John Boehner Articles

Once upon a time, members of parliament routinely carried swords with them into the chamber. In fact, there are still ‘sword hanging’ ribbon loops available in the members’ cloakroom, only for posterity mind you – the practice of bringing weapons into parliament thankfully no longer exists. Knowledge is power apparently, so could the 21st century version of an MP’s sword look more like an iPad?

Bill Clinton’s immortalised axiom ‘it’s the economy, stupid’ was more than a sharp soundbite; it was a pithy and aggressive encapsulation of his broader economic attack on George Bush Sr’s administration. Bush had been accused of prioritising foreign policy over the issues of middle America: jobs, mortgages and wages. Clinton’s phrase framed the debate perfectly.