As I’ve learned in the European Parliament, publicly debating with Farage and his bad-cop UKIP outliers often merely boosts their communication strategy, writes Molly Scott-Cato MEP.
Tinkering cannot provide a way out of the current interregnum. We need to rewrite the rules of the global economy to promote stability, prosperity and sustainability.
When we lost John Smith, we lost a leader who would have taken Labour and Britain down the path of radical and necessary reform of our constitution and political culture.
As one sport’s contest approach its climax another has barely begun. Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman reviews Spring books for those who measure their years out in seasons not months.
Campaigners are pushing moves to challenge the secrecy and broken model of drug pricing. But will governments have the political will to back them, and make life-saving medicines affordable for all?
Seen from the commander’s deck in Brussels, calm is not a bad option after all. Cooptation in power is working smoothly for governments run by extreme right and populist forces, from Italy to Austria.