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Seeking leaders with heft takes democracies to strange places

Political ‘substance’ is elusive and bodily weight taken too literally — jibes about Keir Starmer’s girth are an exception

Miranda Green

Reform UK is a bigger danger to Conservatives than the new PopCon group launched by a former PM

The new French prime minister seems like an infant against America’s gerontocrats

Both the Conservatives and Labour want to tackle the UK numeracy problem — but they need a plan for the long term

Conservative voters are abandoning Sunak’s party in territory that bodes ill for the coming general election

As 20mph becomes a default speed limit, let’s swallow the road rage and learn to love taking endless courses