Can Labour escape the incumbency curse?
Election results across the world leave MPs fearing they could be a one-term government.
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Violence looms over the US election
The Proud Boys, a militia which supports Donald Trump, has been making plans in the event he loses.
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Ralph Nader: “The election is between the fascism of Trump and the autocracy of Harris”
The four-time presidential candidate on why he holds out little hope for the future of American democracy.
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Georgia’s future depends on the European Union
Admitting ex-Soviet countries into the bloc is critical to Western security.
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The battle after Brexit
Alan Halsall was persecuted by the Electoral Commission for his part in the Leave campaign. His story reveals the rotten…
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How America resembles the dying Soviet Union
Like the former communist bloc, Western liberalism is slowly disintegrating.
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The crisis of the two presidents
Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron have come to personify the chaos of the countries they seek to rule.
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Democracy begins with us
As a journalist in authoritarian China, I learned the value of community. As a parliamentary candidate in the UK, I…
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How to fix a nation
As the country enters a new political era, leading thinkers explain what Labour must do to rebuild a broken Britain.
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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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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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The Arab “democracy dilemma” is a fallacy
It’s simply not true that authoritarian rule in the Arab world is necessary to maintain peace with Israel.
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The rise of playlist politics
How digital choice has deepened the crisis of democracy.
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Alpa Shah: India is not a safe place any more
Narendra Modi’s Hindu supremacism is capturing major state institutions while repressing minority groups and political activists.
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Gus O’Donnell: The insider’s guide to preparing for power
The former head of the civil service on the cost of Brexit, the case for electoral reform, and Keir Starmer’s…
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The dissident is dead
Dividing global politics into camps of angels and demons is no longer fashionable.
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In praise of sluggish politics
Deliberation and reversals are democracy’s great virtues, writes Jonathan White. But can it keep pace with a world in crisis?
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The year of voting dangerously
Over two billion people in more than 60 countries will go to the polls in 2024, in elections that could…
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Democracy in the era of deepfakes
In October a fabricated clip of Keir Starmer swearing at staff was shared. Imagine the impact if it had happened…
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Why South Yorkshire needed a citizens’ assembly for net zero
Oliver Coppard, the regional mayor, on his new approach to formulating climate policy.
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