Love letter to a greater London

Britain’s capital city and the wider South East of England should be celebrated not condemned

Jul 14 • Iain Martin

10

An Andy Burnham coronation? Really?

Any plan to muscle out a sitting Prime Minister and replace him without a contest and proper scrutiny is deeply unwise.

Jul 8 • Iain Martin

1

June 2026

Can Andy Burnham win an early general election?

Britain's incoming Prime Minister may well go to the country early with the right split, Farage vulnerable and victory feasible

Jun 29 • Iain Martin

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May 2026

Britain’s narrow escape from the Sturgeon-Murrell regime

At the height of the Covid crisis, the pair thought the SNP's moment had come

May 31 • Iain Martin

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Antisemitism, Britain under attack and our degraded information ecosystem

The authoritarian regimes are skilled at amplifying hatred, sowing division and undermining our societies

May 16 • Iain Martin

13

3

Elections: What just happened?

From Reform's breakthrough to Labour's thrashing and the SNP winning forever, these were landmark contests.

May 9 • Iain Martin

15

2

April 2026

Britain’s disastrous defence deficit

A reckoning with us - the public - is long overdue

Apr 20 • Iain Martin

10

3

March 2026

EI not AI

The Engelsberg Ideas app is now available to download. Entirely free to read with no ads, it features many of the world’s brightest minds.

Mar 12 • Iain Martin

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Our material world, oil price shocks, and financial crisis risks rising

On the verge of a global economic crisis, Britain is badly exposed on energy and defence.

Mar 9 • Iain Martin

12

1

February 2026

Why on earth does this keep happening?

Given the epic technological and constitutional changes underway, turmoil is hardly surprising

Feb 22 • Iain Martin

8

The end of the holiday from history

We live once again in an age of hard power and Britain’s political economy will have to change

Feb 15 • Iain Martin

20

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1

China's coming crisis

The dash to Beijing by Whitehall is based on a mistaken assumption that China will triumph in the 21st century

Feb 2 • Iain Martin

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