Factionalism in the Labour party will never die. From John Golding to Luke Akehurst, Vladimir Derer to Jon Lansman, factions and faction fighting will always animate the internal life of the party.

The United Kingdom does constitutional reform in two ways: gradually, and then suddenly. Years, indeed decades, can pass with quiet piecemeal changes to how the UK is governed: life peerages here, a ...

Last year, for this magazine, we put forward an unfashionable argument: that the Trump administration isn’t fascist. This was based predominantly on the president’s domestic policy. While he certainly ...

What does the World Cup mean to you? This year’s tournament has been highly political so far: as it began, one of the host nations was at war with one of the competitors and referees and staff have ...

It might feel like he has been in power forever, but I promise you, it really has only been a few weeks ...

The second Trump presidency has proved beyond doubt that cowardice is contagious. A blustering, mentally unstable bully has cowed powerful law firms, giant media companies, venerated universities and ...

Whether on Iran or Canada, the US president threatens all-out war—but he doesn’t deliver ...

After 50 years, the TV Festival will not be renewed for another season—but there will be a reboot in Manchester. The true cost of the move is about more than money ...

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Katia Glod is deputy head of foreign policy at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre ...

Matthew d’Ancona is an award-winning editor and columnist who is editor-at-large of The New World. His most recent book is ‘Identity, Ignorance, Innovation’ (Hodder & Stoughton) ...

The arrival of a new sugar tax on soft drinks last Friday has been welcomed by many public health bodies. But it has also prompted a flurry of criticism from free-market groups and ordinary consumers, ...