The ‘Hyperpolitics’ Trap: Why Passion Doesn't Translate into Power
Today’s flash-in-the-pan style of online politics primarily benefits the populist right
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The New Foreign Interference
Normally, proving foreign interference requires intelligence agencies, leaked documents and investigative journalists. This time you can download the strategy.
We haven’t given up on each other. Maybe we’ve given up on the system.
Pride in our communities is growing while pride in Britain and its institutions falls. That should tell us something about where rebuilding begins.
The Clacton Acquittal That Isn't
An electorate is not a jury.
The $60 Million Spend That Couldn't Buy a Win
Refusing to play the donor-driven political game opens up new avenues of possibility
Britain's constitutional strategy? Fingers crossed.
Britain has spent years watching democracies fail. It's time we started taking notes.
Redemption or Rebrand?
Kemi Badenoch's defence of Joshua Bonehill-Paine (aka 'Crewkerne Man')
What Is Political Capital For?
Political capital doesn't last forever. That's exactly why the Government should spend some of it fixing democracy.
Behind the Bin
Count Binface and the artful business of skewering British politics
How do you rebuild trust in politics? 13,000 people (and counting) have an idea.
Yesterday, more than 13,000 signatures arrived at Downing Street asking the PM to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform in his first 100 days.
Can Farage wriggle his way out of this one?
Damning revelations continue to emerge. And it may just be the tip of the iceberg.
Closing Britain's 'Integrity Gap'
The Hillsborough Law will fundamentally change the tenor of British public life. But Burnham can and must do more.