While the government wrestles with intractable problems, Labour seems irrelevant. Is there any hope for the party?
Democracy requires a citizenship that meets, deliberates and interacts without fear and hatred. Only in this way can we work together as a diverse community.
The new wave of nationalism is a reminder of the contingent, if not cyclical, nature of history. The liberal left cannot retreat to the comforts of moral outrage.
The EU referendum fallout has only served to remind us of the status quo. "Taking back control" is meaningless unless we also reshape our democracy.
If the left is to avoid permanent irrelevance, it must consider a politics committed to family, decent work, contribution, the love of one’s country and an internationalist outlook.
Those optimistically talking about a "soft Brexit" are missing the bigger picture.
Trump, Brexit, the populist surge – our New Times contributors reflect on a period of turbulent political change.
Professor Simon Wren-Lewis, winner of this year's New Statesman and Speri prize for political economy, delivers a lecture on Brexit, Trump and the deficit deceit.
On contemporary politics: "there's a climate now of wild, apocalyptic hysteria".
The Brexit vote represents an existential challenge to the identity and existence of the party.
Instead of obsessing about progressive politics, the party needs first to understand the chronic failure of its own brand.
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