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Who’s up to the challenge of restoring Britain’s prosperity?

3 January 2026 9:00 am

In 1956, Malta held a referendum on joining the United Kingdom. Since the islands were economically reliant on the Royal…

A cascade of wishful thinking

11 April 2020 9:00 am

Ah well. It was a nice try. A few years ago I wrote a book called The Great Acceleration, arguing…

French suicide

7 June 2014 9:00 am

The desperate state of its politics seems to signal the end of the Republic

An awful warning

18 January 2014 9:00 am

During Japan’s lost decade in the 1990s I found myself handing out rice balls to Tokyo’s homeless on the banks…