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  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Climate change
    Carbon offsetting is a distraction from climate change

    Badly designed donation programmes are turning into 21st-century papal indulgences

  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    UK social care
    Consensus on care for the elderly is finally emerging

    But simply making the existing system “free” is not the answer

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    UK universities
    British universities must stand up to Chinese pressure

    Beijing is seeking to muzzle protest on UK campuses

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
    UK general election
    Johnson’s scorched-earth election plan could backfire

    To win, the Conservative party must achieve a delicate balance of support

  • Friday, 25 October, 2019
    UK business & economy
    Now Britain has a deal in sight, what comes next?

    If Brexit happens, we have no choice but to boost the economy and tackle inequalities

  • Friday, 18 October, 2019
    Brexit
    Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal is a leap in the dark

    The prime minister must share his vision of the future with the British people

  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
    Climate change
    Denouncing climate activists will not save the planet

    Extinction Rebellion draws the ire of those who refuse to change their own habits

  • Friday, 4 October, 2019
    Conservative Party UK
    The Tories discover the magic money tree

    The idea that such a delicate plant can only flourish in the care of Conservatives might prove tricky to sustain

  • Friday, 27 September, 2019
    UK politics & policy
    Johnson’s cynicism will backfire on the Conservatives

    The antics of the PM will make it hard for him to garner parliamentary support for a Brexit deal

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  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    Brexit
    The time for a Brexit compromise is fast approaching

    After three years of fraught argument, we must start listening to each other

  • Friday, 13 September, 2019
    British Airways PLC
    BA risks permanent damage to its reputation

    The airline delivers profits, but its handling of the pilots’ strike has been lamentable

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    UK politics & policy
    Boris Johnson’s bullying fails to cow his opponents

    The prime minister and his advisers have overestimated their power 

  • Friday, 23 August, 2019
    State pension
    The case for working a decade longer — or more

    There is mounting evidence that retirement can be bad for us, especially if we enjoy our jobs

  • Friday, 2 August, 2019
    Demographics and population
    The only child is becoming the norm

    As populations shrink, we will have to redefine our notion of the family

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    Boris Johnson
    Johnson will not be able to wing it in Downing Street

    The new prime minister faces formidable challenges and will have to use his power wisely

  • Friday, 19 July, 2019
    Brexit
    Remainers have lost and must now accept defeat

    Even MPs who oppose a no-deal Brexit are running out of options

  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    UK foreign policy
    The Darroch affair reveals deeper threats to the UK civil service     

    Whitehall’s brain drain preceded Brexit, but now poses a real danger 

  • Friday, 28 June, 2019
    Boris Johnson
    Johnson’s supporters see what they want to

    Tory leadership favourite has created a void of ambiguity that MPs will fill with wishful thinking

  • Friday, 21 June, 2019
    Brexit
    Contenders for PM doomed to self harm

    The Tory party risks destroying itself in order to deliver Brexit

  • Friday, 14 June, 2019
    Climate change
    Tackling the climate crisis should be Britain’s national crusade

    Theresa May’s legacy zero-emissions target is a call to arms for a country crushed by Brexit

  • Friday, 7 June, 2019
    Donald Trump
    Trump becomes an extra in Britain’s national drama

    The UK is distracting itself with nostalgia as soft power and investor confidence drain away

  • Friday, 31 May, 2019
    UK politics & policy
    UK politics must change or surrender to Nigel Farage

    Voters searching for the centre ground expect straight talk and action on social ills

  • Friday, 24 May, 2019
    Boris Johnson
    Johnson is the paradoxical choice for UK prime minister

    Voters and MPs think he is the candidate most likely to beat Corbyn, despite his flaws

  • Friday, 17 May, 2019
    Brexit
    Voters want to move on but Brexit Britain is stuck

    Politicians still owe the electorate an honest appraisal of the costs of leaving the EU

  • Friday, 10 May, 2019
    Climate change
    Clever science cannot prevent the next mass extinction

    We must accept that having more children is not in our interest as a species

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