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Those signing the general election petition should know better
Every now and again, a newspaper will run – and portentously headline – a survey on the future of the…
Why young Brits think the social contract is crumbling
Something is stirring. In WhatsApp groups and Westminster pubs, wherever wonks, spads, and other SW1 types gather, there’s a name…
The academic paper mills helping China commit scientific fraud
Few people embody the ideal of scientific excellence as much as Albert Einstein. Each year a Berlin-based foundation bearing his…
Who are Labour’s new working-class voters? An interview with Claire Ainsley
What is a working person? This question dominated the lead-up to Labour’s first Budget in over 14 years. After Rachel…
Is Labour really going to crack down on benefit cheats?
I can’t fault Keir Starmer for his piece in the Mail on Sunday today promising that Labour will crack down on…
Liz Kendall: those who won’t take up work may lose benefits
The number of people not in work has increased significantly since the pandemic, and the government is preparing to cut…
Swing seats back another election
For more than a decade, viral petitions demanding an immediate election were the preserve of Remainiacs and much of the…
How debauchery turns to tragedy in places like Vang Vieng
I still remember the first time I saw Vang Vieng, in Laos. It was many years ago, before the Chinese…
Starmer’s disdain for conservatives could be his undoing
Tony Blair spent much of his time as prime minister projecting a persona that most people of a conservative mindset…
How identity politics corrupted France’s elite schools
Earlier this year, Sciences Po’s feminist association, Décollectif Féministe, organised a ‘non-mixed’ meeting, which explicitly excluded men and white attendees. Intended as a…
What Germany can teach the UK about assisted dying
Critics of Labour’s Assisted Dying bill fear that its vagueness means we are heading for trouble. Germany, where assisted suicide…
The flawed genius of Rafael Nadal
When Rafael Nadal triumphed in the 2005 French Open, he was still just a teenager. The Spaniard won 21 more…
Jaguar and Volvo’s ads are both terrible
Both Jaguar and Volvo released online marketing campaigns that went extremely viral this week. One was a huge success and…
Gordon Brown’s assisted dying intervention could be decisive
Gordon Brown, who is in the news this weekend having come out against assisted dying, occasionally has a tendency to…
The Laos methanol poisonings shine a light on a deeper tragedy
The death of British lawyer Simone White, 28, and five other tourists as a result of a suspected mass poisoning…
The winds of change are blowing in Iran
The mood music from Tehran regarding Donald Trump’s election victory was a mixture of ‘don’t care,’ and ‘very much do…
The paper mills helping China commit scientific fraud
Few people embody the ideal of scientific excellence as much as Albert Einstein. Each year a Berlin-based foundation bearing his…
Is Big Oil back?
Cop29 has drawn to a close with arguments over a $250 billion (£200 billion) a year ‘loss and damage’ fund,…
Is there any escape from Olivia Colman?
I still remember the day when, as an adult in my twenties, I was informed by a well-wisher that Aslan…
What confronting my own mortality taught me about assisted dying
It was when my newly-implanted bone marrow failed to produce the blood cells that keep all of us alive that…
Starmer needs the royal family to help him woo Trump
Donald Trump’s historic re-election must be a particularly bitter pill for Keir Starmer to swallow. Leaders from Javier Milei to Giorgia…
The International Criminal Court must fall
The arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant should be the last the…
The truth about the lesbian pay premium
Some lesbian and gay campaigners might have you believe that life is hard for gay people. Of course, for many…
What Trump’s appointments tell us
Donald Trump may have a four-year term, but he has far less time to make a real difference. In practice,…
Businesses give Reeves’s Budget a ‘thumbs down’
What did businesses really think of Rachel Reeves’s Budget? Today we have one of the first economic indicators reflecting their…
