William Rees-Mogg was Editor of The Times from 1967-81 and was made a life peer in 1988. He writes weekly for The Times en-uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:21:06 GMT Newspapers 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif William Rees-Mogg Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-11-01T09:24:02Z Who is going to lead Europe? Who is going to lead Britain? The latest opinion polls have not improved the dismal outlook for the Labour Party. In yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph, an ITN poll put the Conservatives 17 points ahead with 42 per cent, Labour second, with 25 per cent, and the Liberal Democrats third, with 21 per cent. William Rees-Mogg Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-11-02T01:06:52Z This has been a year full of anniversaries, not all of them celebrated. In the history of the British Empire, 1759 was “the year of victories”, including Wolfe’s scaling of the heights of Quebec, with Pitt the Elder the strategic genius behind it. The British are now somewhat embarrassed by having had an empire, so there have been few celebrations of the 250th anniversary of that decisive year. William Rees-Mogg Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-10-26T10:52:33Z The issue of the Labour leadership has not gone away; it has become more acute. It seems obvious that the Labour Party ought to change its leader, indeed it ought to have done so already. This is not just because of opinion polls, though the polls are disastrous.