The realism of religion
A Christian revival won’t save the deluded West – but it might teach it to accept its fate.
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The rebirth of Liberal England
Ed Davey and the Lib Dems can “replace the Conservatives” in their Blue Wall heartlands.
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The Democrats’ toothless resistance
Liberals’ moral outrage only masks their allegiance to an amoral status quo.
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The purge of American liberty
The arrest of the pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is just the start of Trump’s crackdown on free speech.
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Eric Adams’ corruption is emblematic of American politics today
The New York mayor’s behaviour shows how questions of right and wrong have devolved into whatever people can get away…
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The liberal resistance to Trump is already dead
In 2017, the left raged and organised – and lost. And there’s no room for losers in the new America.
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Thought experiment 7: The Veil of Ignorance
Rawlsian social justice is the bedrock of contemporary liberalism.
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Has Biden buried the American left?
Scattered and listless, the movement this defeated president leaves behind must regroup quickly.
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The failure of Trudeauism
Those jockeying to succeed Canada’s prime minister should heed the lesson of his failed political project.
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The dawn of the anti-woke era
Having rejected the Democrats’ progressivist dogma, the American electorate is undergoing a social and demographic revolution.
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Labour must beware Reform, the British wing of Trumpism
While liberalism is in decline, Nigel Farage’s party is only growing in strength.
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Bill Clinton reckons with populism
In his memoir, Citizen, the former president struggles to understand why his brand of post-New Deal American liberalism has failed.
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The new special relationship
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may together upend what remains of the current global order.
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France’s hollow Islamist reckoning
Emmanuel Carrère found a story of liberal renewal in the country’s 2015 terrorism attacks. But is it true?
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Twilight of the American elite
The revival of liberalism cannot be conducted on Trumpian terms.
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How the Democrats can win back America
The party should stop arguing for a status quo no one is happy with.
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Trump and the triumph of illiberal democracy
How Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic establishment sealed the fate of the progressive regime they sought to renew.
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Postliberalism redux
From their reaction to Trump’s victory, it’s clear that liberals have still failed to learn the lessons of 2016.
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The American election belongs to the oligarchy
Self-interested plutocrats are bankrolling both candidates.
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The implosion of centrism has left Labour in unmapped territory
The world the party expected to join when it came to power no longer exists.
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