PM without a mandate: Tory leadership fight reveals a broken constitutional settlement
Exactly where will the new prime minister's legitimacy come from? It's not from an election, or a manifesto, or even the referendum result.
Week in Review: Something terrible is about to happen and we are powerless to stop it
Boris Johnson is manifestly unfit to be prime minister, but we must simply look on in horror as it happens anyway.
A country of purists: the polling which lays bare the death of any compromise on Brexit
New data shows a large majority of the British public now reject any Brexit compromise, and a significant proportion want to vote for parties that feel the same way.
Boris Johnson is heading for Downing Street, but he'll hate the experience as much as we will
Boris Johnson seems guaranteed to become prime minister, but his time in office will be doomed from the moment it begins.
Opinion Former Articles
How government departments are using Twitter video
Find out which government department produces the most popular videos on Twitter.
Action on UN standards to tackle hate
Article 19 explore how States should respond to rising intolerance.
Comment & Analysis
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Week in Review: The Tory party is fast losing its mind
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Peterborough: a good night for Labour but everything is still a total mess
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The Brexit party weak spot: Data analysis shows where Farage underperformed
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There are no winners in this Conservative leadership contest
Whoever wins, we lose.
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There are no winners in this Conservative leadership contest
Whoever wins, we lose.
Opinion Formers
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Sign contract by the end of September to save VAT on solar panel installation
The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is alerting home owners that the cost of VAT on most solar panel installations, and all wind and water turbines, will go up from the start of October.
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Humanists UK president Alice Roberts launches free, new online humanism course
Scientist, writer, and broadcaster Alice Roberts has today launched a new, massive open online course (MOOC) on humanism introducing participants to humanists from around the world to hear their stories and explore their beliefs and values.
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DfE gives green light to open six new faith schools in ‘missed opportunity’ to back inclusive education, says Humanists UK
A quarter of new schools that will open are faith schools, under latest DfE schools round announced today.
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Leading organisations respond to Defra’s new general licences
Genuine progress has been made and three new general licences released by Defra today are fit for purpose in most circumstances. However significant work still remains regarding protected sites, the leading countryside organisations have said.
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