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Letter from London
Correspondents
Yesterday’s man, tomorrow
David Hayes
30 March 2017
A Conservative chancellor turned newspaper editor may influence politics, and Brexit, in unexpected ways
Correspondents
Waist deep in the Brexit muddy
David Hayes
26 December 2016
Letter from London
| Britain’s divisions over Europe fester in a political swamp. But there is a way out
Correspondents
Labour’s problem with women
David Hayes
1 October 2016
The long walk to equality in Britain is embroiled in cyberbullying and a party’s civil war
Correspondents
Brexitannia: a state in limbo
David Hayes
16 August 2016
Britain is paralysed by its decision to leave the European Union, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Britain on the edge
David Hayes
20 June 2016
An MP’s murder sheds a harsh light on a polarised country, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Ireland’s evolutionary past
David Hayes
16 June 2016
Dublin’s commemoration of the Easter 1916 rising against British rule had an inclusive message but a political undertow, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Britain’s Brexit blues
David Hayes
3 June 2016
The duel over Britain’s place in Europe is a feast of acrimony, says
David Hayes
in London
Correspondents
London’s palace of mirrors
David Hayes
13 May 2016
A troubled start to this week’s anti-corruption summit revealed some home truths about Britain, writes
David Hayes
in London
Correspondents
Britain’s festival of democracy
David Hayes
10 May 2016
A Pakistani immigrant’s child and a fearless gay Scot are among the stars of Thursday’s UK-wide elections. They show that politics can work, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Cameron’s tax trauma
David Hayes
11 April 2016
The Panama Papers have thwacked Britain’s prime minister. But he’s not out yet, says
David Hayes
in London
Correspondents
Britain’s first modern prime minister
David Hayes
15 March 2016
Harold Wilson, born a century ago this month, imprinted himself on the public imagination
Correspondents
Fred Halliday’s futurity
David Hayes
1 March 2016
Six years after his death, the work of a protean internationalist scholar has never been more relevant, writes
David Hayes
Correspondents
The spies who came out of the dark
David Hayes
14 December 2015
The allure of the secret service in the British imagination is also the entry code to citizens’ data, writes
David Hayes
in London
Correspondents
David Cameron: destiny deferred
David Hayes
24 October 2015
Britain’s prime minister is a proven winner at the polls. Now he faces an even bigger test, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
After the Corbyn cult
David Hayes
14 September 2015
British Labour has chosen its most left-wing leader ever, writes
David Hayes
in London. The lessons for democracy are profound
Correspondents
BBC at a crossroads
David Hayes
7 August 2015
National treasure to be defended or imperial behemoth to be tamed? A war over the BBC’s future is taking shape, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
A Magna Carta moment
David Hayes
5 June 2015
After eight centuries the revered document of liberty still grips the political imagination, says
David Hayes
in London
Correspondents
Britain’s pencil revolution
David Hayes
9 May 2015
A purgative election has cleared the way for even bigger contests to come, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Britain’s vote in the dark
David Hayes
6 May 2015
An odd election campaign ends with nationalists becoming unionists and radicals conservatives, writes
David Hayes
Correspondents
Britain’s reckoning election
David Hayes
2 May 2015
A wary, data-driven, Scotland-focused contest gives voters no lead, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
A kingdom for a vote
David Hayes
22 April 2015
Britain’s election is a blind date with destiny, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Dirty big secrets
David Hayes
6 April 2015
A spate of disclosures of child sexual abuse sets a challenging test for British society, writes
David Hayes
in London
Correspondents
Retreat, Britannia?
David Hayes
5 March 2015
No foreign policy, mute diplomacy and a weak military, goes the mantra. In London,
David Hayes
tests the alarm
Correspondents
Britain’s election fix
David Hayes
18 February 2015
A statutory five-year term has reset Britain’s political dynamics. But not in a good way, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
London, pulse of change
David Hayes
22 December 2014
A dynamic metropolis resented by the country it governs is exploring its own political options, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Britain’s politics without walls
David Hayes
27 October 2014
Democracy’s decline always makes a good story. But like the country itself, British politics might be adapting rather than decaying, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
John Bercow and “the Aussie woman”
David Hayes
29 September 2014
The ripples of an unlikely row over a parliamentary appointment reach from London to Canberra, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Ireland and Britain: neighbours in transit
David Hayes
31 August 2014
Dublin and London are finding common diplomatic ground just as politics is sweeping them off their feet
Correspondents
Britain’s Great War: traps of memory
David Hayes
17 July 2014
The centenary of the 1914–18 war reveals Britain to be a country of permanent involution, says
David Hayes
Correspondents
Waiting for England
David Hayes
12 June 2014
The identity of Britain’s largest nation is a live question during every World Cup, says
David Hayes
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