Borgen Articles

Like the Danes, Brits like their political drama dark and brooding A generation of political geeks are in thrall to Borgen. When Sidse Babett Knudsen, the actor who plays Moderate party prime minister Birgitte Nyborg, came to London, she was feted like a Hollywood...

A scandal can break a politician’s reputation. But in opposition a good scandal can be the making of them. So it has proved for shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh, whose performance on the ‘horsemeat’ scandal has strengthened her reputation as a reliable,...

It seems that Chris Huhne is an unpleasant and flawed man. His public image was of a preening, arrogant politician. Just re-read his speeches as the energy secretary, and especially his ludicrously overblown promises around the so-called ‘Green Deal’.  Just a couple...

The Leveson Inquiry has been compelling television but may reveal little new about the morality of the press Royal commissions take minutes and waste years, Harold Wilson is reported to have said. Public inquiries, on the other hand, take minutes, last years and cost...