How to remake Britain

Our writers give their view on the UK’s post-Brexit future.

John Gray on the perils of grand designs

In a multinational state as divided as Britain has become, an overarching national project is unfeasible.

Helen Thompson on why we are entering the age of experimentation

Over the past few months, Boris Johnson has bet on a “green industrial revolution” as the avenue for Union-wide economic transformation. Will it pay off?

Andy Haldane on why we need community capitalism

A network of civic institutions should form the base of the foundational economy, locally rooted and citizen-led.

Jonathan Powell on the search for common values

We require a “radical reform of British education” to convert schools from narrow exam factories to places of imagination, innovation and technical training.

Linda Colley on the case for a new progressive alliance

Unless first-past-the-post gives way to proportional representation, it will remain difficult to forge the effective coalitions of the righteous and the reforming needed to lead a national project.