James Ball

31 May 2021

A dark decade lies ahead for Europe

As it faces its latest crisis, triggered by Belarus, a looming leadership vacuum threatens to condemn the EU to years of stagnation behind other global powers

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24 May 2021

Looking abroad for the answers on social care

The challenge of funding and providing social care is not unique to the UK. So what can we learn from other countries?

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13 May 2021

Seven reasons Scotland should stay in the Union

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07 May 2021

The cynical case for aid that even our cynical leaders can’t seem to grasp

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30 April 2021

Europe arms itself in race against the third wave

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22 April 2021

The real bid to sell off the NHS

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17 April 2021

The biggest scandal may be that no rules were broken

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11 April 2021

Alex Salmond’s gambit relies more on hope than data

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26 March 2021

What’s really behind Britain’s endless flag debate?

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19 March 2021

What is Europe’s problem with the AstraZeneca jab?

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11 March 2021

The winners and the losers in Europe’s vaccine race

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04 March 2021

The unhelpful comparisons surrounding Britain’s Covid debt

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24 February 2021

Winning court cases won’t stop the Tories… it’s time for a change in tactics

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17 February 2021

The way out of lockdown is becoming clearer, but the PM must not rush it

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14 February 2021

The clever politics that could save Keir Starmer’s leadership

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05 February 2021

The big threat to the vaccine rollout

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28 January 2021

The solution to school closures must be long term, not short

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20 January 2021

America enters a new chapter without Donald Trump – but with similar plot twists

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14 January 2021

The worryingly familiar signs for Britain’s vaccine roll-out

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07 January 2021

11 urgent steps this Gogglebox government needs to take

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31 December 2020

The Brexit deal deconstructed: what it all means

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17 December 2020

In this bleak, mad winter, lightness is coming

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09 December 2020

The Brexit blame game is a lot easier than getting a deal

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03 December 2020

Why Brexit all comes down to fish

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26 November 2020

How the Priti Patel bullying scandal exposed deeper problems

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17 November 2020

The two calamities Dominic Cummings has left behind

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10 November 2020

Don’t get too carried away… we haven’t seen the end of Donald Trump yet

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04 November 2020

Election chaos plays into Donald Trump’s hands

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29 October 2020

What will a Joe Biden presidency actually mean for America?

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22 October 2020

At the upcoming US election, Donald Trump really is toast

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15 October 2020

How the government gave coronavirus a head start

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08 October 2020

Donald Trump is cornered by coronavirus

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