Keir Starmer should enjoy the election campaign because he may not enjoy the demands of power

Both parties should stop seeking approval from sectarian Hindu nationalists

Liz Truss’s account of her woeful reign is packed with disingenuity and conceit

Sentimental tributes to the outgoing Tory overstate his political virtues

Opaque standards committees are putting British public life in a stranglehold

Schemes such as HS2 cost billions of pounds while reducing UK productivity

“No debate” has been defeated — but the debate is still ongoing

The Conservative Party has to come up with some compelling answers if it is to survive

What Mansfield Park can tell us about contemporary politics

Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance