Paul Linford

With the possible exception of 2001 and 9/11, seldom has any political year in recent history been dominated by a single story to the extent...

The Prime Minister's belated decision to send more troops to Afghanistan is all of a piece with his failure to anticipate the MPs' e...

I'm finally back from my late-summer break so without further ado here's today's Journal column rounding up the events of the pa...

The current mood of unease about the war of Afghanistan constitutes a dangerous moment for Gordon Brown. Here's today's Journal co...

More on the current spate of casualties in Afghanistan and their potential political impact in tomorrow's weekly column.