In 2006 I sat in a cafe in Recoleta, Buenos Aires and watched the world go by. Chanel sunglasses walked alongside Ralph Lauren Polo shirts. The sun shone on well-groomed poodles following Armarni jeans into high-end shops. Yesterday I sat in a cafe on Redchurch Street, Shoreditch. …

There are three primary reasons why we find ourselves witnessing the tentative conception of a new political party. Firstly, both the Labour and Conservative parties find themselves dominated by political views which sit outside their traditional mainstream. Secondly, and crucially, in both parties those newly dominant political traditions have proved…

Once again, a result the country didn’t expect. The headlines of what happened on Thursday are easy to discern. Firstly, the country rejected Theresa May’s vision of a low-tax, small-state Hard Brexit Britain. Secondly, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party saw its share of the vote rise by more than ten percentage…

Why do I think we should not leave the European Union? Here I’ve set out why I believe we should stay in the EU. …

Why do I think we should stay in the European Union? This is long. But how the EU affects us now, and what the impact of leaving it would be, is complicated — and anyone who tells you it isn’t is lying to you. They’re also lying if they tell…

Stories will go here…