Reconciling fact with populism

If you’ve picked up a newspaper in the last couple of days, you’ll know that 2013 was officially the best year for the British economy since the start of the financial crisis in 2007. Champagne corks are unlikely to be popping in the Treasury – we’re still in a period...

Blair’s argument risks worsening religious tensions

Judging by the first thirteen years of this already war-torn Century, Tony Blair seems to have a point: the conflicts of the next hundred years will increasingly be defined by extremist religion. Blair has been consistent about this. When he founded his “Faith...