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Kamala Harris interviewing top vice-presidential contenders
Vice-President Kamala Harris is interviewing potential contenders to be her running mate on Sunday, ahead of a battleground tour next week. Among those travelling to Washington, DC, to meet Ms...
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Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt progress to the final stage of the Tory leadership contest
The centre cannot hold – the failure of Change UK and the atrophying of political thought
The latest disasters to befall Change UK—Chuka Umunna’s decision to join the Liberal Democrats and the party’s decision to change its name for a third time—are a good excuse...
On Britain beyond Brexit and the future of Conservatism
THE END-OF-AUSTERITY message has certainly got through to the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS). On June 10th the CPS launched “Britain Beyond Brexit”, a new collection of essays edited...
On Change UK’s inadequacies, political agreements and missing Scots
I WAS much impressed by Heidi Allen’s first speech when she left the Conservative Party to join the Independent Group, now known as the Change UK Party. How could...
On “Fleabag”, a Corbyn government and Kenneth Clarke’s tandoori moments
Our Britain columnist laments the decline of working-class culture
On “Game of Thrones”, Conservatism, Israel and Lidl
Our political columnist pitches a dynastic new television show
On parliamentarians talented, vainglorious, entertaining and anarchic
Our Britain columnist considers the best and the worst of MPs in a lively week in the House of Commons and beyond
On political caricatures, “real” policies and the idea of public service
By BAGEHOTTHE PARADOXES of Brexit multiply by the day. Brexit was supposed to allow Britain to take back control of its destiny. This week a British prime minister sat...
On democracy, Sir Lewis Namier and the struggles of the super-rich
Our Britain columnist has not lost all faith in his country’s parliament
