Denis Macshane

Keir Starmer’s International Investment Summit is more than an attempt to bolster the UK’s economic profile—it’s an [...

Britain was the leading European nation in defending Germany from the Soviet threat during the Cold War, from the [...]

If Kamala Harris beats Donald Trump to become the 47th

The US election is the most important election for Europe and more widely in the world so far this century. Trump incarnates the turn to populist, nationalist, identity, divisive politics which has sunk roots in Europe with the rise of Marine Le Pen, Giorgia Meloni, Geert Wilders, Nigel Farage, Robert Fico, Viktor Orban, Jarosław Kaczyskni, the AfD in Germany or FPÖ in Austria, VOX in Spain. England’s Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, herself from a Nigerian immigrant family in Britain, incarnates the extent to which the Trump virus has infected so many politicians on the right in Europe.

Keir Starmer finds himself caught between the populist tyrant and a politically weakened continent. Which way should he go?

Something is going on à propos [...]

Coming up to my 70th birthday, I feel it is a good time to take stock. I am not where I hoped I would be. I feel [...]

Should democracy have red lines and, if so, should we defend these and at what cost? After all, is this not what we’v...

A government colleague remembers a charming, clever pragmatist who had the odd eggy moment or two

The portentous adjectives roll off the tongue as the great and good of politics elevate John Prescott to the Pantheon...