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Founded in 1930, we publish analysis, insight and informed opinion on politics and public policy – jargon-free and always in plain English.

We are broadly progressive in outlook, but we publish a wide range of authors and viewpoints.

“What I have most wanted to do... is to make political writing into an art" – George Orwell

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