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Waffle aside, Theresa May is a Brexit prime minister

Waffle aside, Theresa May is a Brexit prime minister

UK Politics: Britain’s future hinges on what the prime minister asks for – and gets

Tue Oct 04 2016 - 01:00
Janan Ganesh: Moderates have little hope of reclaiming Labour

Janan Ganesh: Moderates have little hope of reclaiming Labour

UK Politics: Sentimentality keeps Jeremy Corbyn’s opponents in a fight they can’t win

Tue Sept 27 2016 - 01:01
Janan Ganesh: Theresa May’s honeymoon will end – just not yet

Janan Ganesh: Theresa May’s honeymoon will end – just not yet

The British prime minister is floating free of trouble, but political gravity will return

Tue Sept 20 2016 - 01:00
Janan Ganesh: No room at top while rich hog all the space

Janan Ganesh: No room at top while rich hog all the space

Theresa May wants to encourage social mobility - but will she tackle entrenched privilege?

Tue Sept 13 2016 - 01:00
The folly of Theresa May’s electoral self-denial

The folly of Theresa May’s electoral self-denial

UK Politics: British prime minister should call an election to preserve moral authority

Tue Sept 06 2016 - 15:29
Politicians of the past paid for Britain’s Rio gold rush

Politicians of the past paid for Britain’s Rio gold rush

UK Politics: Britain’s resurgence as an Olympic nation is traceable to John Major’s policies

Tue Aug 16 2016 - 11:05
Cameron’s bestowal of honours exposes UK’s cosy elitism

Cameron’s bestowal of honours exposes UK’s cosy elitism

Britain is not corrupt, but insiders look after each other and mediocrities fail upward

Tue Aug 09 2016 - 01:01
Guardians of Britain’s  prosperity  aren’t foolish or corrupt

Guardians of Britain’s prosperity aren’t foolish or corrupt

Former leaders won’t get kudos for it, but UK has been governed well for 40 years now

Tue Aug 02 2016 - 01:00
Disillusioned Jeremy Corbyn backers deserve no sympathy

Disillusioned Jeremy Corbyn backers deserve no sympathy

UK Politics: Labour Party’s leader has been exactly as bad as he was always going to be

Tue Jul 26 2016 - 01:00
Why  new UK chancellor of exchequer can hide no more

Why new UK chancellor of exchequer can hide no more

Janan Ganesh: Britain will learn who Philip Hammond is through the decisions he makes

Tue Jul 19 2016 - 01:00
New British PM likely to favour social order over spirit of freedom

New British PM likely to favour social order over spirit of freedom

Country that voted to leave EU will now be led by someone who wanted to stay

Mon Jul 11 2016 - 21:34
Janan Ganesh: Labour breakaway could be in national interest

Janan Ganesh: Labour breakaway could be in national interest

Voters who want to remain in EU have no party of stature to get behind

Tue Jul 05 2016 - 01:00
Janan Ganesh: Leavers must take control of UK government

Janan Ganesh: Leavers must take control of UK government

It is for the sake of accountability that winners take all in British system

Tue Jun 28 2016 - 01:01
Brexit: a referendum that is both naive and necessary

Brexit: a referendum that is both naive and necessary

Had David Cameron not held a vote on EU, a more right-wing PM would have

Tue Jun 21 2016 - 01:00
The EU vote gives a hint that tribal loyalties may be shifting

The EU vote gives a hint that tribal loyalties may be shifting

Mild Tory and Labour MPs share more with each other than with others in their own parties

Tue Jun 14 2016 - 14:07
Liberals leading the Brexit charge are riding a statist tiger

Liberals leading the Brexit charge are riding a statist tiger

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn resents the EU while commending it to British voters

Tue Jun 07 2016 - 01:00
Electorate calm about Brexit vote as Tory infighting intensifies

Electorate calm about Brexit vote as Tory infighting intensifies

The referendum debate is not an emotional issue for many but Tories are in vicious fight

Tue May 31 2016 - 01:00
Brexiters have monopoly on insincerity and elitism

Brexiters have monopoly on insincerity and elitism

Campaigners for British EU exit show scant regard for those who live on the margin

Tue May 24 2016 - 11:27
Sadiq Khan can help but London  will never be cheap

Sadiq Khan can help but London will never be cheap

The new mayor can tweak housing policies but London is in a different league to Berlin

Tue May 10 2016 - 01:00
British Labour’s crisis will one day turn to desolation

British Labour’s crisis will one day turn to desolation

Events that appear to wash over voters become central at the polling booths

Tue May 03 2016 - 01:00
Brexit: Immigration is last refuge of  Leave campaigners

Brexit: Immigration is last refuge of Leave campaigners

Leavers should sense the realities boxing them into an inescapable conclusion

Tue Apr 26 2016 - 01:00
Janan Ganesh: Anti-Brexit campaigners need to focus

Janan Ganesh: Anti-Brexit campaigners need to focus

The case for British membership of the EU is grounded in international power politics

Tue Apr 19 2016 - 01:01
David Cameron is mired in a dog’s breakfast of hearsay

David Cameron is mired in a dog’s breakfast of hearsay

Janan Ganesh: When it comes to money, majority have no idea what they are on about

Tue Apr 12 2016 - 08:38
Despite good economy, UK struggles with told-you-so corporatism

Despite good economy, UK struggles with told-you-so corporatism

The Tata Steel Welsh collapse doesn’t ‘prove’ the wisdom of interventionism

Mon Apr 04 2016 - 21:38
Political populism is a  condition to be managed, not cured

Political populism is a condition to be managed, not cured

Rich democracies may just have to live with a caucus of permanently aggrieved voters

