02/20/2020 - 12:03am

Bloomberg the nerd won’t beat Trump The data-obsessed ex-mayor doesn't understand that politics is an art, not a science

Giles Fraser

19.02

Bigger than Brexit: the new politics of climate change Achieving ‘net zero’ will involve such massive changes to the economy and society that politics will have to be transformed too

Peter Franklin

19.02

What Labour gets wrong about transwomen MPs are queuing up to sign a manifesto that denies the facts of biology

Debbie Hayton

19.02

The lost world of Left-wing patriotism A new biography of Peter Shore captures a Labour Party man who loved his country

Stephen Pollard

18.02

‘Eugenics is possible’ is not the same as ‘eugenics is good’ Rows involving Richard Dawkins and Andrew Sabisky reveal how difficult it is to 'decouple' controversial concepts in our heads

Tom Chivers

18.02

Labour has a shot at relevance — can it grasp it? Parliament needs a serious opposition more than ever

David Kogan

18.02

Why Boris should bring back conscription We need something more radical than a recruitment drive to fill the gaps in our public services

Polly Mackenzie

17.02

The Democrats can’t take the black vote for granted If African-Americans are motivated to vote, they can swing a competitive race

Christopher Rhodes

17.02

The truth about ‘American Dirt’ Once again journalists are choosing political tribalism over the facts

Jesse Singal

17.02

The slow death of French cheese The real battle for the immortal soul of France is about something far more important than pension reform and yellow vests

John Lichfield

14.02

The unspeakable life of John Bercow In his autobiography, the former speaker reveals himself to be an embittered avatar of ambition

Douglas Murray

14.02

Let’s make sex education sublime Teenagers should be dreaming of physical rapture, not just meaningless thrusting

Rowan Pelling