The fragile state
Why the British seem increasingly incapable of governing themselves.
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The Policy Ask with Michael Houlihan: “The skills gap is very real, very big and threatens to hold the economy back”
The CEO of the employment charity Generation UK&I on social mobility, empathy and why we need an “aggressive” fossil fuel…
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Why has the UK so far avoided recession?
Consumer spending, government support and lower energy prices have propped up growth.
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Why the Tories should back proportional representation
Received wisdom says voting reform could kill off the Conservatives. That’s not how it’s worked in Europe.
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The UK is less racist than the left – and the right – think
New polling shows that Britain is one of the countries most comfortable with ethnic diversity and immigration.
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Why Britain isn’t as broken as you think
The UK is beset by crises and plagued by culture wars. But the road to a happier and more modest…
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The UK’s semiconductor industry is vulnerable – but how will Rishi Sunak strengthen it?
The PM needs to secure the supply of key components to make computer chips, otherwise the UK will be left…
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What would a “liberal” immigration system even look like?
Labour needs to shed its squeamishness around tackling the issue – the government's fumbling is an open goal for credible…
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The rise of Britain’s pantomime right
A nonsensical, camp new conservatism is being born on GB News.
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Germany has taken over Britain’s role as leader of the EU’s awkward squad
Olaf Scholz’s insistence on reopening the debate on fuel-driven cars was Cameron-esque in its pettiness and its short-sightedness.
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Why don’t we realise how screwed up the UK really is?
Wherever you look in the data, it feels like Britons are working more and paying more and getting less than…
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Suella Braverman has become the Conservatives’ biggest liability
The active glee that the Home Secretary takes in other people’s misery has shattered Rishi Sunak’s pragmatic facade.
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Mae Muller’s Eurovision entry is a TikTok-friendly bop with a light feminist gloss
“I Wrote a Song” is no pop masterpiece, but is saved by its charming glimmers of Britishness.
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Does devolution really boost growth?
Keir Starmer wants the UK to have the fastest-growing economy in the G7. But does Labour have the plan to…
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Why the battle for the Union is far from over
The Scottish independence movement has stalled – but the Union won’t be secure until Westminster remakes a decaying constitutional settlement.
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A Brexit truce won’t last for long
A Labour government would face inexorable pressure from Remainers to pursue a far deeper relationship with the EU.
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Can Britain ever rejoin the EU?
First, Remainers must understand what a future UK membership would actually entail.
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The end of the Brexit taboo
Only the most ideological Leaver – of which there are a diminishing number – would contend that Brexit has done…
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“Too many people are only here for the politics”: Alicia Kearns on leading foreign policy from the backbenches
From Brexit to TikTok, the youngest chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee is making sure her voice is heard.
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Australian Labor is showing what progressives can achieve in power
Just as Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese changed his party, Keir Starmer has changed the Labour Party here.
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