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Will Leave voters forgive a Brexit delay?

Brexit

Prejudices

The era of ideological, overreaching and omnipresent government

The faults and weaknesses of civilizations, like those of individuals, become more pronounced as they age

Chilton Williamson, Jr.

Why voters now see elections as payback

When the public are let down once again, where will they turn next?

Kate Andrews

How bad could today’s UK election be for the Conservatives?

‘I try to be positive, I do my leaflets, knock on doors. Then I see an MRP poll telling me I am toast and I want to put my head in an oven,’ says a candidate

Katy Balls

Why did Geert Wilders underperform Le Pen?

In the Netherlands though what this week’s results show most clearly is the fragmented nature of politics

Senay Boztas

Europe

Will Donald Trump forgive Britain’s next foreign secretary?

David Lammy said Trump was ‘a racist KKK and Nazi sympathizer’

Eliot Wilson

Education
April 3, 2024
How the British look at the world
The ingrained habit of proving that they are worthy of a first has shaped the style of many British journalists
Yascha Mounk
Place
March 14, 2024
London to Amsterdam via Brussels: taking the long way
My spin on Eurostar’s post-Brexit security checks: slow travel
Amy Rose Everett
Europe
March 1, 2024
Trump’s very real effect on British politics
Both the Tories and Labour agree that The Donald is unpredictable, easily offended and will make life harder for a Labour prime minister than for a Tory one
Katy Balls
Food
February 10, 2024
How to make a good Cornish pasty
In the pasty’s earliest days, there was nothing intrinsically Cornish about it
Olivia Potts
Drink
January 23, 2024
The rise of English wine
The fairytale moment for English wine is here
Kathleen Willcox
Europe
December 22, 2023
How bureaucracy is destroying Britain’s fishermen
A government that promised freedom is now taking the remnants of it away, and for what?
Tanya Gold
Europe
November 13, 2023
David Cameron appointed UK foreign secretary. (Yes, really)
He was, with George Osborne, co-architect of the early 2010s pivot towards China
Stephen Daisley
Place
August 18, 2023
Brussel or Bruxelles? Even the locals can’t agree
Belgium’s capital offers a stimulating and baffling mix of fast and slow
James Jeffrey
Europe
March 30, 2023
The Germans are loving King Charles
His visit is certainly going down well
Constantin Eckner
DC Diary
March 29, 2023
Does Biden have a problem with King Charles?
Plus: The IRS comes for Matt Taibbi
Oliver Wiseman

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