Who can answer the English Question?
Great Britain’s largest constituent is a nation lost within a multinational state.
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England’s revolt against change
Dismissing the summer’s riots as mere “far-right thuggery” is a political failing.
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The Russian ultra-nationalists defying Putin
Ukraine's Kursk incursion has sparked a wave of attacks on the regime.
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The EU is lurching to the right – that’s bad news for the green transition
Populist and nationalist parties are sweeping elections on the continent, threatening measures in the Green Deal.
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Poland’s nationalists won’t go quietly
Law and Justice have no clear path to government, but that won’t stop them from trying.
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Is “National Conservatism” a dead end for the Tories, or a sign of what is to come?
Rishi Sunak may be tempted by an ideology of muscular nationalism – but he would risk alienating British voters.
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Michelle O’Neill attending the coronation shows up petty unionists
While the DUP burdens Northern Ireland with a stubborn lack of imagination, Sinn Féin has become dynamic and smart.
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What does it mean to be British?
America has its Dream, France its Republic – but Britain suffers from a failure of imagination.
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Union Jacks aren’t just for conservatives
Corbynites who complain about Labour displaying the symbols of the country it hopes to run have given up on electoral…
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Labour must seize the interventionist moment
As the US and the EU embrace an era of state-led economic policy, the UK risks being left behind.
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How Morrissey became irrelevant
At a gig in south London, the singer seemed trapped by nostalgia for his early career – and a terminally…
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Leicester shows Hindu nationalism is no longer confined to India
Don’t blame multiculturalism for the unrest. Gangs are using Islam and Hinduism as an excuse for violence.
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The EU’s energy crisis is emboldening the European far right
Six months into the Ukraine war, the shock that temporarily banished pro-Russian views from European politics is wearing off.
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From God to monsters – the “new nationalism” of the US right
Is the Republican Party of Trump and QAnon also now the party of non-religious class warriors?
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Why Scottish nationalism is simultaneously safe and stuck
Scottish independence isn’t a rousing, visionary cause but a glum complaint, too tepid to command popular sacrifice.
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Shinzo Abe and the rise of Japanese nationalism
As a new emperor takes the throne, prime minister Abe is consolidating his ultranationalist “beautiful Japan” project. But can he overcome…
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