Democracy keeps populism in check

The evidence is clear: the Tory Party’s plight can be blamed on the Liz Truss U-turn that exploded its claim to hard-headed competence

The Conservative Party, the “oldest, most successful political party in the history of democracy”, is in big trouble, says Andrew Neil. Its “very survival is on the line”. Indeed, if there were an ele

The soundtrack to Japanese politics was once “quiet, calm, ambient”, says The Economist. No longer. New prime minister Sanae Takaichi, a one-time heavy-metal drummer, is setting a new beat that is “br

Controversy of the week Farage’s economic pitch When ...

The Labour administration will reap what it has sown, but Richard Negus spells out what a future government can do to regain the trust of agriculture

Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, is one of the few bright stars in the vast, dead, black, cold and empty universe of politics. Whatever else can be said about him, that star is rising. Milei led h