John Harris

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My favourites are videos that take me into worlds I otherwise wouldn’t have a hope of entering because of profile, distance or affordability. This…

All over the west, the left is in crisis. It cannot find answers to three urgent problems: the disruptive force of globalisation, the rise of populist nationalism, and the decline of traditional work
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Ministers claim the worst cuts are being offset. In fact, the true beneficiaries are Conservative shires
The idea of Theresa May as some steadfast, solid presence at the top seems to be slipping away with every passing day, but one part of the mood music around her premiership continues to gently play on. Its tones are soothing and serene, intended to ease us out of one Tory era and into another – and if you…

John Harris, a cross-party panel and Guardian Members ask if the only way to defeat the Tories is to create a more representative, pluralist politics on the left
Since the 2015 general election delivered an outright majority to the Conservative party and a landslide victory for the SNP in Scotland, the landscape of British politics has changed radically. A divisive referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU further exposed a split between a disillusioned…

A father’s relationship with his autistic son is transformed by their shared adventures in a virtual Lego-like world
Sam is eight years old: unhappy at school, held back by his limited vocabulary, and guided through the world by his two thirtysomething parents. As his father, Alex, sees it, “the world is a gigantic engine that needs to function in a certain way, with predictable actions, in order to ensure [Sam’s] safety. Before he can relax,…