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Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected with an increased mandate
OWEN SMITH was never the front-runner in Labour’s leadership contest. But moderates in the party hoped that he would at least begin the process of clipping away at the...
What is the point of the Liberal Democrats?
THE title of this post is the question that—more than ever before—I find myself asking following the Liberal Democrats’ just-finished gathering in Brighton. It was my fourth Lib Dem...
Why a “True Labour” splinter party could succeed where the SDP failed
LABOUR is in the midst of a roller-coaster leadership election. Today a court ruled that the 130,000 people who have joined the party since January (most of them supporters...
Britain’s newly interventionist economic consensus is a question, not an answer
FOR much of the past two decades, a consensus has defined Britain’s industrial and labour policies; a theory of the country’s place in a globalised economy and of what...
Britain’s new prime minister will regret appointing Boris Johnson
IT WAS sweeping, ruthless and decisive. “Brutal reshuffle, prime minister?” shouted reporters as Theresa May arrived back in Downing Street after a morning going through Cameroons like a hot...
Theresa May will be Britain’s next prime minister
JUST when it looked like Westminster was settling into a long summer of party-leadership elections, Andrea Leadsom this morning cut the Conservative contest short by withdrawing from the race...
If Labour won’t stand up for Remain voters, it’s time for a new party
BARELY more than a week has gone by since 37% of eligible British voters backed Brexit—52% of those who participated—but already the political landscape is transformed. With Boris Johnson...
Britain is sailing into a storm with no one at the wheel
IT WAS a troubling exchange. On live television Faisal Islam, the political editor of SkyNews, was recounting a conversation with a pro-Brexit Conservative MP. “I said to him: ‘Where’s...