Is Olympic legacy being limited to elite sport?

It was quite remarkable that on the day England won the Ashes outright and Christine Ohuruogu won the second World Championship gold of her career (in one of the most astonishing finishes to a race of recent years) the British Heart Foundation and Oxford University...

David Miliband signs off from the UK political scene

In last week’s New Statesman David Miliband has reflected upon where the left now needs to go in order to gain electrical success in an uncertain world. His views are worth reading, not because his comments shine a light on the differences of views between him and his...

The Labour Party summer narrative struggle

A new opinion poll by YouGov and commissioned by The Sun shows that the Labour Party currently holds an eight point lead over the Conservatives – with Labour on 39 per cent, the Conservatives on 31 per cent and the Liberal Democrats on 11 per cent. The figures will...

Will time run out for the Middle East?

One MP was recently suspended from his Party for sending out inappropriate messages about Israel through social media. Others have been vociferous in their criticisms of the state in Parliamentary debates. This seems odd when the current Israeli Prime Minister,...