The price of the Tories’ cynical economics
The Conservatives’ governing philosophy is that the consequences don’t matter so long as there is a line to take.
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Britain is being left behind in the race for the jobs of the future
The government is ideologically opposed to industrial strategy, but this is essential for fostering green growth.
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Britain’s race delusion
Tomiwa Owolade argues that American culture wars obscure black British identity – but are racial borders less fixed than he…
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Was Windrush a dream or a nightmare?
The story of black Britain cannot be reduced to a myth.
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Brexit has an upside: Britain could dominate in high-tech goods and services
The EU has slept through the digital revolution. The UK can capitalise on this, if it prioritises data over diplomacy.
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The Jewish vaccine pioneer forgotten by history
Simon Schama wants the post-pandemic world to learn from the case of Waldemar Haffkine: a tragic story of how prejudice…
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Simon McDonald: “It’s the end of the game for Britain”
The former head of the Foreign Office on the UK’s decline, why we should not “make an enemy” of China…
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Can nationalisation by stealth save Britain’s railways?
The demise of TransPennine Express shows again how everything is starting to break after 13 years of Tory government.
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Could new regulation kill off short-term holiday lets?
The government is currently consulting on whether to regulate holiday rentals commonly advertised on platforms like Airbnb.
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The civil war that never ended
Our new Carolingian age is taking us back to the 17th century.
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Is it time for Britain to abolish its monarchy?
Toxic relic or political necessity? Tanya Gold, Robert Hardman, Andrew Marr, Tanjil Rashid, Anna Whitelock and Gary Younge debate the…
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King Charles III’s secret kingdom
For decades, as he awaited his turn to ascend the British throne, Charles presided over another kingdom: rural Transylvania. What…
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From nimbyism to the trans right debate, today’s politics is all about taking back control
What does it mean for our society when some people believe their word on what happens in their back yard…
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The dark heart of the Tory Party
By reckoning with Britain’s nasty side, the Conservatives have claimed its soul.
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“I put 7,000 oysters in the skip”: the fishing industry fights for survival in polluted waters
With sewage spilled into waters around the UK hundreds of times a day, one shellfish producer says the industry is…
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Gary Younge: how racism shaped my critical eye
Growing up working-class and black taught me to doubt the official narrative. If I was always lied about, where was…
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Is the future of Christianity African?
How immigration is revitalising British churches.
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The death of the social butterfly
Covid and the cost of living crisis have changed friendship. The main cast is still here, but there is no…
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Why Britain’s blasphemy controversies are here to stay
In Wakefield, the state is confronting a problem it doesn’t know how to solve.
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Britain’s broken tax system
How political expediency overrides logic and fairness in the UK’s chaotic finances.
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