreign scroungers

But a worse one for David Cameron, as the prime minister panders to the xenophobes184

Bagehot: Where the wind blows

Britain has the world’s fiercest anti-wind farm protesters. Much good may it do them37

Charlemagne: Anatomy of a failure

Is Britain’s defeat over bankers’ bonuses a sign of declining influence?84

The Conservative Party: Toil and trouble

David Cameron is fortunate in his enemies3

The Conservative Party: The Eastleigh delusion

Tories draw the wrong conclusions from the Eastleigh by-election111

Ties between Britain and India: How great?

History, language and culture are fine, but ask just what have they done for us lately242

Bagehot: Ties that no longer bind

David Cameron returns to Delhi more as a supplicant than a benefactor83

Battle of the EU budget: Cameron's budget blinder

The EU reaches a budget deal after all-night bargaining161

Politics and demography: Zimmer-framing the issue

A ruckus over gay marriage reveals the political might of Britain’s old16

Chris Huhne: The road to 2015

Chris Huhne, the former energy and climate change secretary, shocked Westminster this morning by pleading guilty to charges of perverting the course of justice50