The great crack-up
We inhabit an economy too small to deliver the social goods British people expect.
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Is becoming “British” impossible?
After 16 years of living in the UK, I am finally a citizen, but find I have gained no great…
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Danny Kruger: “The moral condition of England is worse”
The MP and former political secretary to Boris Johnson reflects on the Tories’ decline.
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John Le Carré and the spectre of British decline
The 1970s London of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was a place of decay. What defines it now?
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Stevenage Woman needs a holiday
British voters find it harder to take a restful break than five years ago.
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Most voters can’t tell if Rishi Sunak is right wing
They can’t tell if Keir Starmer is left wing either.
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David Edgerton: “The UK needs a politics of modesty”
The acclaimed historian on whether Britain is in decline, the Nairn-Anderson thesis and what Labour gets wrong about economic growth.
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What is the point of Rishi Sunak?
This zombie government is clinging to power simply for its own sake.
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David Lammy reminds voters that, unlike the Tories, Labour loves the rules
The shadow foreign secretary’s speech today shows a party committed to upholding international obligations.
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Britain is the last liberal nation in Europe
Europe is being swallowed up by the right. Only Brexit Britain stands alone against the tide.
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Why Britain needs a National Civic Service
Reweaving the social fabric would halt our atomisation, alienation and descent into authoritarianism.
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Is universal basic income possible here?
In Jarrow, where jobless men once marched for work, a radical experiment in free money is unfolding.
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The price of the Tories’ cynical economics
The Conservatives’ governing philosophy is that the consequences don’t matter so long as there is a line to take.
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Britain is being left behind in the race for the jobs of the future
The government is ideologically opposed to industrial strategy, but this is essential for fostering green growth.
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Britain’s race delusion
Tomiwa Owolade argues that American culture wars obscure black British identity – but are racial borders less fixed than he…
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Was Windrush a dream or a nightmare?
The story of black Britain cannot be reduced to a myth.
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Brexit has an upside: Britain could dominate in high-tech goods and services
The EU has slept through the digital revolution. The UK can capitalise on this, if it prioritises data over diplomacy.
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The Jewish vaccine pioneer forgotten by history
Simon Schama wants the post-pandemic world to learn from the case of Waldemar Haffkine: a tragic story of how prejudice…
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Simon McDonald: “It’s the end of the game for Britain”
The former head of the Foreign Office on the UK’s decline, why we should not “make an enemy” of China…
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Can nationalisation by stealth save Britain’s railways?
The demise of TransPennine Express shows again how everything is starting to break after 13 years of Tory government.
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