Has GB News effectively become Reform TV? That’s the accusation suggested to me by the person who helped set the channel up, Andrew Neil, and it seems borne out by research. If true, then the next ...

The failed prosecution of Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh tells us about the lack of seriousness in the police approach to terrorism legislation and the utter seriousness of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in ...

Those described as “Westminster watchers” are mostly just that—they glance at the braying tribes at PMQs, and keep half an ear out for the odd line of invective that produces a particular jeer. It is ...

“And you, Mr President, are no Franklin D Roosevelt.” The words must have briefly hovered in Keir Starmer’s mind when he learned that Donald J Trump had been telling reporters “this is not Winston ...

There’s no shortage of predictions that the US-Israeli attack on Iran will end disastrously. Some would argue that it is already a disaster. From learned military wonks pointing out the lack of clear ...

There had been a ban on the country and its participation in the biennale. Now there is not. What does that say about the art world and politics?

For all Aristotle’s reputation as the greatest of the ancient philosophers, most today rightly bracket off his defence of slavery and his dim view of the intellectual capacities of women as ...

Twelfth November was an unremarkable day in British politics. Another day when the topic of debate wasn’t one of voters’ main concerns—immigration or healthcare, say, or the budget, or the farmers—but ...

Every year, Prospect puts together a list of Top Thinkers—a curated list of people who, through their ideas, are making an impact in the world right now—and asks you, the readers of this esteemed ...

In the 1997 Australian comedy The Castle, an underprepared lawyer attempts to argue that the forced sale of his client’s house is in breach of the Constitution. The judge asks, “What section of the ...

Science fiction author and internet activist Cory Doctorow did the world a favour in early 2023, introducing a concise explanation of why so much of the internet seems to get worse every day. Doctorow ...

Politics might be polarised but there is one thing that everyone can agree on: the country is in a mess. Our economy is stuck. Our public services are overwhelmed. Public trust in politics is shot.