Editorial: The president embraces disruption. Now a new chief of staff promises to impose discipline. But the real problem is his boss – and those enabling him
June 2016
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The week's best podcasts: from Star Trek to a Serial-style whodunnit
There’s a wonderfully geeky Star Trek fest; Malcolm Gladwell takes a fresh look at history; Untold attempts to unravel the mystery of the murder of a private eye
May 2016
Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed 'public service' with NSA leak
Former attorney general gives whistleblower credit for starting debate over surveillance – but says Snowden should still be punished
May 2015
Does David Cameron's win mean Jim Messina is better than David Axelrod?
David Axelrod: UK media most partisan I have seen – even more than Fox News
April 2015
Tories 'increasingly panic-stricken', says Ed Miliband adviser
Britain is alien turf for US campaign gurus. Are they just West Winging it?
Marina Hyde
February 2015
Barack Obama's election wizard says he is still on board Labour team
The G2 interview
David Axelrod: ‘Obama was a once-in-a-lifetime candidate … Ed Miliband’s a smart, earnest guy’
Obama's gay marriage controversy: 'I am just not very good at bullshitting'
Racial fear has infected US politics and made Obama's job harder, Axelrod says
May 2014
For the edification of Ed Miliband
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Labour election guru red-faced over misspelling Ed Miliband's name
No poll jitters: Axelrod can help Labour hit back, and hard
Polly Toynbee
Do the math? Labour's new US poll guru must disentangle nuanced polls
Labour, why hire a David Axelrod when you've got a Yoda on hand?
Marina Hyde
First thoughts
Labour must revive the politics of hope, not have Nick Clegg chased by a cat
Owen Jones
April 2014
Politics Weekly UK
Politics Weekly podcast: Is Britain a Christian country?
Max Wind-Cowie, Hugh Muir and Martin Kettle join Tom Clark to discuss David Cameron's statement that 'Britain is a Christian country'; plus Ukip's controversial posters and the Obama campaign chief now working for Ed Miliband
David Cameron and Ed Miliband don't matter as much as they think
Steve Richards
Steve Richards: Both leaders are hiring Barack Obama aides for the 2015 election, but Britain will be voting for a party, not a president or a personality
David Axelrod's helping hand for Labour
Letters: What happened to principle and loyalty, to understanding a party and electorate you have grown up with?
