The right-wing plot to split the Conservative Party
While Jacob Rees-Mogg failed to topple Theresa May, he has sown the seeds for a split within the Conservative Party, and a new hard-right political force may emerge.
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While Jacob Rees-Mogg failed to topple Theresa May, he has sown the seeds for a split within the Conservative Party, and a new hard-right political force may emerge.
With talk of a so-called People’s Vote aimed at stopping Brexit growing, it’s time for Remainers to ask whether a second referendum might pose some dangers of its own.
In retrospect, 2017 hasn’t produced a lot of good news, from Trump to the sexual harassment revalations. But don’t despair: there are signs the tide is beginning to turn.
Angela Merkel’s future is in doubt, and the English-speaking media is hysterical. Though unexpected, the events in Germany are far from political Armageddon.
The serious economic and geographic inequality in the United Kingdom requires innovative solutions. Can we solve our problems with big, radical ideas like moving the capital to Manchester?
An unrepentant Marxist, an ideological bully and an IRA sympathiser, John McDonnell is the avatar for all that’s bad about the Labour Party. He needs to go to give this government-in-waiting credibility.
The stark and potentially irreparable divisions within the United Kingdom have not been caused by Brexit, but England and Wales’ decision to leave the European Union has revealed and widened them.
One of our greatest failures is our inability to confront our imperial past. Celebrated by our media, it has left us with an inflated sense of exceptionalism that has estranged us from our closest neighbours.
With the rise of populism unabated, it is time for liberals to make their ideals of tolerance, freedom, and openness palatable again. To do this, they must learn from their champion: Justin Trudeau.
Against the odds Donald Trump will be President of the United States: the most powerful man in the world. Beholden to Putin and a regressive agenda, America’s best hope is to let Trump discredit himself.