The price of loyalty to Biden

As Joe Biden edges closer to stepping aside, James Harding has a cautionary tale for worried Democrats from across the Atlantic.

A moment of optimism

The seam of anger and disillusion in UK politics is wide and deep. But Thursday’s vote offers us a reason to hope, too.

Hope, change and the fiscal rules

James Harding wonders whether amid all the hope of a new Labour government it will need to revise its fiscal rules.

Not rejoining, but returning

Now Labour and the Conservatives have published their party manifestos, Tortoise editor James Harding examines which issues they're not tackling.

It's the technology, stupid

James Harding thinks we're asking our politicians the wrong questions ahead of the election.

The politicisation of the courts

In the wake of the verdict against Donald Trump, James Harding considers the the loss of confidence in the judiciary, the suspicion that judges are politicians, that the courts are political and polarising.

The course for change

James Harding reflects on how the UK General Election will change the course of the country.

Should journalism defend democracy or enable it?

James Harding ponders what the job of journalism is in the face of populist liars, sophisticated propaganda and the information war.

Why newsrooms matter

James Harding makes the case for why newsrooms should be places a home for challenging questions, heretics and contrarians.