“All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order”

The 2016 EU Referendum and 2019 General Election placed class back on the agenda as many political scientists turned to historical narratives to account for political change. In doing so, they ofte...

Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 4 October · 1hr 15min

Our Agile Manchester 2027 call for sessions is now open!

Podcast Episode · Commons People · 1 October · 32min

Your laptop is a terrible development environment. It sleeps when you close the lid, loses state when you reboot, and chains you to a single device. The solu...

The new General Secretary faces a tough challenge. But by being open to progressive organisations and campaigners there is also huge opportunity.

A government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse

We must be honest about the seriousness of the situation we’re in.

Resentment felt by people in areas that have suffered from social and economic decline is a significant driver of populist backlash—‘the revenge of the places that don't matter’. An effective place-b...

Would you cross a bridge that was 99.7% safe? The answer is not necessarily simple. It depends on how many times you need to cross it (once, or every day for...

For communities that feel left behind and abandoned, the deafening silence from those at the top won’t change any minds about whether or not politicians care about their fate, says Leigh Jones

Last month there was a fascinating poll from More in Common asking people to pick the main reason Britain is “on the wrong track”.

A recent FT piece by Janan Ganesh asked “Why must a socialist also be woke?” He was right…

AI amplifies what's already there, it doesn't fix or ruin you. Charity Majors on a year of Honeycomb's AI mandate and the values behind how we do business.

A six-session live masterclass with Liz Fong-Jones, turning Observability Engineering into practice. Aug 3 – Oct 14, 2026.

There's a pattern from by-election polls and even the last general election about how Reform's actual election results match up against what polls say in advance of polling day.

The platform has become a swamp of disinformation. Politicians should lead the way out of it

Recent events in Birmingham illustrate the political trap that disputes over flags can create for Labour councils. The Guardian reported that the council’s failure to…

The names we give wildfires can obscure our role in them.

Ofwat has provisionally ruled that five of 13 suppliers can increase charges for customers to increase investment by £3.4 billion by 2030.

Karl Popper identified the problem of how tolerant we should be towards intolerant people. Where do you draw the line?