The reactionary bohemian: Jeremy Clarke was one of a kind
Modestly brilliant, dedicatedly hedonistic — Jeremy Clarke was a complete one-off
Has Keir Starmer found the sweet spot in British politics?
Are the final obstacles in the way of a comfortable Labour victory at the next election being swept away? The…
How to fix Britain’s broken asylum system
Asylum is often seen as a simple morality tale—the generous spirited are in favour of it, the hard-hearted against. And…
Getting down to levelling up
It is often assumed that Britain’s Conservatives are on the same journey as the US Republicans, shifting their voter base…
Can Britain stop migrants crossing the Channel?
How do we stop those pesky boats from crossing the English Channel? How about yet another reorganisation of the Home…
Let's use this crisis to tackle Britain's woeful skills shortage
Training. What a turn-off. The very word casts a shadow over the page. That is partly because it has become…
The age of incivility: how social media amplifies our differences
How long ago it now seems that the big political worry was apathy. Today, wherever you look — Brexit negotiations,…
The Windrush debacle is not as straightforward as it seems
The idea that left vs right has been replaced by open vs closed is one of the most self-serving conceits…
Europe’s biggest Brexit fear? That we’ll flourish outside the EU
What do Europeans really think about Brexit? Do they secretly admire our unexpected decision to walk away from all those…
Racism is a grey area
This book is an exercise in crying wolf that utterly fails to prove its main thesis: that Europe is abandoning…
