11/24/2020 - 12:10am

The rot at the heart of Westminster The British state is too dysfunctional to save, according to one of the country's leading thinkers

Aris Roussinos

19.11

Brexit makes more sense than ever If Remain had won, we'd be wrangling over the EU's nightmarish Covid rescue plan

Peter Franklin

18.11

Of course devolution was a disaster The political future of the entire UK is waiting on the whim of four million Scottish voters

Aris Roussinos

03.11

In polls we trust They're not perfect, but they're the best indication of public opinion we've got

Freddie Sayers

27.10

Fear Russian nukes, not cyberwarriors While the West obsesses over ineffectual meddling on Facebook, Putin is commissioning missiles

Mike Martin

22.10

Why bishops shouldn’t stay out of politics Christianity is not just a narrow little hobby for the soul, but a vision of the whole world

Giles Fraser

09.10

The traffic wars speeding your way Screaming matches, Facebook flamewars, civil disobedience — the fight for the streets is getting ugly

Peter Franklin

06.10

The Tory problem with poshness The old symbols of privilege still have the power to do the Conservatives real harm

Peter Franklin

22.09

Of course Trump can win A repeat of 2016 would reveal the centre-Left as having no response to populism

Matthew Goodwin

16.09

Why everyone is stupid except me Twitter users love the Dunning-Kruger effect because it suggests your opponent is an idiot

Tom Chivers

10.09

Has Boris forgotten our fishing history? The sea is woven deep into the culture of the British Isles. Politicians ignore it at their peril

Mary Harrington

08.09

The greatest stories never told Introducing ‘Alt Histories’ – a series in which we explore what we can learn from what didn't happen

Peter Franklin