The Ideas Lab
Eliot Wilson, Alexander HorneInnovative thinking about politics, business and society, with historical reflections
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Sunday round-up 19 July 2026
A hearty bonne anniversaire to former Governor General and Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas Sir Orville Turnquest (97), Average White Band co-founder, songwriter and painter Alan Gorrie (80), former world tennis number one, novelist, br...
Government doing business, now Burnham will have a go
I really will try to keep this brief as Andy Burnham will kiss hands as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury on Monday and then in short order appoint his Cabinet. We will see what, if any, machinery of government changes there are...
Nigel Farage, the Clacton by-election and parliamentary standards
The man on the Clacton omnibus
Nigel Farage’s decision to trigger a ‘people versus the establishment’ by-election in Clacton has largely been framed as a political story. While the unsuccessful Reform UK candidate Matt Goodwin has des...
Sunday round-up 12 July 2026
Marking another spin round the Sun today are disgraced former comedian and actor and legally confirmed sexual abuser Bill Cosby (89), journalist, broadcaster, farmer and former Chairman of the Australian Film Institute, the Australian Film...
Sunday round-up 5 July 2026
Waiting for gifts and champagne today are former tennis player, coach and sportscaster Mark Cox (83), fashion designer Sir Paul Smith (80), singer-songwriter, actor and Patrick Bateman favourite Huey Lewis (76), former Aerosmith lead guitar...
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Writer, commentator, historian: Senior Fellow for National Security, Coalition for Global Prosperity; Contributing Editor, Defence On The Brink. Politics, Parliament, constitution; defence, security; co-founder, CulturAll. Ex-House of Commons clerk.
Musings on law, Parliament, politics, culture, restaurants and the ephemera of everyday life.
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