Contents May 2017

PROSPECT MAY

Letters & opinions 4 Letters 6 Twig the truth about

Scotland 7 Don’t give in to fear

8 The art of the impossible deal 9 America is not the world 10 Under cover laws plus ’ cartoon strip

The Duel 18 Is Sgt Pepper still worth the hype?

11 How to fix the refugee crisis 12 Division, disruption and demons past 14 Rage runs into a dead end 16 View from the

Falklands The other British isles

30 Trigger unhappy

The letter is sent, but the die is not cast.

32 The revolution will be digitised

How politics got tangled up in the web. 40 The nowhere neighbourhood

London is building a new district where no local could afford to live.

London is building a new district where no local could afford to live.

Speed data 20 Uneven reports on inequality

Features

Broken Britain Broken

22 Normal nation,

The problem is not turbulent neurotic neighbour The Union is decaying. The problem is not turbulent Scots, but the lack of a healthy English nationalism. plus 25 Is it winnable?

healthy English nationalism.

27 Is it affordable?

48 Brief encounter

Michael Rosen “ We do not distribute the results of our work in an equitable way” ’ 50 After Islamic State

Collapse may come swiftly—but will that leave the world any safer? 54 I spy nationalism grabs attention, Europe is the real worry.

MI6’s former chief says that while the White House grabs attention, Europe is the real worry. 58 Can Somalia be saved?

Can Somalia be saved?

The world’s frailest state has a new leader— a US citizen.

state has a new leader—