Archive of June 2019
100 years of the library: The service we should value like the NHS - but don't
Cuts have slashed the service down to a sad reflection of its former self, and our public debate has corroded.
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Brexit party MEPs' pitiful attempts to uncover a Brussels 'gravy train'
Embarrassingly inept video shows Brexit party complain about rules which are the same, or even stricter, back in Westminster.
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Austerity: The issue no-one talks about is still ruining lives
It's mentioned only as an aside, but the austerity policies the Tory leadership candidates supported are still driving people into poverty.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Breaking the lawyers: yet another Brexit dividend awaiting our service economy
While the Tory leadership candidates fall over themselves to normalise no-deal, Britain's prized legal industry stands on the brink of ruin.
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Don't start pining for Theresa May: she was unspeakably dire and this disaster's on her
The fact our next prime minister could be even worse changes nothing about May's unforgivable premiership
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Week in Review: The Tory party is fast losing its mind
The Tory leadership campaign grows more insane by the day, and there are weeks still to come.
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Peterborough: a good night for Labour but everything is still a total mess
Labour fought a successful local campaign, but the result takes us no closer to resolving Britain's paralysis.
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The Brexit party weak spot: Data analysis shows where Farage underperformed
Looking at the gap between the 2016 Leave vote and the Brexit party's 2019 performance reveals a limit to Farage's support.
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There are no winners in this Conservative leadership contest
Whoever wins, we lose.
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What are the Tory candidates' Brexit policies?
All the Conservative leadership candidates' Brexit policies explained. If they have one.
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Trump's UK trade deal: An abusive relationship with a now vulnerable country
The US proposals for a trade deal are one-sided and unacceptable constraining on Britain. How come Brexiters aren't more alarmed by them?
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