Westminster’s downward spiral
Boris Johnson and his court brought an already corrupt system to new lows. Can ethics be restored to politics?
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Britain’s new oligarchy
Tom Burgis’s Cuckooland shows how the power to shape our politics is available to the highest bidder.
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In praise of sluggish politics
Deliberation and reversals are democracy’s great virtues, writes Jonathan White. But can it keep pace with a world in crisis?
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The dictator’s best friend
From Mussolini to Mao, autocrats have often turned to writers to tighten their grip on power.
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What is Labour for?
Two new books show that a century after it formed its first government, the party is once again wrestling with…
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The white heat of politics
Thirteen years of Tory rule, a season of scandal and Labour on the rise – the hectic Britain of 1963…
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How the centre right was lost
Shattered by Brexit, the Tory party has been captured by populist disrupters. Can true conservatives win it back?
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To turn or not to turn?
In his new book, the former New Statesman political editor identifies the defining moments when Britain changed.
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Bronze Age Pervert will not save the American right
The author of Bronze Age Mindset has galvanised US conservatives – but his adolescent philosophy will soon be forgotten.
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Who makes history?
A study of postwar British politics overstates the influence of its leading personalities.
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Still fighting the history wars
Debates about Britain’s colonial legacy are not just a product of Brexit or woke politics – empire has always been…
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Europe’s race delusions
Built on imperial amnesia and competing nationalisms, the EU has never been the beacon of inclusion it claims to be.
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The revenge of Theresa May
In a forceful account of political scandals and injustices, May skewers her enemies and owns her mistakes.
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The 14 best books to help you understand Vladimir Putin’s Russia
This list offers the most incisive books on the past and present of Russia and its president.
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From Ferdinand Mount to Isabel Waidner: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan and Women We Buried, Women We Burned by Rachel Louise Snyder.
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The rise of Waterstones Dad
How the self-made man got lost in the marketplace of ideas.
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An insider’s tale of Tory chaos
Whips, a parliamentary romp by the former No 10 adviser Cleo Watson, is fact barely disguised as fiction.
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The triumph of cash
How universal basic income was adapted for the neoliberal era.
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Europe’s false dawn
After the revolutions of 1848, liberals helped create a conservative international order that has shaped the world since.
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Westminster is broken
Ian Dunt’s new book reveals Britain as a country of inept civil servants, deluded ministers, blinkered journalists and unscrutinised power.
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