The parties that win elections are the ones that choose the ground on which they are fought.
Brexit was a disaster. The Tories have turned it into a catastrophe
The Conservatives cannot so easily shed the record of the past 13 years
Contrary to expectations, the forces of change in Europe have been centripetal rather than centrifugal
The legacy of privatisation reaches way beyond the water industry. Now, a rebalancing of market and state is needed
A Working Life..."Look right and left, cross the road, up the hill"
The fourth volume of the former Labour politician’s diaries skilfully weaves the personal with the political
If the European Union wants a level playing field it should match US subsidies
After Johnson and Truss expectations were low. Sunak has met them.
Ireland has outlived its long-held commitment to military neutrality
Voters can see the Conservative have given up on governing to fight among themselves
Recent history demonstrates the need for Sunak’s Conservatives to rediscover moderation in time for polling day
Navigating the collisions between democracies and autocracies, and interests and values in the emerging coming global disorder
Grandstanding about China will not restore French prestige
Nationalists and unionists should rethink the meaning of Irish unity
Differences of language cloak a shared strategic interest
Rishi Sunak's draconian measures to expel cross-channel refugees plays to the deeper ambitions of his party's English nationalists
A global rules-based system cannot be the exclusive property of rich democracies
To view the first minister's departure as a victory for Unionism is to miss the forces propelling Britain towards break-up
The prime minister must refurbish damaged relations with Britain’s allies — including opponents in the Brexit wrangles
Isolationist superpower or still ‘the world’s policeman’? Two books explore the competing impulses in US politics
