On Tuesday, following a stand-off, Downing Street imposed a tier 3 lockdown on Greater Manchester without agreeing a support package with local leaders. Aaron Bastani argues the government's contempt for regional defiance is a vestige of Britain’s imperial past.
While some suggest London is powerless in the face of Washington’s demands, the UK can - and does - stand up to the US when it wants to. When Britain accommodates and even actively collaborates with Trump, it can’t be let off the hook, argues David Wearing.
As parts of the country implement stricter coronavirus restrictions, hospitality workers will once again be forced to police their workplaces at an ever increasing personal and professional cost, writes Liv Wynter.
The natural world, some claim, could be saved from destruction if only we established its monetary worth. In the first piece of a new series on isolation, connection and environmental breakdown, Adrienne Buller argues it’s time to free nature from finance.
With the latest round of party apparatchiks sworn into the House of Lords, our political system is becoming more and more inflected by patronage and nepotism. The Lords is a place for political parties, not democracy, argues Aaron Bastani - in fact that, alas, is its point.
Trump's attempt to spin his coronavirus diagnosis to his advantage isn't working. Micah Uetricht explains why the president's illness is the worst-case scenario for him.
Social justice activists have long been the target of state violence in the Philippines. Now, a new Anti-Terror Law is accelerating Duterte’s war on dissent, writes Jamie Sims.
Last night’s presidential debate was just the latest indication that the American experiment in democracy is collapsing before our very eyes, write Freddie Stuart and Aaron White.
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