Tue Mar 29 2016 - 14:59
David Cameron not alone in disappointing Iain Duncan Smith

David Cameron not alone in disappointing Iain Duncan Smith

The Tory right will always threaten the party’s centre with their resentments

Tue Mar 22 2016 - 01:01
Janan Ganesh: George Osborne must dare to be unpopular to secure top job

Janan Ganesh: George Osborne must dare to be unpopular to secure top job

Politicians are thinly rewarded for completion of personal projects, however grand

Tue Mar 15 2016 - 01:00
Brexit: passion is a vote-killer and gives people the creeps

Brexit: passion is a vote-killer and gives people the creeps

The backslapping company of like-minded people is not the place to learn to persuade

Tue Mar 08 2016 - 01:00
Underrating Cameron’s strengths reveals chink in punditry armour

Underrating Cameron’s strengths reveals chink in punditry armour

Tories resentful of the PM’s EU policy complain of his brusqueness toward dissenters

Tue Mar 01 2016 - 01:00
Boris Johnson’s Brexit  mania is political class at ignorant best

Boris Johnson’s Brexit mania is political class at ignorant best

Being a national treasure and being trusted with nation’s treasure are different things

Tue Feb 23 2016 - 09:37
Differences  real but Tory-SNP dust-up feels orchestrated

Differences real but Tory-SNP dust-up feels orchestrated

Labour can’t defeat Conservatives as long as Scottish National Party holds most seats

Tue Feb 16 2016 - 01:00
EU vote is  example of democracy running ahead of history

EU vote is example of democracy running ahead of history

UK politics: Timing of the EU membership referendum is too early to be meaningful

Tue Feb 09 2016 - 01:00
Aspiring Conservative Party leaders jockey for position

Aspiring Conservative Party leaders jockey for position

It’s a long time until 2020 as David Cameron’s grasping heirs apparent line up

Tue Feb 02 2016 - 01:01
Janan Ganesh: Ukip has future as long as Labour alienates white working class

Janan Ganesh: Ukip has future as long as Labour alienates white working class

Let us not be coy: there are some on the left who are stumped by poor white people

Tue Jan 26 2016 - 01:00
UK Politics: the real art of politics is accepting apathy

UK Politics: the real art of politics is accepting apathy

Cameron is not one for rousing a nation because he realises he has no need to

Tue Jan 19 2016 - 01:00
Janan Ganesh: If the revolution is coming, it is coming awfully slowly

Janan Ganesh: If the revolution is coming, it is coming awfully slowly

Interacting with the state continues to feel like being done to and acted upon

Tue Jan 12 2016 - 01:01
Predictions: EU aside, 2016  is plain sailing  for the Tories

Predictions: EU aside, 2016 is plain sailing for the Tories

With Jeremy Corbyn likely to stay, hurdles should be minimal for David Cameron

Tue Jan 05 2016 - 01:00
UK Politics: Why ‘Project Fear’ works with anxious voters

UK Politics: Why ‘Project Fear’ works with anxious voters

Tory adviser Lynton Crosby capitalised on the value of protecting the status quo

Tue Dec 29 2015 - 01:00
UK Politics: Labour must let go of its internal sanctimony

UK Politics: Labour must let go of its internal sanctimony

Moderate party members now feeling the wrath of self-righteousness

Tue Dec 22 2015 - 01:00
Janan Ganesh: Britons vote with colder blood than we credit

Janan Ganesh: Britons vote with colder blood than we credit

Britons dislike the establishment but not as much as they dislike people who rant about it

Tue Dec 15 2015 - 01:00
UK politics: illusion of control props up defence  review

UK politics: illusion of control props up defence review

Robust democracy in a changeable world undermines strategic planning

Tue Nov 24 2015 - 01:00
Post-Paris state spending will focus on security

Post-Paris state spending will focus on security

Because political priorities follow the zeitgeist, people will seek protection

Tue Nov 17 2015 - 01:00
Cameron is defender of UK’s global role

Cameron is defender of UK’s global role

Prime minister has maintained UK as international actor despite opposition

Tue Nov 10 2015 - 01:00
Forget Bond – the UK is lax on everything but our security

Forget Bond – the UK is lax on everything but our security

Britain’s civil libertarians barely acknowledge a trade-off between freedom and safety

Tue Nov 03 2015 - 01:01
Janan Ganesh: Tories should target millionaire property heirs

Janan Ganesh: Tories should target millionaire property heirs

George Osborne needs to pick a conspicuous fight with people of entrenched wealth

Tue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
Janan Ganesh: Tory squabbling deprives Labour of any relevance

Janan Ganesh: Tory squabbling deprives Labour of any relevance

A government is only commanding when it provides its own opposition

Tue Oct 20 2015 - 01:00
Janan Ganesh: Fudge is good for Britain and  Europe

Janan Ganesh: Fudge is good for Britain and Europe

There is no clean answer as to how Britain should behave in Europe

Tue Oct 13 2015 - 01:01
David Cameron radicalised by events, not ideas

David Cameron radicalised by events, not ideas

British PM turning out to be a disruptive leader, one who will bequeath a smaller state

Tue Oct 06 2015 - 01:00
Corbyn’s rise a sign of stability, not fracture

Corbyn’s rise a sign of stability, not fracture

Corbyn’s rise to eminence is not a verdict against Britain’s social failures

Tue Sept 29 2015 - 01:00
Britain, like most rich nations, will vote for stasis

Britain, like most rich nations, will vote for stasis

The Brexit vote will come down to one human instinct: the fear of losing out

Tue Sept 22 2015 - 01:00
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