Robert Colvile is the Director of the Centre for Policy Studies and the Editor-in-Chief of CapX, as well as a Sunday columnist for The Times. He covers a diverse range of topics including politics, public policy, and energy, often intersecting themes of government and international affairs. His work has been featured in The Times, The Telegraph, CapX, and The Spectator Australia.
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One of the most depressing things about Labour’s battle of ideas is how much is based on pure fantasy
With the health secretary’s departure, Labour has left a novice to manage yet another colossal reorganisation
A pivotal by-election could reshape British politics. Aberdeen South, with its 2010-2023 jobs decline, holds unseen significance for the Conservatives
By: Robert Colvile
Labour’s inability to reconcile its instinct to spend with the financial markets’ demand that it saves has doomed Starmer — and will probably doom Burnham too
Squabbles over air conditioning and climate change sum up two philosophies battling for supremacy
Andy Burnham wants to pivot power to the north. But starving our primary economic engine of new housing will only leave Britain poorer
Everyone sees America’s economy is going gangbusters, but could Britain be that far behind? With data this poor it’s almost impossible to find out
The problem with the the Patriotic Millionaires pledge isn’t hypocrisy, it’s idiocy
By: Robert Colvile
We need to devolve more power, to trust the people again, but what if they use it to do things the government doesn’t like?
This week’s Clacton by-election is an amusing no-contest. A more engrossing battle for right-wing voters lies ahead
