Joining the protesters against the new inheritance tax laws affecting farmers in Westminster last November, the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, wore a flat cap, checked shirt and tie, Barbour waxed ...

There was a time when the TB-GBs consumed British politics. Tony Blair and his chancellor were known for spilling their private disagreements out into the national media. This impulse may have faded ...

Alan and Lionel are joined by Lea Korsgaard, co-founder and editor-in-chief at Zetland, the Danish media organisation revolutionising the way people engage with the news. She discusses what makes the ...

This is sadly the last of my regular politics columns for Prospect before moving on. This is always a good opportunity for self-reflection, so I spent a few hours reading through the 30 pieces I’ve ...

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Constitutional, where a judgment or other formal document is used as a basis of a discussion about law and policy. This week’s legal text is Rule 5.4C of the Civil ...

I am trying to imagine Kemi Badenoch in June 1940. “We shall not yet fight on the beaches,” she might have said. “We need a reality check before we commit to fighting on the landing grounds. We will ...

Ah, the May Day bank holiday weekend, when two quintessentially English pastimes come together: drinking alcohol in spring sunshine and celebrating our curious, folklorish heritage of maypoles, ‘obby ...

In March 2024, I wrote a piece for Prospect exploring what pro-democracy activists feared might happen if Donald Trump returned to office as president of the United States. They set out the various ...

The other night I dreamed of my native city of Kharkiv—bustling, sunlit and utterly peaceful. I was walking along the embankment of the unnaturally wide and glistening river when, suddenly, my mobile ...

It’s rumoured at Westminster that the long-awaited government report into what it means for the NHS if the assisted dying bill become law may be published today. The impact assessment will look at ...