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Camilla Cavendish’s fantasy dinner: Elon Musk, Cicero and Ayaan Hirsi Ali

A group of people ‘unafraid to say interesting things’ convene at Voltaire’s château in Ferney

Friday, 13 May, 2022

UK Government

The damage wreaked by Johnson’s government will far outlast his premiership

Weakening the institutions which hold politicians to account is reckless

Friday, 6 May, 2022

Labour Party UK

If Starmer can’t enthuse voters now, he might never beat Johnson

The prime minister and his party are dogged by scandals and yet Labour still fails to inspire

Friday, 29 April, 2022

Food & Beverage

We have been Big Food’s lab rats for too long

It is right to regulate companies that managed to convince us ultra-processed stuff is nutritional

Friday, 22 April, 2022

Workplace diversity & equality

The age taboo in workplaces means we miss out on talent

Our obsession with youth, tech and flexibility is leading to a loss of institutional memory and experience

Friday, 15 April, 2022

UK politics & policy

Partygate lays bare the casual carelessness of Johnson’s ancien régime

Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who was riding high as a potential leadership successor, has now been tarnished by association

Friday, 8 April, 2022

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson will survive partygate but this is not governing

Amid the hokey-cokey of fudge and doublespeak, no one seems to know what Downing Street really stands for

Friday, 1 April, 2022

National Health Service

As Britons lose faith in the NHS, it’s time to demand better care

For decades the health service has been our national religion, but the Shrewsbury maternity deaths expose shocking failures

Friday, 25 March, 2022

Rishi Sunak

Where Britons wanted reassurance, Sunak has delivered cynicism

This government has not thought about the fairest way to share the pain as a cost of living crisis looms

Saturday, 12 March, 2022

UK energy

The switch to secure, green energy must bring voters in from the cold

The invasion of Ukraine has exposed the west’s craven dependence on tyrannical regimes to power our economies

Friday, 25 February, 2022

Coronavirus pandemic

Britain’s youngsters are scarred by post-pandemic anxiety

We are all keen to put Covid behind us, but the state must first treat those who suffered from its fear tactics

Friday, 18 February, 2022

Post Office Ltd

Britain’s Post Office scandal claimed hundreds of victims, but what of its villains?

After two decades of whitewash, it is time to hold those responsible to account

Friday, 11 February, 2022

UK energy

Taxing energy profits won’t be the windfall politicians hope for

Proposed levy would only raise the cost of capital for the companies we rely on to transform our future energy supply

Friday, 4 February, 2022

UK business & economy

Whitehall must realise that local areas really do know best

Levelling up is a big potential dividend to be reaped by the whole country

Friday, 28 January, 2022

Conservative Party UK

Tories need a better grasp of northern voters to keep control of the ‘red wall’

Those making lazy assumptions may overestimate Boris Johnson’s winning powers in former Labour heartlands

Tuesday, 25 January, 2022

Working It podcast30 min listen

Is it time to put an end to working from home?

Why hybrid work is the most divisive topic in workplaces right now

Saturday, 22 January, 2022

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson’s Downing Street is government by stag do

The bully boy tactics and boozing revelations have taken cynicism in politics to new heights

Friday, 14 January, 2022

Boris Johnson

‘Partygate’ should prove fatal for a malevolent, cavalier Boris Johnson

The prime minister taints the people and institutions that come into his orbit

Friday, 7 January, 2022

Working from home

It’s time to admit that hybrid is not working

Mid-morning yoga comes at the expense of professional interactions and employee productivity

Friday, 17 December, 2021

National Health Service

The NHS faces a bleak midwinter as its staffing crisis hits home

Disputes over pay, working conditions and burnout have led to fears of a mass exodus — but treating employees well is not that hard

Friday, 10 December, 2021

Boris Johnson

Johnson is caught up in a pantomime of personal evasions

As the self-inflicted injuries pile up, the insult to our intelligence is overwhelming

Friday, 3 December, 2021

UK politics & policy

The new ‘government by diktat’ bypasses parliament altogether

Ministers should ask themselves what opponents might do with the new powers they are busily creating

Friday, 26 November, 2021

EU immigration

Britain will not solve the migrant crisis by itself

The government is discovering that you cannot control a border from one side

Friday, 19 November, 2021

UK politics & policy

Boris Johnson is all at sea over MPs’ second jobs

This is a prime minister who not only does not wish to be held accountable, but cannot see why he should be

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