Iain Martin
How Scotland Lost Its Mind
Voters north of the border are gripped by a nationalist mania. The SNP’s zealotry means I no longer feel as at home there as I once did
Boris is Ready for his Finest Hour. Is his Party?
The Mayor of London may see himself as the coming man of destiny, but there are plenty of rivals to thwart his path to 10 Downing Street
Globalisation and The Crisis of the Nation State
Political elites have yet to grasp that voters will soon demand protection from the harsh impact of the Second Machine Age
Without a Big Idea, Cameron Will Lose
The Prime Minister can handle the pressure of a crisis. But he has found it more difficult to set out a Conservative vision for Britain
Even a Fading Farage Can Deny Cameron Victory
UKIP may have peaked but the Eurosceptic party is still likely to take enough Tory votes to catapult Ed Miliband into Downing Street
What Will Georgian England Look Like?
Our future King’s dominion will be unrecognisable but the political class has not yet come to terms with its fast-changing landscape
Parties Over?
‘Are we seeing the disintegration and potential death of the party system?’
Is There a Way Out of the Tories’ Modernising Mess?
David Cameron must calm backbenchers and win back the core voters he has recklessly offended, before reaching out to the centre ground
How Supercam Can Win the Next Election
Cameron thinks Obama’s victory vindicates Osborne’s social liberalism but they both need to focus on aspiration and prosperity
Beyond Euroscepticism: Time for the Alternative
Critics of the flawed euro project have been vindicated but gloating is premature. They need to set out their own vision
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts