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In this article the authors describe their conversation with Gordon Brown, the prime minister of Great Britain. The piece was written just before the 2009 Labour Party conference and with Brown's party down in the polls to opposition Conservative Party. The central focus of the article is Brown's continued leadership of the Labour Party and the 2010 general election ins Great Britain

In this article the authors discuss issues in British politics with Ed Miliband, a Labour Party member of parliament and candidate for the leadership role in the party. In the article Miliband addresses a number of issues including his opinion on taxation in Great Britain, his conception of himself as a socialist, and his criticism of the mass media that supports the Conservative Party.

The article discusses British politics during the first week of March 2010, following the release of a public opinion poll that showed that the Labor Party government trailed the Conservative Party by only two percentage points. The central focus of the article is speculation that the Labour Party might be victorious in the general election scheduled for 2010.

The article looks at politics and immigration policy in Great Britain, as of 2014. The author criticizes the views on the issue being expressed by Labour Party politicians including party head Ed Miliband, who he says are following the Conservative Party in adopting harsh anti-immigrant views in order to appeal to certain British voters. Topics include benefit tourism, the British National Party (BNP), and the detention of undocumented immigrant children.

The article focuses on economist Paul Krugman's criticism of the British Labour Party for its leadership during the global economic crisis. It is noted that Krugman referred to Labour as being weak in its opposition to the Conservative-led coalition government's plan of spending cuts and austerity measures.

The article discusses the challenge confronting Great Britain's Conservative Party in gaining a majority in Parliament. Over four consecutive elections the Conservatives have never achieved more than 36% of the vote. Michael Ashcroft, former deputy chairman of the Conservatives, says the Labour Party has a larger core constituency than the Conservatives.

In this article the author warns against conventional thinking as it regards British political life. He addresses two instances where conventional wisdom has failed: the election of Ed Miliband as leader of the British Labour Party, and the inability of the British Conservative Party to win a large majority in the 2010 general election.

In this article the author discusses aspects of Great Britain's Liberal Democrat party, following their 2010 inclusion in a coalition government formed with the Conservative Party. A number of issues are addressed including the Liberal Democrat support for Conservative budget cuts and austerity measures, the rise in the value added tax, and the decline of the Liberal Democrats in public opinion polls.

In this article the author discusses the use of the term "progressive" in British politics, noting that it has been employed by both Conservative Party members and Liberal Democrats in the 2010 coalition government. The central focus of the article is on the author's contention that concern for the poor, income redistribution and a reduction in social inequality are at the heart of progressiveness.

In this article the author discusses developments in British politics current during the week of May 24, 2010. The central focus of the piece is an examination of the defeat of the Labour Party in the general election held on May 6, 2010. The author is of the opinion that the defeat was far from a landslide, and the Conservative Party, under leader David Cameron, did not win a decisive victory.

In this article the authors comment on issues raised by the election scheduled to be held in Great Britain in May 2010. The article notes that the right wing has tried to frame the debate as being about the Labour Party, which favors big government, and the Conservative Party which does not. The authors seek to disprove this contention.

In this article the author discusses coverage of British politics by the mass media. The central focus of the article is the author's contention that the British Conservative Party relies on the media to report misstatements, allegations and half-truths as accepted fact. In support of this position the author cites statements made by George Osborne, a Conservative Party member of parliament.