Voting
Blue de grâce?
The next election could spell doom for the Conservative Party
Minority appeal
Can right-wing parties win with ethnic minorities?
Ireland’s political stagnation
Ireland is stuck in political stalemate, with few viable alternatives on offer
The slippery slope to basic standards
How has the demand for “access” overridden basic requirements?
Why would anyone vote Tory?
The Conservatives have nothing to boast about
Share the power
Why we need more direct democracy
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
Bums on seats
What will the long delayed boundary review finally do?
Go postal
How parties peek at postal votes before polling day
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
