Either Cummings or No 10 is guilty of gross misjudgment

There can now be no doubt that our system for running the country is the wrong one

Jeremy Farrar explains why humanity may simply have to learn to live with Covid-19, why he wishes there were *more* government advisers in scientific meetings—and why he thinks it is still too early to reopen schools

Once a mighty constitutional office, the role is now played by political minnows. Our democracy is the weaker for it

Support for the government’s response is far from unconditional

In the Covid-19 context, private companies are getting unprecedented access to information held by the health service

A well-trodden Via Dolorosa is often an individual’s path to power, as many historical examples attest

The errors of the past years might have been avoided

The coronavirus crisis means next step in process should be postponed

Covid-19 is exposing holes in the government’s ability to plan for the future

To safeguard liberty, all emergency powers should meet these four tests

Gordon Brown’s recent interventions show the kinds of skills we would all benefit from