24 Jul 2020 - 1:10am

Who paved the way for the populists? Anne Applebaum's book ignores the real drivers of dissatisfaction with liberal democracy

James Bloodworth

05.06

Not even Dom Cummings can help Labour The Conservatives have had a lamentable few months — but Starmer still isn't beating Johnson

Matthew Goodwin

29.05

These bullying bishops aren’t brave Why are the guardians of public morality joining the pitch-fork mob?

Giles Fraser

28.05

Simplicity is at the root of policy failures Whether it's lockdown regulations or welfare payments, one-size-fits-all is not the answer

Polly Mackenzie

13.05

Boris Johnson and the ravages of office What effect has the coronavirus had on those protecting the health of the country?

Ian Birrell

20.02

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

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

07.02

It’s time to put MPs in uniform The Tracy Brabin debacle proves that sartorial choices are eclipsing our lawmakers' ideas

Polly Mackenzie

21.01

Boris must be bold: it could save lives Norway has eradicated child road deaths. With the same political will we could fix our own intractable issues

Ian Birrell

07.01

Could the Cummings nerd army fix broken Britain? The 'bad Nash equilibrium' is a good guide to sorting terrible government

Tom Chivers

02.12

Is this the Tories’ real manifesto? Dominic Cummings has hinted at a bold new direction for the Government

Peter Franklin

09.10

Will Brexit leave us dining on rat poo? It is becoming increasingly difficult to tease out the realistic EU stories from the crazy

Tom Chivers