British Politics

Staying competitive in the modern world depends on balancing its opportunities and its risks

The depoliticisation of policy should concern us all

Their reputation for being nice if a touch naive is far too generous

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

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