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The power of the political novel
Fiction can provide a space to discuss difficult issues. We're discussing Lionel Shriver's 'A Better Life' at Battle Book Club, and new author JR Turner…
 • Claire Fox
Last chance to apply for Living Freedom Summer School
Every generation must renew freedom for its own times! So everyone aged 18 to 30 should join the debate at our three-day residential school in London…
 • Alastair Donald
Inside The Lords: Kings, influencers and insults
Claire Fox reports from the start of a new parliamentary term.
 • Claire Fox
Brexit: do we really want to go back?
Two Labour leadership hopefuls have suggested the UK should rejoin. But the evidence suggests we were right to get out. PLUS: Brexit-related audio and…
 • Rob Lyons
Eurovision: still 'united by music'?
Saturday's grand final should be an evening of fun. But anti-Israel boycotts have spoiled the atmosphere - and that's not the only problem with…
 • Rob Lyons
Bets are on in Labour leadership race, but won’t somebody think of the punters?
Plans for gambling affordability checks are the thin end of the wedge. If the authorities can tell us whether or not we can have a flutter, how else…
 • Jake Weston
Elections 2026: what next for populism, democracy, Starmer and the Union?
The Podcast of Ideas is back to discuss what Thursday's election results mean for the present and future of British politics.
 • Claire Fox
Elections 2026: the people have spoken, AND we need to keep on talking
Elections in England, Scotland and Wales have shaken up politics – but democracy isn't just about the ballot box.
 • Claire Fox
Ahead of the elections: what's behind the rise of the 'angry young woman'?
The moralisation of politics has affected young women in particular – and makes finding common ground harder to find. The Living Freedom Summer School…
 • Emma Gilland
The special-needs crisis in the classroom
Dave Clements's new book is an important contribution to the debate about special educational needs that has left parents and local authorities…
 • Claire Fox and Dave Clements
Price controls: when politicians get desperate for something to say
From the SNP offering low-cost groceries to Labour in Westminster flirting with rent controls, state-mandated prices are a bad idea that governments…
 • Rob Lyons
Scotland Undone
Scotland is no exception to the forces radically reshaping British politics
 • Alastair Donald and Dean M Thomson
Starmer, Mandelson and the rotten core of British politics
There is something rotten in the state of Britain.
 • Claire Fox
The case against assisted dying
Kim Leadbeater's bill may have run out of time in the House of Lords, but could well be resurrected, so Claire Fox looks forward to next week's online…
 • Claire Fox
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