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4/2/26

Britain Needs to Pick a Side – and it’s Not China

While Britain teeters on the edge of strategic irrelevance, its Prime Minister has just returned from a trip to China. Britain needs to stop playing both sides and pick one – the one that isn't China, says Clive Pinder.

29/1/26

If Andy Burnham Had the Cojones He’d Stand as an Independent and be PM in Six Months

Keir Starmer may have scuppered Andy Burnham's leadership bid by blocking him from standing for Labour. But if he had the cojones, says Nick Rendell, he'd stand as an independent – and likely be PM in six months' time.

21/1/26

Red White and Blueland

Power politics is back. As Trump upends the post-war order by making a play for Greenland, the result, suggests Prof James Alexander, will be that countries will have to start being honest about what they really want.

21/1/26

What is The Reform Party For?

What is the Reform Party for? Professor James Alexander takes a deeper look at the significance of Nigel Farage in the context of the history of the Conservative and Labour parties and British Parliamentary democracy.

15/1/26

Margaret Thatcher’s Legacy Lives On

Margaret Thatcher's legacy lives on, says Madeleine Gillies. From Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to Reform-defector Nadhim Zahawi, from Priti Patel to Laila Cunningham, figures across the parties cite her influence.

9/1/26

Don’t Let The ‘Saving Lives’ Mob Kill the Country Pub

The first pint slakes the thirst, the second relaxes people into human fellowship. Without the second there won't be a first. Don't let the 'saving lives' mob kill the country pub, says Ken Charman.

8/1/26

The Difference Between Balance of Power and Restraint of Power

Great Powers are currently engaged in dangerous brinkmanship to test the balance of their power. It would be better, argues Professor James Alexander, if they rediscovered the value of restraint.

7/1/26

Alan Milburn is Not the Solution to Unemployment

Blair-era veteran Alan Milburn has reinvented himself as an unemployment tsar for Keir Starmer. It's just a pity, says Joanna Gray, that it's Milburn's own legacy that has left so many young people out of work.

6/1/26

How to Think About American Power in a Post-Moral World

Trump's brazen Venezuela raid is a reminder that it's not the 'rules-based order' but great power politics that governs international affairs. Naïve idealists risk being left behind, says Prof Michael Rainsborough.

5/1/26

Which Scandals Might Break in 2026?

Those who read the Daily Sceptic are the sort of folk who spot rum stories years before they're fully investigated by the mainstream media. Joanna Gray looks ahead to which scandals might break into the mainstream in 2026.

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