"The referendum on British membership of the European Union will be decided by the Eurosceptic but risk-averse middle chunk of the electorate"

The inside story of the Lib Dems in the coalition government is a brave attempt to explain where it all went wrong

After failing to predict the outcome of the general election, polling companies face a high-stakes challenge to redeem themselves in June

In Sweden, the ongoing migrant crisis means borders are back

How UKIP metamorphosed from ex-Tory Eurobores to a political force appealing to all manner of malcontents

The Conservative election victory was surprising — but not to those on the inside of the Tory machine

A visit to the Tom Wolfe papers at the New York Public Library reveals a writer who helps America make sense of itself

The tumultuous day Jeremy Corbyn was crowned Labour leader

What is it like to grow up as the child of a dictator?

Why is security online so hard to achieve? Edward Lucas's Cyberphobia argues that we are more at risk online than we realise