Government inverted values mean that ministers’ incompetence and scapegoating have led to the resignations of a series of civil servants

As the fallout from Sunak’s out-of-touch mini-budget continues, John Cole looks at its detail and the alternatives he could have...

Recent attacks on our democracy include the elections bill, ignoring Human Rights Act, and gaming the UK voting system for...

The UK's representative democracy is under threat from Conservative Party donors, the financial sector and Russian connections.

Plans to bring North Yorkshire local government under a unitary authority will further damage public engagement in local democracy.

The book Hard Choices by Peter Ricketts catalogues past UK diplomatic successes, today’s UK strengths, and current weaknesses and challenges

Peter Geoghegan investigates corruption in politics and hidden donors which are threats to global democracy in his book Democracy for...

Why we get the wrong politicians is an award winning book that gives insight on how the government and MPs...

The City of London and the Crown Dependencies are at the centre of the world's money laundering, and little has...

John Cole writes about the lack of social care reform in the UK, and the government's historic failure to act....

John Cole address what it means to "speak truth to power" within the media, and encourages the BBC to hold...

John Cole draws attention to the impact the new police and crime bill will have on civil liberties.

On the day that he became prime minster, Boris Johnson declared, “We will fix the crisis in social care once...

John Cole calls into question how genuine libertarians have been, particularly during this crisis, when they have done more harm...

John Cole questions why we have foodbanks in such a prosperous society, and how austerity led to divisions in this...

John Cole reviews Ian Dunt's book, How To Be a Liberal. The book stretches back as far as Aristotle to...

John Cole reviews Timothy Garton Ash's recent article entitled "The future of liberalism". If we seek to make the UK...

John Cole shows how "doughnut economics" might be the key to our way out of the upcoming economic crisis, with...

Ministerial standards have progressively fallen in recent years – with a near-vertical plunge since Johnson became prime minister.

Ali was out for a walk in the Yorkshire Dales with her Uncle John. She was looking forward to picking...

Top investigative journalist Ivan Inckling has blown the cover of a government department that up to this point was unknown

Frankly it is politics, and fairly low politics at that. He is using dog-whistle tactics to firm up his base –...

The priority for the government’s economic policy must be to ensure that all individuals and all families in the UK...

For Sir Keir Starmer the task has now become to spot the five truths hidden in the torrent of misinformation...