The crisis of conservatism
Our guide to the 50 most influential people in conservative politics features free-marketeers alongside post-liberal thinkers.
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The progressive dilemma
The anxieties and insecurities of the present moment are a formidable challenge for the centre left – in Britain and…
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The return of the free-market right
A year on from her disastrous premiership, Liz Truss and her allies remain unwilling to confront economic truths.
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A state in disrepair
Crumbling schools exemplify an age of private affluence and public squalor.
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Britain’s tax delusion
It is useless to pretend that in a world of high public debt voters can be spared increased taxes.
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Education’s inequality curse
Rishi Sunak has protected the status quo in schools and universities, as the gaps of privilege and geography grow ever…
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The new politics of migration
As conflicts multiply European countries must agree consistent principles for asylum policy, as the alternative is anarchy.
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A continent drifts
Europe’s politics have stalled. In an age of crisis, the EU needs a new generation of far-sighted leaders.
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A world on fire
The climate crisis is an existential threat. Yet as catastrophe looms, politicians remain inert.
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Something rotten
A succession of scandals has created a profound mistrust in our political and media class.
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The illusion of prosperity is over
Politicians can no longer count on low inflation to mask the structural flaws of the British economy.
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Worse could follow Putin
The focus for policymakers must be the prospect that Putin will be replaced by someone even more hostile to the…
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The age of cheap money is over
As interest rates surge, Britain needs a new economic model not based on a toxic housing market.
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The fall of the unpopular populist
Boris Johnson refusal to face a potential by-election is a reflection of his diminished standing.
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Labour and the return of the state
Is Labour’s ambition to transform Britain’s economic and social model or merely to manage it more competently than the Tories?
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A Tory electoral timebomb
Voters move right with age – this was once regarded as an iron law of politics. The Conservative electorate would…
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The scourge of greedflation
A fifth of the UK is going hungry. Yet this is a crisis the political class seems unable to grasp.
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The new left power brokers
Our guide to the 50 most influential people in progressive politics features leading Labour names, radical leftists and less partisan…
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Labour needs to do more to win
Keir Starmer can credibly claim he is on a path to No 10, but it is uncertain whether his party…
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A generation locked out
Those who cannot afford to buy a property have been forced into the under-regulated private rental market.
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