The Economist Britain

The promotion of an admiral to run the armed forces accentuates the turn to the seas

A window of opportunity to attract investment to Northern Ireland will not stay open forever

That will strain the care system, and perhaps change the culture

Welsh Labour has remained strong, despite the party’s troubles elsewhere in Britain

A campaign of harassment against Kathleen Stock, a philosophy professor, highlights a stifling orthodoxy

The Conservative government starts another game of chicken with the European Union

Meanwhile, benefits are being cut, crimping disposable incomes

Oddly, the people who care most about climate change are most opposed

Millions have died; millions more will

Even as lorry-drivers and chefs are kept out

Her killer is sentenced as the handling of violence against women is already under scrutiny

Pandemic-era measures changed that, but only temporarily

Boris Johnson uses his party’s conference to flesh out his signature policy

It wants more home ownership, but is less keen on building more homes

Can it break through?

Reasons to study Greek and Latin are many and varied

Fears of a she-cession were ill-founded

His suggestions just happen to benefit Manchester

Despite mutinous left-wingers’ attempts to knock him off course

But his government has not got any better at crisis-management