The Democrats’ working-class problem
Figures in the party who speak on behalf of America’s workers – like Senator Chris Murphy – are few. In…
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How “YMCA” became Donald Trump’s unlikely theme song
The Republican campaign’s embrace of the gay anthem shows just how much the party has been changed.
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American darkness
US politics is entrenched into two camps, each immune to appeals from the other. Between them lies a mass of…
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How Labour won – and how they could lose in 2029
New books by Anushka Asthana and Michael Ashcroft show that the lessons of 2024 are sobering for both parties.
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Kamala Harris’s convictions are still a puzzle
The Democratic candidate has U-turned on some issues and aligned herself with Donald Trump on others. What does she stand…
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The Conservatives need to unite; none of them know how
The leadership contest will deepen the fault lines that have torn the party apart
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What will Labour do to the British constitution?
Our glaring democratic deficit demands radical reform.
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The betrayal of Essex man
Reform’s victories here are symbolic of the area’s contradictions and inequalities.
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