12/13/2019 - 1:40pm

WATCH: five interesting moments from election night Labour's civil war has been thrown into full display

Boris Johnson’s biggest weakness became his strength The shape-shifting character of the Prime Minister was a necessary part of his victory...

Thursday

12.12

Outside London, Giles, it really isn’t that bad It's harder to have a political argument with someone in a small town like mine

Mary Harrington

No, the rain probably won’t affect voter turnout The much-quoted idea that bad weather is good or bad for one party is likely nonsense

Bernie Sanders is America’s magic grandpa He may be 78, but the veteran socialist has a commanding vote share of young people

Wednesday

11.12

Why it takes a village of fathers to raise a child The New York Times is wrong again about family structure and race

What we really learned from the YouGov MRP result Whichever way the result goes, the Tories haven't convinced yet

How we ruined election campaigns This is a high stakes campaign — so why is it all so boring?

Tuesday

10.12

Confessions of a conflicted voter I want to vote for a radical Left Brexit party, but there isn't one on the ballot

Has the FT turned red? For the first time in three elections, the pink paper is not endorsing the Tories

South Korean women go on strike — and who can blame them? The new 'Four Nos' Movement says ‘No’ to dating, sex, marriage and child-rearing

Mary Harrington

Monday

09.12

Are the Tories now the Social Democrats? The centre-Left in the UK has taken on a very different form

Why chess embodies the Christmas spirit My Confession with grandmaster Jonathan Rowson got at what Advent should really be about

Stop comparing Boris to Trump The Prime Minister has always had a liberal streak — unlike his American counterpart

Saturday

07.12

Competing visions for our brave, new intangible world Two articles point to some of the thorniest issues we face in the networked age

Mary Harrington

Friday

06.12

Labour plans to squeeze out religious education The manifesto pledge to reconsider RE classes is part of a grander plan

Finally! The Swedish ‘moderates’ agree to work with the populists The only way for populist movements to mature is to let them in

Thursday

05.12

The Lib Dems should have got my vote, but they won’t It’s the Alien v Predator v Terminator election – whoever wins, we lose

Who is the world’s most typical person? The answer might be very different in 100 years' time

Wednesday

04.12

What’s behind Hexham’s happiness? In Northumbria, wealth doesn't equal contentment

To boldly go? You first, Mr Bezos The Amazon founder should focus on problems back down on Earth

Tuesday

03.12

Communism creeps into America America's illiberal mood bears a worrying resemblance to another era

Conservatives can be politically correct too The Right favours groups they would prefer to talk about kindly rather than coarsely

Mary Harrington

How to turn higher production into higher wages A captive labour force might be good for a company, but not the economy

Monday

02.12

Let’s hear from the Unheard Third A new BBC programme about non voters has some interesting ideas...

What Andrew Sullivan taught me about Michael Oakeshott My latest interviewee has got me excited about an often overlooked British philosopher

Out today: Andrew Sullivan’s confessions Don't miss the British-American columnist's reflections

There’s nothing taboo about the Anglo Saxons The latest controversy over the term 'Anglo-Saxon' ignores their significant history

Saturday

30.11

How can we find meaning in bullshit jobs? Jonah Galeota-Sprung finds an inherent tension in the social role of work

Mary Harrington

Friday

29.11

Look closely, and London is not what it seems

Why haven’t we banned cars yet? They're designing a new car-free town in Arizona - we should follow their lead

Is it immoral to vote for Labour? Corbyn's party has become an incubator for the hatred of Jews