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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
Self-loathing and the war on the classics
David Perks, convenor of the Classical Philosophy Reading Group, on why we need to embrace the great classical thinkers - especially when politicians…
 • David Perks
Supreme Court victory, one year on: why the reluctance to implement the ruling?
Even a judgement from the highest court in the land has not been enough to change policies in both public- and private-sector workplaces.
 • Claire Fox
What can we do about 'lawless Britain'?
The authorities seem complacent and helpless in the face of blatant criminality.
 • Claire Fox and Austin Williams
Does the UK need a US-style First Amendment?
How can we change the law to guard free speech and build an anti-censorship culture to tackle the daily threats to free expression? A proposed new…
 • Claire Fox
The Hollowed Out State
Recent events confirm that the state is less and less capable of delivering what we need - and ever more concerned with controlling us. We'll be…
 • Jacob Reynolds
Thank God for the Together Alliance ‘anti-hate’ march (sort of)
Last Saturday's demonstration was a useful reminder of the importance of the right to protest - because it exposed the contradictions and frankly…
 • Jake Weston
Why I’ve changed my mind about banning social media for teenagers
Social-media bans for under-16s are the fashionable policy of the moment. So, we’re delighted to reproduce this article from Genspect’s Stella O’Malley…
 • Claire Fox and Stella O'Malley
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