Peter Westmacott
Why we’re in the state we’re in
Woolly thinking, cloudy expression, and the possibility that great matters are at hand: two books by a pair of Foreign Office grandees
The whores and mores of Hanoverian London
The (not so) gentlemen of 18th-century London were a libidinous lot
The case against “Zero Seats”
Despite everything, some Conservatives still deserve to win
Anatomy of a populist cynic
As Spain’s national-conservatives get outflanked by “Alvise”, Europe’s “new right” would do well to watch the fringes, too
28 hours later
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been infected with the deadly Rage Virus
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
Did we get Brexit done?
Brexit is unfinished, yes, but the potential is enormous
The Labour voter blues
At least forty per cent of Starmer’s voters are social conservatives. Will he take them with him, or leave them behind?
Gender and Josef K.
How it feels to be accused of crimes that don’t exist
Brexit: a portrait of political paralysis
There was an exit door, but one which May, the Remainer, was never willing to take