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Ronald Reagan Articles

Thatcher or Hague?

Will Cameron’s ‘blue-collar modernisation’ see the success of Thatcher or the ignominy of Hague, asks Wes Streeting While David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative party conference last month should not be overstated as a dramatic lurch to the right, his ‘aspiration...

Stuck in the middle

Barack Obama has put the plight of the 'squeezed middle' at the heart of his re-election campaign, finds Robert Philpot Twenty years ago next month the American right’s lock on the White House – which had seen Republican victories in five of the previous six...

Who will face Obama? Lessons from history

The 2012 US election season begins on January 3 when Iowa becomes the first state to hold contests to decide who will be the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates in November. While Barack Obama will be renominated as the Democratic contender, the...

It’s the 1970s, stupid

As ‘Double-Dip’ George prepares for his U-turn and, in the words of Mary Riddell, announces a splurge of spending, there is an uncanny sense that we are reliving the 1970s. After the 25 years of mixed economy, state-owned, welfare state society that was put in place...