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 ...

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?

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

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

History tells us when new prime ministers go early they usually win. But it takes courage, especially when you already have a big majority ...

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) ...

Palantir has acquired key UK government contracts, promising to make government more effective. But Peter Thiel’s controversial company has also worked with the US government and ICE on deportations ...