French Election
Liberty, fraternity, animosity
The right-wing turn in France
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
The empire strikes back
France is going to the polls in the shadow of its colonial past
Le Pen surging as France prepares to go to the polls
France’s establishment parties are nowhere in Sunday’s election
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified