Britain is not a broken society
The country has serious problems but the right’s vision of it has become hysterical
The country has serious problems but the right’s vision of it has become hysterical

In spite of reported crime rates falling, the UK public perceive them to be rising, and therein lies the problem

Voters are particularly disillusioned with what they say is UK’s ‘broken social contract’

Our first-past-the-post electoral system cannot handle the new era of multi-party politics

Speculation over what might be in November’s Budget has left me depressed about our capacity for rational policies

Short-termism and poor choices are to blame for the country’s political predicament

The country used to be contemptuous of parties on either extreme, but no longer