After what appears to be a democratic nervous breakdown in recent years, how much has faith in the UK government and its procedures been shaken…
After what appears to be a democratic nervous breakdown in recent years, how much has faith in the UK government and its procedures been shaken…
British democracy has been through an extended nervous breakdown in recent years with sustained assaults, especially from those whose role should have been to protect…
Some people, even across the Channel, have expressed indignation at the “outrageous” cost of the coronation of King Charles III on last Saturday, in London….
Events such as the Great Financial Crash, the Covid Pandemic and the war in Ukraine have affected all countries around the globe. Other events such…
How is Britain doing relative to its peers? Is there a case for optimism? The mainstream media tend to focus on headline-making problems and difficulties….
“It’s about electability now, not morality”. Thus one Tory backbencher summed up how he saw the situation for himself, and his fellow backbench MPs, when…
Populism and nationalism are on the rise. Covid has seen a raft of restrictions on people’s liberties and an increase in state intervention in many…
I am not impartial. I have never voted Conservative in my life. I am, however, proud to have friends from across the major UK parties,…
This letter first appeared in the FT Martin Wolf is right to point out that democracies need to get their own house in order if…
In our Spring Open Markets Outlook David Boyle asks What do Mary Poppins, Luke Skywalker, Peter Pan and Spiderman have in common? Why does Tim…
Speaking by videoconference on 19 February at the Munich Conference, devoted each year to security issues, Joe Biden wished to send “a clear message to…
A friend raises the question: “Did we overvalue American Democracy”? I’ll try two answers, one theoretical, the other about the possible aftermath of the attack…