Who will lead Britain?

The Conservatives are running out of credible leadership candidates, and might even return to Boris Johnson.

All aboard the Conservative carousel

British politics currently exists in a weird time warp. Like some special effect from an early episode of Dr Who, time and reality are bent and twisted – only this time it’s all sadly true.

Who is Liz Truss?

One of the Queen’s final acts was to welcome Liz Truss as the new British Prime Minister, in succession to the ebullient Boris Johnson.

Looking forward and back at the Queen’s 70th jubilee

Queen Elizabeth II has come to represent the stability and longevity of the British monarchy but her 70th jubilee prompts thoughts of Prince Charles’ eventual accession.

Technopopulism – The new logic of democratic politics

Christopher Bickerton and Carlo Invernizzi Accetti describe, define and diagnose what they consider to be a new logic of democratic politics: the merging of populist and technocratic modes of governance that they label ‘technopopulism’.