Jon Allsop

The Return of Trump—II

On Gaza, trade, con men, sinking feelings, the federal workforce, and “Brexit plus plus plus.”

Extinction Coalition

After making its name with disruptive direct actions, the climate movement Extinction Rebellion is on a path to go mainstream. 

The War of the Rose

France’s once-powerful Socialist Party has been in steep decline. In a moment of political crisis, can its leader revive it?

Marine Le Pen’s ‘Perfect Soldier’

To focus on her 2022 presidential campaign, the National Rally candidate is handing over party leadership to her youthful protégé. Is this the ticket that will bring the far right to power in France?

Cummings’s Last Stand

The political adviser who helped Boris Johnson ride the Brexit wave into power has turned on him over the government’s pandemic record. But whose nemesis will it prove?

Labour’s Leader in the Wilderness

Taking charge after the electoral debacle under Jeremy Corbyn was always going to be a challenge. But Keir Starmer is struggling to chart a new course for his party.