Britain
Explore our coverage of Britain’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
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Why Britain’s membership of the ECHR has become a political issue
And why leaving would be a mistake
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The ECtHR’s Swiss climate ruling: overreach or appropriate?
A ruling on behalf of pensioners does not mean the court has gone rogue
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Why are so many bodies in Britain found in a decomposed state?
To understand Britons’ social isolation, consider their corpses
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When academics meet “The Archers”
An annual conference offers Foucauldian analyses of the BBC radio drama. And cakes
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English local government is in a dire state
The excitement over metro mayors cannot disguise the rot
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How to fix Britain’s barmy VAT regime
Britain’s second-most-important tax is riddled with holes
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Online dating spells the end of Britain’s lonely-hearts ads
A 300-year-old genre is losing its GSOH
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The push to decriminalise abortion in Britain heats up
But campaigners should be careful what they wish for
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How tactical voting might affect the British election
The evidence for co-ordinated anti-Tory behaviour
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Local British politics is a mix of the good, the bad and the mad
Devolution is messier—and weirder—than people think
