What Reform UK says about the condition of England
Under Richard Tice, the right-wing populist party has forced Westminster to pay attention – with poll ratings surpassing those of…
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Britain’s fiscal fantasies
Rather than address a broken public realm and long-term economic stagnation, the Conservatives have chosen to prioritise tax cuts.
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The new paranoid style
The Conservative Party has succumbed to ideology and has turned on the British institutions it once revered: the judiciary, the…
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The reinvention of David Cameron
In an era of geopolitical turmoil, Labour could learn from the former prime minister’s bracing approach to foreign policy.
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Europe’s new age of insecurity
In the era of Trumpian politics, the US’s allies must fortify and regroup: they can no longer rely on the…
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Britain’s ailing body politic
It is to be hoped that, following his cancer diagnosis, King Charles makes a full and fast recovery. It is…
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A Tory reckoning
Rishi Sunak’s continual changes of strategy have only deepened his party’s malaise.
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Labour in power
As it prepares for office, the party should study why it has so often struggled to retain it.
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