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I n early 2014, I went to South Yorkshire to find Arthur Scargill. It was the 30th anniversary of the miners’ strike that had begun in 1984 – a...
O nce again, the spectre of the “motorist” is haunting Westminster. The Conservatives’ narrow win in last month’s Uxbridge and South Ruislip...
J ust over a month ago, a news story broke that spoke volumes about our crisis-ridden times, and the great wealth sitting undisturbed while some of...
O ne news story defines this summer: the fact that average global temperatures have recently reached record-breaking levels. Baking European weather...
A s Rishi Sunak and his ministers bounce from crisis to disgrace to mishap, the likelihood of a change in government feels like it is hardening into...
I love my mum,” said last Saturday’s headliner on Glastonbury’s West Holts stage. But then, as the London-born hip-hop artist Loyle Carner...
I n 15 years of on-the-ground political reporting, I don’t think I have ever experienced a more forlorn and frustrated public mood than the one...
O ver the past five years or so, one aspect of talking to the public about politics has become more and more pronounced. In the wake of some story or...
O n both the right and left of the Labour party, one article of faith has always seemed to be set in stone: the idea that you can pursue progressive...
O f all the factions and cliques in and around the modern Conservative party, none is grimmer than the small gang who think that Boris Johnson is the...
A huge social shift is happening that has barely been noticed, let alone understood. Earlier this month, the Office for National Statistics revealed...
A bout a decade ago, politicians and journalists were suddenly confronted with an issue that had always festered at the edge of the national...
T he ardent crowds gathered in the London drizzle presumably got exactly what they had come for, but among the coronation’s garish costumes,...
I n a fortnight’s time, a remarkable two-day political conference is going to be happening in central London. The people speaking in its debates...
I magine a chain of scandals focused on a huge number of very vulnerable and fragile people. Picture a horrific mixture of mistreatment and neglect...
O nly six weeks ago, Keir Starmer’s Labour party seemed locked into the mood of optimism and quiet delight that had started to cohere over the...
F ive years ago, I went to Coventry to meet a married couple from Sri Lanka who were stuck in the UK’s asylum system. Under the auspices of a deal...
L ast Thursday marked three years since the start of the first British lockdown – and by implication, the third anniversary of the start of a...
O ver the last 10 years, the UK has suffered a huge cultural loss. To some extent, it is part of the great shrinking of shared and collective space,...
P olitics is in the midst of a New Labour revival. Keir Starmer draws huge inspiration from his party’s landslide win back in 1997. Tony Blair...
T here are probably fewer local newspapers in Britain now than at any time since the 18th century. More people get local news and information – or...
U ntil relatively recently, Dutch farming prowess was hailed as one of the wonders of the global economy. In 2017, a National Geographic article...
F rom leaked messages suggesting that Matt Hancock thought his job as health secretary was to “frighten the pants” off the public to Boris...
E ight long years ago, British politics began its passage into a new era of disruption and upheaval. The Scottish independence referendum of 2014 had...
Government failure stems from a network of private schools and elite universities, says Guardian columnist John Harris
The force that once thought itself the natural party of government has become a cult of bitterness and denial, says Guardian columnist John Harris
As the NHS buckles and public health plunges, our cheap and accessible fitness facilities are being shuttered, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Hospitals can’t discharge patients because councils don’t have the funds to facilitate care afterwards. It’s a perfect storm of neglect, says...
If both parties ignore the uncomfortable facts, politics will be flooded with dangerous conspiracies and betrayal myths, says Guardian columnist John...
The democratic magic of six strings, two hands and an electric current – a means of self-expression as perfect as it has ever been, says Guardian...