Lowering Voting Age
Compulsory voting — the solution to our gerontocratic crisis?
Young people have been written out of British politics: it’s time to let them back in
The astonishing success of the ‘Votes at 16’ campaign
Votes for sixteen year olds is coming
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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
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem