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Theresa May
March 17, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
The Cousinhood That Still Rules Britain
Why do the Tories keep winning?
February 23, 2021
Samuel Earle
The Sordid Story of the Most Successful Political Party in the World
How the Tories became unbeatable
November 12, 2019
MagazineGeoffrey Wheatcroft
How Europe Stumped Britain’s Conservatives
New books on Margaret Thatcher’s and David Cameron’s governments betray a fatal lack of self-reflection.
April 29, 2019
MagazineAbi Wilkinson
Empowerment for What?
The limits of a feminist politics of elite representation
April 12, 2019
Stephen Paduano
The Labour Party’s Role in the Brexit Crisis
Major fumbles have left British leftists ill-equipped to help guide their country.
February 5, 2019
Alexis Papazoglou
Stop Looking for Meaning in Brexit
This wasn't some great multi-decade reckoning. It wasn't foreordained. It was a series of accidents.
December 14, 2018
Sean Williams
Enter Stumbling, Stage Right
When did British politics become such a farce?
December 13, 2018
Alexis Papazoglou
Just Hold Another Referendum
There's nothing democratic about forcing through a Brexit deal that voters in 2016 probably wouldn't have approved.
December 12, 2018
Jeet Heer
Theresa May has her party’s confidence—sort of.
December 10, 2018
Jeet Heer
Theresa May admits she doesn’t have the votes for her Brexit deal.
November 13, 2018
Samuel Earle
Enter Boris?
How the court jester of post-truth politics has positioned himself to become Britain’s next prime minister
October 17, 2018
Alexis Papazoglou
The Mistake Countries Repeatedly Make When Dealing With the EU
Greece with its bailout, the UK with Brexit: The European Union is the reigning champion in this game of chicken.
September 19, 2018
Jeet Heer
Putin encouraged Trump to distrust his own government.
September 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
Boris Johnson’s divorce probably won’t slow his ascent to power.
April 27, 2018
Elizabeth Drew
Follies
It was a banner week for President Trump, who hosted Emmanuel Macron as the Stormy Daniels controversy entered a new phase.
June 9, 2017
Alex Shephard
Theresa May’s decision to call a snap election may be the biggest political screw-up ever.
February 6, 2017
Jeet Heer
The speaker of the House of Commons just told Donald Trump to sod off.
January 30, 2017
Jeet Heer
Theresa May wants to make clear that this is not her fault.
July 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Theresa May will be given the worst job in the UK on Wednesday.

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