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International Jessie Blackbourn 26 February 2019 The controversy over Shamima Begum’s bid to return to Britain from Syria has parallels in Australia
Correspondents David Hayes 19 February 2019 A split from Labour is a shaft of light amid the Brexit gloom Essays & Reportage Tony Blackshield 19 February 2019 Parliament unworkable? There are precedents for sending MPs back to the people, but they might not embolden the governor-general Correspondents David Hayes 11 December 2018 Britain’s economic model has to change, and that may take another crisis Correspondents Peter Mares 10 December 2018 At Westminster, parliament will almost certainly vote down the British prime minister’s Brexit plan. No one knows what will happen next
Correspondents David Hayes 21 November 2018 Brexit’s failure of governance is sending democracy haywire
Correspondents David Hayes 17 October 2018 The Belfast novelist’s prize underlines the BBC’s cultural drift Correspondents David Hayes 8 October 2018 This party leader can’t own or disown his past, nor Labour’s Correspondents David Hayes 27 August 2018 Letter from London | Australia’s political drama gives Britain respite from Brexit, along with a crash course in Canberrology Correspondents David Hayes 27 July 2018 Britain’s exit from Europe is showing the flaws of both parties to the negotiations
Correspondents David Hayes 22 June 2018 Ireland’s vote to legalise abortion is having a percussive impact on its neighbours
Essays & Reportage Susan Lever 6 June 2018 A wedding, four plays and a TV series — do the British have something to teach us about scrutinising power? Correspondents David Hayes 29 May 2018 The British government’s torment of West Indians links two national fixations: immigration and Europe National Affairs Mike Steketee 6 April 2018 Automated welfare didn’t end with the robodebt controversy. Here and overseas, governments are turning vital decisions over to computers Correspondents David Hayes 30 March 2018 How a poison attack in an English cathedral city became an international diplomatic crisis
Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 28 March 2018 Cinema | The British Film Festival has been an unexpected hit with Australian audiences
Correspondents David Hayes 10 January 2018 Britain’s liberal beacon is scaling down but thinking big Correspondents David Hayes 6 December 2017 How the post-Weinstein furore shook British politics Correspondents David Hayes 10 October 2017 Letter from London | A Nobel award gives the British novelist’s voice as well as his work a new authority Books & Arts Robin Jeffrey 1 September 2017 Books | Shashi Tharoor’s vigorous rejoinder to defenders of empire teaches other lessons as well
Correspondents David Hayes 16 August 2017 Britain has spiralled into political failure since voting to leave the European Union. What happened, and what happens next?
Correspondents David Hayes 19 June 2017 A hulking ruin stands in judgement over a country adrift National Affairs Peter Brent 15 June 2017 Jeremy Corbyn’s critics might brand him a populist, but that doesn’t explain how both major parties attracted surprisingly big shares of the vote in last week’s… Correspondents David Hayes 9 June 2017 Labour has averted catastrophe, but the stunning result leaves the country with no way to negotiate Brexit National Affairs Peter Brent 7 June 2017 Like their Australian counterparts, British frontrunners often lose support during election campaigns
Correspondents David Hayes 5 June 2017 A dizzying election campaign, split this time by terror attacks, might be part of a new political normal
Correspondents David Hayes 30 May 2017 The favourite trashes her brand, the underdog relishes his. Our correspondent is perplexed Correspondents David Hayes 24 May 2017 The horrific massacre in England’s second city creates a wider sense of threat Correspondents David Hayes 22 May 2017 British Conservatives have history, nation, ability, luck and opponents on their side Correspondents David Hayes 19 April 2017 Brexit’s titanic tests have forced the prime minister’s hand