Changing to survive Articles

Those of us who knock on doors or watch lower league football often hear the same complaint: don’t complicate things; keep it simple! Whether it is the delights of watching York City or the difficulties of explaining policy on a Walthamstow doorstep, things are better...

This time last year, David Cameron was mocking Ed Miliband for advocating ‘predistribution’. Ed argued for a move away from an approach to low pay based purely on top-ups through the tax and welfare systems towards one in which welfare becomes less necessary as...

Last year, the philosopher Stephen Asma wrote a book with a title designed to ruffle leftwing feathers: Against Fairness. He argues that in ‘our zealous pursuit of fairness, we have banished our urges to like one person more than another, one thing over another,...

On 27 June, music fans were heading to Glastonbury and sports fans were glued to their TV sets as Roger Federer crashed out of Wimbledon. But political nerds were glued to a fascinating set of council by-elections. You weren’t? Well that’s OK because, like Flash...