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A political prescription for Tories
What the UK Conservative party needs now is more courage, less introspection and a leader who reflects those commonsense priorities, writes John O’Sullivan, a Downing Street special adviser to Margaret Thatcher.
'Little Britain' is alive and well
There is continuing concern over whether Mr Blair has indeed converted Britain into a presidential system, writes Stephen Graubard, professor emeritus of history at Brown University.
Philip Stephens: UK electorate chastises Blair
By some mysterious act of collective telepathy, when the many millions of individual choices were aggregated they delivered the outcome closest to the national mood.
A UK premier in waiting
Gordon Brown, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, has reinforced his position as Blair's heir apparent.
Christopher Caldwell: US looks on, bemused
Americans who followed the UK elections on the C-Span cable network had a clear sense before bed of just how Pyrrhic Mr Blair's victory was.
Please don't mention the war
So the British public finally got its say on the Iraq war. Now the message to those who spent the last weeks, months and years fulminating over the run-up to the conflict must be: let it go. It's over.
A bittersweet victory for Blair
The prime minister will appreciate that a Labour majority slashed by a 100 seats will demand a different style of government in his third and final term.
Lex: UK election
In the run-up to the UK election, investors gave voters a run for their money in flaunting their apathy. Labour has won its expected third term.
Drop in seats could bring turbulence for Labour
The dramatic drop in Labour's majority could significantly affect the character of the party's third term, as well as the political longevity of its leader.
Economic fears for the next four years
A long list of risks to consumption, even if overall economic growth is fine, threatens to overshadow Labour's third term.
