Deep blue
Why Theresa May is only the second most powerful politician in Maidenhead.
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Twilight of the postwar era
This Brexit-focused election is just one milestone in a long and complex relationship between the UK and the EU.
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The age of lies: how politicians hide behind statistics
Perhaps it is time to combine our Trump-era, heightened sensitivity to untruths with a new broadcasting technique or two.
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The French fracture
A social thinker illuminates his country's populist divides.
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What would a Trump presidency mean for the rest of the world?
It would be wrong to hope that either domestic or international checks and balances will constrain Trump abroad. Geopolitically, the result…
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Welcome to the zoo: what it feels like to report a presidential campaign
Hatred of the mainstream media was a theme at both the Republican and Democratic conventions. Yet how much of the incipient…
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Sleepwalking into the unknown
In 1975, voters took the Europe referendum seriously and accepted the results with grace. The 2016 campaign was careless, nasty…
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The American berserk
The rise of Donald Trump is a symptom of the decay of a great but exceptionally unhappy nation.
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