The inheritance awaiting Britain’s next government
A tour of the country—and of the past 14 years of Conservative rule
Almost a millennium ago, Alan Rufus, a Breton warlord, helped his kinsman William the Conqueror squish a Saxon rebellion, pillaging and slaughtering across northern England. Today the view from his ruined castle in Richmond is serene, sheep gambolling beside the River Swale as it meanders through North Yorkshire. Richmond is “a lovely, historic, thriving market town”, effuses Colin Grant, a champion of local regeneration projects, as he shows off its 18th-century theatre.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The inheritance”
Britain July 6th 2024
- Labour’s landslide victory will turn politics on its head
- The inheritance awaiting Britain’s next government
- The woes of Hargreaves Lansdown, Britain’s DIY-investing titan
- Nukes and King Charles—but no door key
- A prime minister, a plotter and others say farewell as British MPs
- A weekend with Gareth Southgate and friends
- What now for Britain’s right-wing parties?
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