Neo-communalism
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
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Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
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The centre-left is out of ideas
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The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
Starmer’s union trap
Labour has handed power back to the unions, and is now discovering the cost of obedience
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Britain in 1776
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The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions