Rupert Lowe and the rise of zombie politics
The stable, socially rooted party system of the postwar period is being washed away by a new volatility.
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What the Iran war will cost Britain
Energy policy has left us perilously exposed to global shocks
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Of course we should ban kids from social media
The opponents of restrictions for under-16s miss the point of health policy
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Has Keir Starmer found his vision?
The Iran crisis is a chance for the government to define its mission
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Labour’s mixed messages on the Greens continue
The party cannot quite pin down its left-wing challengers
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Inside Labour’s escalating immigration feud
Mahmood’s immigration push is uniting her allies but inflaming tensions across Labour
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Of course police could find Morgan McSweeney’s phone
Here’s why they didn’t
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Kemi Badenoch’s missed opportunity
The Tories’ preoccupation with China made them miss an open goal
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How the new Green policy factory thinks
James Meadway’s radical new think tank will take aim at Treasury consensus
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The Labour left is scheming
Beneath the noise of foreign wars, Starmer’s position is still in question
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The EU won’t save Rachel Reeves
Domestic politics cannot dictate our post-Brexit settlement
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Keir Starmer is struggling to keep his New Year’s resolution
The Iran war is devastating his cost of living strategy
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Will Rachel Reeves let history repeat itself?
The Chancellor will set out her latest economic vision today
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Britain has entered the age of bloc politics
From now on, power will be determined by alliances
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The special relationship is broken
In Trump’s era, the historic bond between the US and the UK counts for nothing
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Oil prices mean Starmer must raise tax or face recession
The Iran war is a tax hike imposed by Donald Trump on consumers across the planet
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Sarah Sackman: the jury system “needs modernisation”
The justice minister on court reforms, anti-Semitism and Labour’s future
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How China spies on the UK
Intelligence agencies have been warning about efforts by Chinese spies to recruit British assets for years
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Labour is suffering from a bad case of “long Morgan”
Chasing Reform voters on immigration is a bad strategy that is being badly executed by this government
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Left populism is here to stay
Rival populisms are competing to represent the dispossessed
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