Politics
John Walsh: We need a strong state to thrive, but will we ever get one?
Parties that favour making the rich pay for everything are undermining attempts to create the backbone of a healthy, inclusive democracy
The news cycle these days is an unrelenting flow of doom-laden stories with very little respite. War, famine and climate change pose long-term existential challenges.
The cost-of-living crisis across most of the developed world is tapping into ongoing anxieties about the future of liberal democracy. Over the past number of years, right-wing insurgents such as Donald Trump and left-wing populists have chipped away at the political centre.
A new book, The Great Experiment: How to ...
