Today on TAP: As the West’s only majority left-of-center government dithers, the far-right Reform party makes big gains.
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A Conversation With Daniel Chandler
The author of ‘Free and Equal’ reflects on the failure of the center-left and the rise of right-wing populism and Trump.
Posted inAmerica and the World
A British Preview of Kamala’s Challenges
Britain’s new Labour prime minister Keir Starmer has a huge majority, but defeatist constraints of his own making.
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Ain’t Nuthin but a Centrist Party
Can the Democrats avoid the impulse to turn right?
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The British Election: Not Quite as Predicted
Today on TAP: Labour won, but now Keir Starmer needs to earn his mandate.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Democrats and the Euroleft
How do the Dems stack up compared to U.K. Labour, the German Social Democrats, and the multiparty French left?
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Europe’s Decelerating Drift
Today on TAP: How serious is the continuing appeal of the far right?
Posted inAmerica and the World
Britain’s Turn to Labour
After the upcoming election, will we see a welcome shift to progressive rebuilding—or more austerity and neoliberalism?
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Britain’s Tories Are Being Punished by Voters. Why Aren’t U.S. Republicans?
Today on TAP: Lessons from the Tory wipeout in local U.K. elections
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The In-Flight Magazine for Corporate Jets
The Economist has channeled the concerns of elites for decades. It sees the Biden administration as a threat.