"Don't make the mistake of believing that we are talking about the rot of a spent administration that is now...

The authoritarian appears to appeal to many people, but do they do any good, make the trains run on time?...

Brexit was never about democratic deficit

Much has been made of the National conservative conference last week, but little has been said of just what a...

It was all going so well. Slowly, painfully slowly, but there was a trajectory, and all the polls confirmed it....

Martin Fletcher asks Remainers to rescue the country. Well, there wouldn’t be much point asking a Brexiter, would there?

"I had to decide whether or not I was truly content to be arrested."

Gareth Kearns reports on Steve Bray and SODEM protesting at the Welsh Conservative Party Conference

The problem isn't Mrs Windsor. The problem is that the UK is a constitutional train wreck, and if the modern...

Contempt would seem to be the abiding characteristic of the current regime in number 10. Contempt for the constitution, for...

A cultural celebration for Europe Day 2022

It’s a giggle, it can be informative, and if you’re powerful and up to no good, they’ll be on to...

Why did a Tory MP, a Brexiter, write a piece in the Guardian? And why now? Gareth Kearns investigates.

Boris Johnson's comments to Keir Starmer about Jimmy Saville were a destructive moment for the Prime Minister and the Tory...

The argument that protest can be stopped because it is inconvenient is a nonsense. The inconvenience of protest is as...

Do we understand our own obligations, responsibilities and duties in maintaining and fostering democracy?

Did Biden make an unwise choice in withdrawing from Afghanistan? Could he have done things differently? Read analysis by Gareth...

We are often told what the people do, think or say. Gareth Kearns examines just who are "The People" and...

Gareth Kearns writes about the government's decision to go ahead with 'Freedom Day'. He talks about U-turns, government behaviour and...

Regardless of political belief, every Britisher understands in their heart that this flag obsession is not an expression of confidence.

We are doing democracy, we are doing being British. We’re doing it in much the same mode the hero generation...

Welcome to Brexitannia, where the rules don’t apply to you, but they do, you’re not responsible for anything, but you...

Things are usually more complex than they first seem.

We are a sovereign state, and we remained one when a member of the EU. And the surest demonstration of...

This is how comedy generally, and most particularly political satire, works: the people with no power lampoon, satirise, or rip...

"These craven forelock-tuggers are in our media"

There has been a rise of the far right in the last few years. Somehow it has become the new...