Running the Liberal Democrats is the easiest job in British politics
“A typical Liberal Democrat will be somebody who is good at fixing their church roof.” What sounds like hammy dialogue from a...
Britain’s government can ignore objections to its asylum policies
The objections are flying in. On February 16th refugee groups and religious figures, including some bishops, complained that ...
Right-wing Britons are turning to e-petitions
There is something pleasingly anachronistic about Parliament’s e-petitions platform. Petitions have been presented to Parliam...
Why Britain has so far dodged Donald Trump’s tariffs
Donald Trump’s trade officials are run off their feet. China was just the beginning. Since the start of February, the preside...
Shein attempts to mend its public image before its London debut
Haute couture and fast fashion are worlds apart. One showcases garments hand-stitched by the industry’s most skilled artisans...
Should all knives with pointed ends be banned?
RONAN KANDA had just visited a friend after school to buy a PlayStation controller. As he left the house, headphones on, the ...
How Britons became happy hawks on Russia
Few things cheer Britons more than the thought of Russian troops being turned to dust with the aid of British ingenuity. At t...
Rachel Reeves is not alone in inflating her résumé
In brITAIN the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has lately been in a spot of bother about stories from her past. She has been accus...
A British incubator of businesses often bound for the Bay Area
LAST MONTH Jemima Bunbury and Daan Ferdinandusse incorporated Sartor Technologies, their fashion-tech startup, in America and...
Britain’s review body for criminal convictions is struggling
On February 3rd the Criminal Cases Review Commission received an application from Lucy Letby’s lawyers claiming the former nu...