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The logic of a British passport is sound enough. But, it underlines how much we have lost for the little we have gained

Amy Trigg’s play about life with spina bifida is a tremendous piece of writing and acting, but repeats are for television

In an attempt to save his image, what other shows could the former health secretary make all about him?

Margaret Thatcher would not have made much of the former health secretary's claim to be a celebrity

No 10 has mistaken excellence for elitism. The results could be disastrous

Brexit has been a car crash. When will we have a leader brave enough to tell the truth about this?

Britain needs strong economic growth. One of the world’s leading economists explains why that’s not going to happen

Britain will stop on Sunday to honour its war dead. But in a new era, what should we remember, and how should we do it?

Five years after we upset the people of Skegness by describing their town as Brexitland-on-Sea, we handed MARTIN FLETCHER a tin helmet and sent him back to see if their sunlit uplands ever materialised

The birth of the singles chart signalled the future direction of British pop

The UK Jewish film festival forces us to confront the past, no matter how agonising

A show about shallow people really shouldn’t be so shallow itself. Sadly, this production falls into this trap

The play's 90 minutes pass effortlessly enough, but ultimately one was left feeling it was much ado about nothing

For those of the Brexit persuasion, the East Europeans who managed to get in should be called Benefits Vultures. They are as far from this as imaginable

'Wimbledonisation' helped the City of London become Europe’s financial capital. But leaving the EU has been much less of an advantage

Who will Suella Braverman go after next in her attempt to out-bigot the bigots?

Nowadays, I tend to steer clear of SW1A 0AA. Perhaps, it's the bad memories, or maybe it's the horrific state of British politics today

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Burns is seen as making the true blue Tory heartland seat look “eminently winnable” for Labour

The former defence and education secretary feels he's never been awarded the rank he deserves

Welcome to Europe’s future, in which Britain holds a referendum in 2041 to rejoin the European Union

Rejoining the single market would begin to offer some stability to our troubling times

New Labour’s architect says only rebuilding bridges with the EU will solve what Sunak calls Britain’s ‘profound economic challenge’

Empires rise and fall, and yet Bake Off remains on our screens. Yet, across the pond commentators recently took aim at Mexico week

UK manufacturing is reeling from a double whammy of Brexit idiocy, and the future looks scary

Rishi Sunak's role as master of PR and the art of being super-rich makes him poorly suited for public life

Why is Britain in such a mess? It’s written in the stars of course…

There is only a cynical, poorly-run immigration system. And that’s the government’s fault

Any attempt to explain this play will not do it justice. Just go and see it. It is simply wonderful

This production has gotten Soho Place off to a marvellously, pun intended, good start

I’m just a few months away from my first chance to vote. But instead of great anticipation all I feel is hopelessness

The new prime minister is showing every sign of going down the same path as Boris Johnson