Philip Collins

3 weeks ago | observer.co.uk | Philip Collins

Joe Root once said, “The nirvana for batting is to have nothing in your mind. You can just watch the ball and play”. Root’s mind must have been empty on Sunday in Cardiff as he took England to an unlikely victory in the one-day international against the West Indies with 166 runs, scored as unobtrusively as always. There has never been an England batsman more adept than Root at scoring off good balls without seeming to do anything.

1 month ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Philip Collins |Ann Pettifor |Phil Tinline |Sam Freedman

Kraftwerk, autism, my son and me

1 month ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Philip Collins

Nigel Farage is tired of being everyone else’s gadfly and now he has found true ambition. A member of parliament at the eighth time of trying, he wants to be Reform UK’s prime minister, and he believes he can do it. There is no doubt that Farage is brilliantly successful at spooking his rivals. He has led a one-man party with a mission of making a mess of other parties.

1 month ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Philip Collins

Nigel Farage is tired of being everyone else’s gadfly and now he has found true ambition. A member of parliament at the eighth time of trying, he wants to be Reform UK’s prime minister, and he believes he can do it. There is no doubt that Farage is brilliantly successful at spooking his rivals. He has led a one-man party with a mission of making a mess of other parties.

Mar 19, 2025 | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Philip Collins

Liz Kendall’s announcement in the House of Commons that £5bn needed to come off the welfare bill by 2030 was made in defiance of a strong Labour tradition. There is a storm to come on this question because the defence of welfare has for a long time been a core Labour idea. At best, Kendall’s proposals can be complimented as being brave. Incapacity benefits as part of Universal Credit will be cut for new claimants by more than £2,000 a year and frozen for existing claimants.