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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, December 9

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, December 7

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, December 6

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, December 5

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, December 4

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, December 3

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, December 2

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, November 30

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

Mary Harrington

Friday, November 29

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

Thursday, November 28

Is Jordan Peterson a gateway to the alt-right? A new study suggests maybe — but it's still better to engage than to demonise

How old is too old in politics? Should there be an age limit for political candidates?

Is America losing the war on misery? More Americans are dying 'deaths of despair' through drug or alcohol abuse

Mary Harrington

Wednesday, November 27

The YouGov map that says it all One powerful image shows how the Tories are heading for a majority

Did the Green Party miss a trick with Brexit? Could a pro-Brexit Greens party have united liberals and small c conservatives?

Netflix is like food – more doesn’t mean better We end up consuming rubbish, even though there's plenty of good stuff to go round

Tuesday, November 26

Today’s immigration data reveals a divided country The latest polling on UnHerd Britain shows how attitudes to immigration differ, even between neighbouring areas

Monday, November 25

Housing policy — will the Tories never learn? A government that refuses to take action against rentiers and land bankers will not be able to deliver affordable home ownership