Europeans have shifted rightwards — and no one should be surprised

The slow motion car crash continues

Emmanuel Macron risks it all

We hate career politicians, but we want politicians to focus entirely on their career

Their voters expected them to cut taxes and immigration — they did the opposite

Don’t pretend that feminists are being “radical” for no reason

Ed Davey grows more cheerful the sadder Rishi Sunak gets

Nationhood cannot be reduced to abstractions

As populism advances on both sides of the channel, we ask if it can make the shift from insurgent movement to governing project

The instinct towards appeasing “sensitivity” would stifle the creative impulse