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The Great Realignment: America got there first The richest people in America have been Democrats for some time

How marrying your cousin corrupts society Loyalty is more likely to be to a large, interconnected network of blood relations

Mary Harrington

Monday, November 4

What really happened to the New Atheists A political movement doesn’t just disappear. All that kinetic force has to go somewhere, to fight someone, and so the “Blue Tribe”, turned to social justice.

The Express has swung behind Boris — and that matters The newspaper that Westminster likes to laugh at is a powerful signal of where Brexit Party voters are headed

Parasols in space? Pet sensors on cars? What Europe really wants… Since mid-2018, the European Commission has collected policy ideas within a citizens' forum. I took a look inside...

Mary Harrington

Saturday, November 2

In defence of the Illiberal Arts Is the current state of exhaustion and nihilism in the arts the logical consequence of our liberal civilisation?

Mary Harrington

Friday, November 1

Should religious leaders tell you who to vote for? Rabbi Jonathan Romain has written to his congregation urging them to vote tactically against Labour. I'm not sure it's right...

Becoming formed as well as informed As another election gets going, it's not just information that matters

Elizabeth Oldfield

Thursday, October 31

The real horror of Halloween Watch out for cars more than ghosts this halloween eve

Spare a thought for the troops whose Christmas just got cancelled The Christmas election is having consequences beyond Westminster

Eleanor Doughty

Workington Man must be one part of a coalition Onward director Will Tanner responds to Freddie Sayers on the 'Belonging in Politics' report...

Obama’s warning on wokeness The former president upsets everybody with an important message

Wednesday, October 30

What about Workington Woman? A new report on 'Workington man' is interesting, but there's no mention of women

The real reason why people hate vegans The hostility that vegans get from their ‘own side’ is especially intriguing...

Tuesday, October 29

Rory Stewart on Love, Brexit and Boris Johnson Rory Stewart talks to Freddie Sayers about love, Brexit and how Boris Johnson made him feel like an abused wife

Democratic attitudes to Israel are shifting Listening from Israel, is was hard not to be aware of the gap that exists between US Democrats and the sorts of conversations being had among politicians over here

Monday, October 28

Trouble in Umbria as Salvini soars Italian regional elections aren't exactly headline news in the UK, but what happened in Umbria this weekend matters.

Will climate sceptics save us from global warming? A new report suggests that climate sceptics have more pro-environmental habits than climate activists

Mary Harrington

‘Never apologise, never explain’ turns out to be right A new study from Columbia University suggests that public figures who apologise are more likely to seen as needing punishment

How capitalism replaced religion Eugene McCarraher's book has been hailed as 'a landmark in American cultural and intellectual history'

Saturday, October 26

Blake’s visionary imagination Jenny Uglow reviews the current William Blake exhibition at the Tate Britain, in this week’s long read pick...

Mary Harrington

Friday, October 25

Did Oasis cause Manchester’s 21st-century economic boom? One thing I left out of my article on “soft power” the other day was music...

Grace Blakeley: What the Left can learn from Thatcher Freddie Sayers talks to the Left-wing economics writer about what her plans would mean in the real world

Do Leave voters really think ‘violence is a price worth paying’? The media is constantly saying things about how Brexit extremism and violence and it usually turns out to be overstated

Woke students should think again about jazz hands Oxford University students are moving to encourage jazz hands instead of clapping. But is it actually politically correct?

WeWork tells us what works in the wider economy Could a renewed loss of confidence in the tech sector tip the entire economy into recession?...

Thursday, October 24

Liberals against democracy? Don't miss this magnificently provocative essay from John Gray in the New Statesman..

Five demolished buildings we should rebuild How about nominating buildings that were destroyed in the 20th century by cultural vandals of both the German and British variety, and rebuilding them?

MPs can’t be crybabies Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick revealed on the Victoria Derbyshire programme that some MPs had been in tears during Saturday’s parliamentary sitting — I have to say I find it all a bit feeble....

Wednesday, October 23

Time for our political packages to be re-sorted I have been doing some online dating recently which gives you a lot of practise in presenting yourself and in noticing tribal politics in other people.

Are Americans becoming less Christian? While Britain and France are way ahead on the path of godlessness, the recent drop in Christian religious identification in the US is pretty staggering...

Northern Ireland could still have MEPs after Brexit Northern Ireland may well have the option to petition The European Courts to have representation in the European Parliament through the continued election of MEPs...