T he prime minister’s issue, so far in his short time in office, has been the cost of living. He has, among other measures, ...

At times, I have wished I knew less about the suffering to wildlife. But despair is something I can’t afford—not least ...

In the UK, this perennial debate has reached a moment of real importance. A few years ago, there was a political consensus around our collective climate goals. In 2008, when Gordon Brown was prime ...

Once-solid bipartisan US support for the Jewish state is no more. The consequences for Israel will be enormous ...

At the peak of summer, as sweating Brits grumbled and moaned about the heat, a message came from on high, stirring the masses: “There is a very high risk of wildfires nationally. Residents, landowners ...

Labour likes to portray the sale of political access as a Tory problem. Keir Starmer’s comfort zone is railing against “Tory sleaze” and crony Covid contracts. But Labour is not immune. This week’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sarah O’Connor: Should we fight the AI revolution?

Why public administration should not be done by means of settlement agreements ...