Symbols matter in politics as much as they do in all walks of life, so the racing certainty, as I write, that Michael D. Higgins, the Labour Party candidate for the president of Ireland, will have won the post when … Continued
Mary Robinson
Escaping the Westminster bubble
Today’s political reportage will surely be dominated by Ed Miliband’s and David Cameron’s clashes at Prime Minister’s Questions over the Liam Fox affair and the stream of economic bad news. But, outside Westminster, does any of this have much impact? … Continued