The spectre of Winston Churchill
The great wartime leader continues to haunt British politics and identity.
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Zionism’s long 20th century
With the Middle East in flames, Britain’s relationship with Israel will transform again.
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What is Starmer’s story?
England’s summer riots have violently exposed the failure to resolve our national question.
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Keir Starmer’s hard road ahead
Labour’s project to rebuild Britain is serious – but the odds are stacked against them.
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How to fix a nation
As the country enters a new political era, leading thinkers explain what Labour must do to rebuild a broken Britain.
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Reform of the legal system is imperative
Those who aspire to lead must embody the seven principles of public life.
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Solving the “labour question”
A Keir Starmer government should boost the economic power of working people.
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Today’s health service is a travesty of what it used to be
The Conservatives have subjected the NHS to the most savage funding squeeze in its history.
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Confronting the crisis of the commons
Britain has become a society that denies the most basic obligations we have towards one another.
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The UK can lead a new Anglosphere
In office, Labour should embrace the virtues of a medium-sized great power.
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A left-wing vision for a post-Brexit Britain
We should engage with the Global South and ease migration restrictions from Commonwealth countries.
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Liberate the regions
The government must empower regional mayors and place devolution at the core of its plans.
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Britain needs to grow again
A mission-oriented industrial strategy can help the UK escape its cycle of underinvestment.
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The Labour Party must forge a new national prosperity
Power should shift from the dead hand of the Treasury to Britain’s devolved authorities.
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The case for a revolution in education
Put the teaching of character, creativity, the arts and sport back into schools as the right of all pupils.
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Scotland’s renaissance
The Union can be saved by shifting Britain’s wealth back from the private to the public realm.
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Democratic renewal must be at the heart of a Labour government
We need enhanced checks on executive power to protect Britain’s constitution – and public trust in governments.
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The UK can make a difference on the world stage in these threatening times
Many want the Britain of their imagination to return: reliable, decent, committed to a rules-based order.
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Britain faces bigger problems than its Tory party
With Brexit, the UK reclaimed a considerable measure of formal sovereignty – but not its democracy.
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Three Little Birds is a clichéd take on Generation Windrush
The relentless racism in Lenny Henry’s incident-filled drama is all too believable; its saintly female characters less so.
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