Indpendence
Democracy’s accountability problem
The unaccountable “independent” state is our future – whether we like it or not
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
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Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
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Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule