From Tony Blair to today’s members, the Labour world wants Burnham to shift towards Europe By Ethan Croft Tony Blair’s interventions in British politics can no longer be described as “rare”. The ...

Could the leader of the Workers Party kill Zack Polanski’s by-election chances? By Ben Walker George Galloway has announced that he is going to run as a candidate in the upcoming Holborn and St ...

The new Sense and Sensibility lacks the subtlety of the novel – and of previous adaptations By David Sexton The classics always need reviving; what keeps them classic is their adaptability. Even so, ...

The Prime Minister, a classic of Victorian political fiction, is 150 years old. But what can it teach us about governing today? By Josh Glancy It’s an interesting quirk of the English literary canon ...

To undo Thatcher’s legacy, Burnham must reckon with our country’s social conservatism By David Kynaston One of the many criticisms of Keir Starmer’s leadership was that he had little or no sense of ...

Can Andy Burnham charm Donald Trump? Lessons have been learned from Keir Starmer’s rocky relationship with the US President By Ethan Croft and Megan Kenyon Ahead of Keir Starmer’s first public meeting ...

How the surveillance state created the aesthetic of the 2020s By Anoosh Chakelian Dressed all in black, a boy of around five hovers in the entrance of a corner shop, reaches up to grab a wedge of ...

Labour’s Holborn and St Pancras candidate on the race to replace Keir Starmer By Megan Kenyon As she walked to work through King’s Cross during the austerity years of the 2010s, Sagal Abdi-Wali began ...

A new show strays into high camp as it imagines Britain on the brink of annihilation By Nicholas Harris Do you really like watching the news? Do you most like watching when the news is bad news? Do ...

Exclusive new research reveals we value robust debate – we just can’t do it By Rachel Cunliffe When was the last time you had a proper disagreement? And how did it make you feel afterwards? We’re not ...

I still remember vividly my grandad’s descent – the gradual loss of comprehension, the withdrawal, sudden flashes of life By Tom McTague It was early Monday afternoon when I heard the news about Andy ...

Lance Hammer’s film doesn’t attempt to be heartwarming By David Sexton Do you want to see a truly bleak film about dementia and the end of life? Is it possible actually to enjoy such a production?