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For the cover essay of his first issue as Prospect’s new editor, Philip Collins surveys the wreckage of the two party system: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/722...
For the cover essay of his first issue as Prospect’s new editor, Philip Collins surveys the wreckage of the two party system: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/722...
In his bestselling guide to the English language, published 100 years ago, Henry Watson Fowler decreed that his way was the right way. But it’s not necessarily, writes Oliver Kamm
Why it’s time to close the book on Fowler
In his bestselling guide to the English language, published 100 years ago, Henry Watson Fowler decreed that his way was the right way
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February 16, 2026 at 11:04 AM
In his bestselling guide to the English language, published 100 years ago, Henry Watson Fowler decreed that his way was the right way. But it’s not necessarily, writes Oliver Kamm
Labour’s move to reduce migration could lead to weaker economic performance and public services, thereby intensifying the very discontent that fuels anti-immigration sentiment, writes Jonathan Portes
Labour’s migration doom loop
The Starmer government risks trapping the United Kingdom in a spiral of discontent and decline
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February 16, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Labour’s move to reduce migration could lead to weaker economic performance and public services, thereby intensifying the very discontent that fuels anti-immigration sentiment, writes Jonathan Portes
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#BREAKING: The high court has ruled that the UK’s ban on Palestine Action is unlawful. Back in September, dag argued the government had likely overreached in proscribing the organisation under terrorism law
Should the government have used terrorism law against Palestine Action?
A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak
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February 13, 2026 at 10:43 AM
#BREAKING: The high court has ruled that the UK’s ban on Palestine Action is unlawful. Back in September, dag argued the government had likely overreached in proscribing the organisation under terrorism law
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“Trump’s designs on Greenland are his own form of imperial plunder. Everything is a potential deal; everything is up for sale. This is power politics as estate agency.” Read Prospect’s editorial.
Editorial: The time for pretence about Trump is over
The United States has become a threat to the order it once guaranteed. Now is the moment to ‘take down the signs’
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February 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM
“Trump’s designs on Greenland are his own form of imperial plunder. Everything is a potential deal; everything is up for sale. This is power politics as estate agency.” Read Prospect’s editorial.
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King Charles I famously failed to arrest five MPs and one peer. Donald Trump just tried the same gambit—with just as little success, writes dag
Trump failed to indict six members of Congress. This is why it matters
Grand juries are preventing some of the grossest abuses of federal power
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February 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
King Charles I famously failed to arrest five MPs and one peer. Donald Trump just tried the same gambit—with just as little success, writes dag
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The BBC has its problems—but they are nothing compared to American billionaires who control much of US media, writes @arusbridger
Trump’s attack on the BBC is a harbinger of much worse to come
The BBC has its problems—but they are nothing compared to the American billionaires who control much of US media
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February 14, 2026 at 11:37 AM
The BBC has its problems—but they are nothing compared to American billionaires who control much of US media, writes @arusbridger
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What does Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance tell us about America’s political and cultural landscape at the moment?
Music critic Laura Barton explains: www.prospectmagazine...
Music critic Laura Barton explains: www.prospectmagazine...
February 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM
What does Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance tell us about America’s political and cultural landscape at the moment?
Music critic Laura Barton explains: www.prospectmagazine...
Music critic Laura Barton explains: www.prospectmagazine...
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A busy week for constitutional commentary
Some of my drivel
On the Palestine Action court victory - at @prospectmagazine.co.uk within a couple of hours of judgment: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
And later - further points on my own blog:
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Some of my drivel
On the Palestine Action court victory - at @prospectmagazine.co.uk within a couple of hours of judgment: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
And later - further points on my own blog:
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-the-p... /
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The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. What next?
This is a big judgment. But not everything has changed
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 8:22 AM
A busy week for constitutional commentary
Some of my drivel
On the Palestine Action court victory - at @prospectmagazine.co.uk within a couple of hours of judgment: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
And later - further points on my own blog:
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-the-p... /
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Some of my drivel
On the Palestine Action court victory - at @prospectmagazine.co.uk within a couple of hours of judgment: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
And later - further points on my own blog:
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-the-p... /
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Should we really be surprised by the Labour party’s “boys club”?
In this week‘s Prospect Podcast, Philip Collins explains how some Labour MPs have always had a taste for the high-life: www.prospectmagazine...
In this week‘s Prospect Podcast, Philip Collins explains how some Labour MPs have always had a taste for the high-life: www.prospectmagazine...
February 16, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Should we really be surprised by the Labour party’s “boys club”?
In this week‘s Prospect Podcast, Philip Collins explains how some Labour MPs have always had a taste for the high-life: www.prospectmagazine...
In this week‘s Prospect Podcast, Philip Collins explains how some Labour MPs have always had a taste for the high-life: www.prospectmagazine...
130 million people tuned in to watch Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show. Just over 6 million watched Turning Point USA’s “All-American” alternative featuring Kid Rock, Laura Barton explains
The universal language of Bad Bunny
This Puerto Rican rapper’s Super Bowl show was more celebratory than confrontational—but he made his message clear, all the same
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February 15, 2026 at 6:59 PM
130 million people tuned in to watch Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show. Just over 6 million watched Turning Point USA’s “All-American” alternative featuring Kid Rock, Laura Barton explains
”So Starmer soldiers on“: Andrew Adonis explains one reason as to why the PM has clung on
There is no heir apparent
Labour’s collective gut instinct not to precipitate a leadership election to replace Keir Starmer has to be understood in this context
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February 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
”So Starmer soldiers on“: Andrew Adonis explains one reason as to why the PM has clung on
Prices may have risen. But like it or not, the pub, not the sofa, is where the real magic happens, writes Alice Garnett
It’s up to Gen Z to save our pubs
We need to swap the comfort of the sofa for hard wooden pub stools
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February 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Prices may have risen. But like it or not, the pub, not the sofa, is where the real magic happens, writes Alice Garnett
The High Court’s decision that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful is significant. But there is still a lot left to play out, writes dag
The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. What next?
