Beyond little EnglandTories eye big gains in Scotland and WalesPolls suggest they could come first in Wales and knock Labour into fourth place in ScotlandApr 25th 2017
Love for Labour’s lostThe Tories face feeble opposition in the June electionLabour’s supporters worry that the only uncertain question in the election is the scale of their defeatprint-edition iconApr 20th 2017
One of us?Tories elected in June will not cause Theresa May much griefTheresa May needs a cushion of moderate MPs to dilute the influence of ultra-Brexiteersprint-edition iconApr 20th 2017
BagehotTheresa May’s vision for Britain comes into focusThe cautious, promise-keeping plodder turns out to be no such thingprint-edition iconApr 19th 2017
Mountains to climbThe Tories will struggle to budge the SNP in ScotlandMost of the nationalists MPs are sitting on hefty majoritiesprint-edition iconApr 20th 2017
A blow upon a bruiseAnother bitter election will not help Northern Ireland’s talksNegotiating will take second place to campaigning, at least until June 8thprint-edition iconApr 20th 2017
Ride the waveA strong economy will help Theresa May in June’s electionBut real wages, already below their pre-crisis peak, are starting to fall once againprint-edition iconApr 20th 2017
Back into battleA snap election stuns everybody—including Theresa May’s cabinetA bigger majority would improve the government’s position at home and, especially, abroadprint-edition iconApr 20th 2017
A Brexit bounce?The Lib Dems will focus on one issue: EuropeTheir campaign will benefit from a rapidly growing party membershipprint-edition iconApr 20th 2017
Brexit’s falloutTheresa May seeks a snap electionBritons will go to the polls on June 8th, as the government aims to extend its slim majorityApr 18th 2017
A portrait of MigrantlandExplaining Britain’s immigration paradoxMigration is good for the economy. So why are the places with the biggest influxes doing so badly?print-edition iconApr 11th 2017
The lighting of a fireThe role of the Irish language in Northern Ireland’s deadlockThough less than 1% use it as their main language, cutbacks have rekindled enthusiasm for the Irish tongueprint-edition iconApr 12th 2017
Tough loveHow abolishing the death penalty led to more convictionsThe lesson from Victorian England is that juries convict more often when death is not an optionprint-edition iconApr 12th 2017
Death of a salesroomChristie’s auction house downsizesThe branch that sold Pelé’s jersey and Ian Fleming’s typewriter closes its doorsprint-edition iconApr 12th 2017