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    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      ReviewBooks
      The North Will Rise Again by Alex Niven — phoenix rising

      A bold, compelling attempt to imagine a new future for England’s industrial north by looking at its cultural and progressive past

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      UK Government
      How to run a government from Downing Street

      There are four simple ways for the incoming prime minister to create an effective operation

    • Saturday, 9 July, 2022
      Labour Party UK
      Lucky Starmer can reap rewards from the Tory leadership race

      The Labour leader has a critical chance this summer to frame the dividing lines on which the next election will be fought

    • Saturday, 2 April, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Starmer can learn from centre-left success stories across Europe

      Ukraine’s invasion has sharpened the need for Labour’s leader to focus on security and co-operation with the UK’s allies

    • Saturday, 18 September, 2021
      Keir Starmer
      Here’s what Keir Starmer’s 14,000-word pamphlet should say

      The challenge for the Labour leader is to set out what he stands for lengthily — and then pithily

    • Saturday, 15 February, 2020
      Climate change
      The left must decide which Green New Deal they want

      Some see the environment as a way to save capitalism and others as a back door to socialism

    • Friday, 20 December, 2019
      Labour Party UK
      Maybe Corbyn was right and Labour ‘won the argument’ after all?

      The Conservatives have not had transformative ideas since Thatcher in the 1980s

    • Friday, 22 November, 2019
      UK general election
      It’s not Brexit but the humble bus that will drive this election

      The agenda should not be set by the parties but by voters’ priorities

    • Friday, 27 September, 2019
      ReviewHistory books
      Who Dares Wins by Dominic Sandbrook — masterful and mammoth

      A rich account of modern Britain that begins and ends with a bang

    • Friday, 9 August, 2019
      Boris Johnson
      Boris Johnson is not Churchill but de Gaulle

      Political flux creates opportunities, but only a non-traditional Tory can seize them

    • Friday, 26 July, 2019
      Dominic Cummings
      Dominic Cummings is a man with a plan

      Boris Johnson’s new adviser is a risk-taker able to shape the political landscape

    • Saturday, 18 May, 2019
      Political FixPolitical Fix podcast38 min listen
      Theresa May's succession, and Labour's opportunities

      The UK prime minister stepping down clears the way for a leadership contest this summer

    • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
      ReviewPolitical books
      What does the rise of Corbynism mean for the future of Britain?

      A clutch of books shine a light on the forces driving the resurgence of the left

    • Friday, 1 March, 2019
      Labour Party UK
      Labour’s mistake is to believe there are no enemies to the left

      The tide of enthusiasm around Corbyn brought with it beliefs that had been expunged

    • Thursday, 3 January, 2019
      Jeremy Corbyn
      Labour’s ambiguous Brexit stance is now untenable

      Supporters prize Jeremy Corbyn’s authenticity, but oppose his hostility to the EU

    • Saturday, 3 February, 2018
      Brexit
      Wanted: an opposition that will stand up to May on Brexit

      Don’t expect the Labour party to hold this government to account

    • Friday, 29 December, 2017
      Brexit
      How British politics rediscovered Tony Benn and Enoch Powell

      Their careers may have ended in failure but their ideas are back in fashion

    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2017
      Sport
      Gambling reformers should look online for the real dangers

      The debate goes to the heart of what role government should play in personal choice

    • Friday, 9 June, 2017
      UK general election
      How Theresa May’s election move led to strategic disaster

      The Conservatives’ tactics amplified Jeremy Corbyn’s outsider appeal

    • Saturday, 29 April, 2017
      Ageing Populations
      How to think differently about the grey vote

      Older people are missing from the election debate where they matter most

    • Saturday, 14 January, 2017
      UK by-elections
      Impending by-elections will test Labour and Jeremy Corbyn

      These resignations tell a deep truth: there is no future for talent under this leader

    • Monday, 22 August, 2016
      House & Home
      A failure of imagination blights Britain’s housing policy

      At the core of any success is a strong public-private partnership, writes John McTernan

    • Friday, 24 June, 2016
      Brexit
      Labour leaders’ failure to listen led to defeat over Brexit

      Inability to hear voters’ immigration concerns set UK on path to Out vote, writes John McTernan

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