This is a big judgment. But not everything has changed
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The High Court’s decision that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful is significant. But there is still a lot left to play out, writes dag
The pay gap in Britain has been narrowing—but the wealth gap hasn’t, writes Tom Clark
Believe it or not, British earnings have become more equal
So why has life in Britain not become any fairer?
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February 15, 2026 at 10:03 AM
The pay gap in Britain has been narrowing—but the wealth gap hasn’t, writes Tom Clark
King Charles I famously failed to arrest five MPs and one peer. Donald Trump just tried the same gambit—with just as little success, writes dag
Trump failed to indict six members of Congress. This is why it matters
Grand juries are preventing some of the grossest abuses of federal power
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM
King Charles I famously failed to arrest five MPs and one peer. Donald Trump just tried the same gambit—with just as little success, writes dag
Call me a pedant, but I have always believed in the importance of the little things—like can openers and ketchup packets, writes Vitali Vitaliev
Why sausage rolls are the measure of a society
The small things matter more than we think
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February 15, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Call me a pedant, but I have always believed in the importance of the little things—like can openers and ketchup packets, writes Vitali Vitaliev
Sarwar’s unheeded call for Starmer to resign was emblematic of Scottish Labour’s woes. The party has never convinced the Scottish public that it controls its own message, writes David McAllister
Nobody cares what Scottish Labour thinks
By positioning himself as a catalyst for change, Anas Sarwar inadvertently exposed the impotence of the party he leads
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February 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Sarwar’s unheeded call for Starmer to resign was emblematic of Scottish Labour’s woes. The party has never convinced the Scottish public that it controls its own message, writes David McAllister
The Tories claim that in approving China’s new embassy in London, Starmer has been duped by a plot to use the site for nefarious purposes. But the sale began and ended with Boris Johnson, writes Isabel Hilton
The real scandal of the China mega embassy? Tory amnesia
Labour has approved Beijing’s proposal for a giant embassy at the prestigious site of the former Royal Mint. But Conservatives—including Boris Johnson...
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February 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The Tories claim that in approving China’s new embassy in London, Starmer has been duped by a plot to use the site for nefarious purposes. But the sale began and ended with Boris Johnson, writes Isabel Hilton
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show was more celebratory than confrontational—but he made his message clear, all the same, writes Laura Barton
The universal language of Bad Bunny
This Puerto Rican rapper’s Super Bowl show was more celebratory than confrontational—but he made his message clear, all the same
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show was more celebratory than confrontational—but he made his message clear, all the same, writes Laura Barton
Richard Linklater’s nostalgic interpretation of Godard’s classic ’Breathless’ goes against everything French new wave cinema sought to be, writes James Oliver
Nostalgia and the nouvelle vague should not mix
Richard Linklater’s new film goes back to the making of Jean Luc-Godard’s ‘Breathless’. Godard himself would not have approved
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February 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Richard Linklater’s nostalgic interpretation of Godard’s classic ’Breathless’ goes against everything French new wave cinema sought to be, writes James Oliver
The High Court has ruled that that proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was unlawful.
But it is important to know what the judgment says and does not say, writes dag: www.prospectmagazine...
But it is important to know what the judgment says and does not say, writes dag: www.prospectmagazine...
February 14, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The High Court has ruled that that proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was unlawful.
But it is important to know what the judgment says and does not say, writes dag: www.prospectmagazine...
But it is important to know what the judgment says and does not say, writes dag: www.prospectmagazine...
🎧: On Media Confidential, Alan Rusbridger and @lionelbarber.bsky.social discuss Jeff Bezos sacking over 300 Washington Post journalists—or one-third of its newsroom
‘Jeff Bezos could have saved the Washington Post. Instead he’s trashed it’
The US newspaper has laid off more than 300 journalists. Why?
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February 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM
🎧: On Media Confidential, Alan Rusbridger and @lionelbarber.bsky.social discuss Jeff Bezos sacking over 300 Washington Post journalists—or one-third of its newsroom
“There is a fault line running through the Conservative Party. It has always been there,” writes Philip Collins—“but now it has opened and the party is falling in.”
The party is over
The glory days for Britain’s old parties are in the past. A new kind of politics is required
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February 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
“There is a fault line running through the Conservative Party. It has always been there,” writes Philip Collins—“but now it has opened and the party is falling in.”
What does Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance tell us about America’s political and cultural landscape at the moment?
Music critic Laura Barton explains: www.prospectmagazine...
Music critic Laura Barton explains: www.prospectmagazine...
February 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM
What does Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance tell us about America’s political and cultural landscape at the moment?
Music critic Laura Barton explains: www.prospectmagazine...
Music critic Laura Barton explains: www.prospectmagazine...
“The Home Office pushed the law to the limit—and the High Court today found it had pushed the law too far,” writes dag
The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. What next?
This is a big judgment. But not everything has changed
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
“The Home Office pushed the law to the limit—and the High Court today found it had pushed the law too far,” writes dag