Brexit is no cause for celebration – this is a moment of national shame
We are turning our back on the noblest experiment in international collaboration the world has known.
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What I got right, and wrong, about the world in 2020
In the case of Donald Trump’s post-election assault on democracy, I wish I’d been less prescient.
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Is the government’s Brexit deal any good? Even Boris Johnson can’t tell you
Since the UK has yet to truly work out what Brexit is for, we couldn’t assess this deal on its own terms…
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The Tories aim to get through the pandemic by blaming the public
Boris Johnson and his allies have become adept at making others take responsibility for the chaos they have caused.
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The government’s coronavirus optimism will cost businesses and lives
Caught between two competing factions in the cabinet, the Prime Minister has pursued a disastrous middle way.
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How dangerous is the new Covid-19 variant?
The coronavirus mutation, with its apparent increased contagiousness, is cause for alarm – and worse could follow.
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What have Norway, Finland and Denmark got right on Covid-19?
Interventionist approaches to the virus in the Nordic countries helped them avoid Sweden’s spiralling death rate.
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The quarantine of the UK is about coronavirus, not Brexit
While the British government has acted irresponsibly towards its own citizens, it has been a good neighbour in quickly communicating the…
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