Welfare Reform
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Not faring very well
Liz Kendall found few sympathetic ears on welfare reform
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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
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
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The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?