The fall of the unpopular populist
Boris Johnson refusal to face a potential by-election is a reflection of his diminished standing.
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Labour and the return of the state
Is Labour’s ambition to transform Britain’s economic and social model or merely to manage it more competently than the Tories?
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A Tory electoral timebomb
Voters move right with age – this was once regarded as an iron law of politics. The Conservative electorate would…
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The scourge of greedflation
A fifth of the UK is going hungry. Yet this is a crisis the political class seems unable to grasp.
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The new left power brokers
Our guide to the 50 most influential people in progressive politics features leading Labour names, radical leftists and less partisan…
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Labour needs to do more to win
Keir Starmer can credibly claim he is on a path to No 10, but it is uncertain whether his party…
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A generation locked out
Those who cannot afford to buy a property have been forced into the under-regulated private rental market.
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The end of the liberal delusion
At the turn of the century, Western leaders claimed progress was inevitable. Yet events have contradicted this “faith”.
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