In that election, Labour came to power in Westminster for the first time in 13 years with a national swing from the Tories of 3.5%. In Smethwick, though, there was a swing in the opposite direction: in what is surely the most racist election campaign ever fought in Britain, the Labour incumbent, shadow home secretary Patrick Gordon Walker lost on a 7.2% swing to the Tories that reduced his vote fr
The first comics show in Britain was organised by the National Union of Teachers in 1954 as a way of scaring people off them. It was a bit of a failure – funnily enough, the exposure to titles such as Tales from the Crypt with their horrifying, sexy covers did not quite have the desired effect. "It was meant to alarm and horrify opinion formers and parents," said Paul Gravett. "But they took the c
Labour has accused the Conservatives of being obsessed by taxing the poor for unoccupied bedrooms while refusing to act against the super-rich who keep mansions empty for years. The allegations follow the Guardian's revelation at the weekend that a third of houses on the most expensive stretch of "Billionaires Row" in Hampstead, north London, are standing vacant. The London mayor, Boris Johnson, c
Last week, as the U.S. signaled it may launch limited strikes against Syria as punishment for allegedly using chemical weapons, I posted an explainer titled "9 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask." On Sunday, novelist Teju Cole, whom I've had the privilege of editing, parodied it on Twitter. His composition, which we might call "9 questions about Britain you were too embarrassed
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