Democratic renewal must be at the heart of a Labour government
We need enhanced checks on executive power to protect Britain’s constitution – and public trust in governments.
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The UK can make a difference on the world stage in these threatening times
Many want the Britain of their imagination to return: reliable, decent, committed to a rules-based order.
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Britain faces bigger problems than its Tory party
With Brexit, the UK reclaimed a considerable measure of formal sovereignty – but not its democracy.
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Three Little Birds is a clichéd take on Generation Windrush
The relentless racism in Lenny Henry’s incident-filled drama is all too believable; its saintly female characters less so.
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Britain’s eternal decline
Debate on Britain’s place in the world has flared through war, imperial upheaval and Thatcherism. Brexit reignited it.
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In power, Labour will have to act like a wartime cabinet
Would an “activist” Starmer government have what it takes to rebuild Britain’s collapsing infrastructure?
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Richard Osman’s bland Britain
How did the TV presenter’s terminally twee stories of death and Waitrose become the bestselling novels in the UK?
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The parallels between Argentina and Britain’s inept political class
Over the past few decades, both countries have experienced near financial catastrophe at the hands of reckless leaders.
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The great crack-up
We inhabit an economy too small to deliver the social goods British people expect.
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Is becoming “British” impossible?
After 16 years of living in the UK, I am finally a citizen, but find I have gained no great…
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Danny Kruger: “The moral condition of England is worse”
The MP and former political secretary to Boris Johnson reflects on the Tories’ decline.
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John Le Carré and the spectre of British decline
The 1970s London of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was a place of decay. What defines it now?
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Stevenage Woman needs a holiday
British voters find it harder to take a restful break than five years ago.
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Most voters can’t tell if Rishi Sunak is right wing
They can’t tell if Keir Starmer is left wing either.
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David Edgerton: “The UK needs a politics of modesty”
The acclaimed historian on whether Britain is in decline, the Nairn-Anderson thesis and what Labour gets wrong about economic growth.
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What is the point of Rishi Sunak?
This zombie government is clinging to power simply for its own sake.
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David Lammy reminds voters that, unlike the Tories, Labour loves the rules
The shadow foreign secretary’s speech today shows a party committed to upholding international obligations.
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Britain is the last liberal nation in Europe
Europe is being swallowed up by the right. Only Brexit Britain stands alone against the tide.
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Why Britain needs a National Civic Service
Reweaving the social fabric would halt our atomisation, alienation and descent into authoritarianism.
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Is universal basic income possible here?
In Jarrow, where jobless men once marched for work, a radical experiment in free money is unfolding.
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