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The Palace of Westminster is falling down, just like our political system

We are close to a real chance for reform. It is being caused not by pamphlets or seminars, but the right people – the voters.

By Andrew Marr

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The second coming of Nato

The second coming of Nato

Adam Tooze

As UK inflation hammers the poor, we need a revolution in policy

Paul Mason

Partner content

Why now is the time to propel healthcare into the next era

“Pestminster”: catchy, witty and utterly shameful

Rachel Cunliffe

North Korea has finally been hit by Covid, and it’s ill-equipped to fight the outbreak

North Korea has finally been hit by Covid, and it’s ill-equipped to fight the outbreak

Katie Stallard

Book of the Day

Against the Bolaño industry

Chris Power

Quickfire

Why it's a bad time to give police officers stun guns

6:10 pm

Why it’s a bad time to give police officers stun guns

Jules Montague

Don’t give us “menstrual leave”, destigmatise sick leave

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Don’t give us “menstrual leave”, destigmatise sick leave

Emma Haslett

From Our Writers

Harry Lambert

Tories are beginning to see an energy windfall tax as a “no brainer”

Rory Scothorne

The radical potential of Scotland’s disenchantment with the monarchy

Emily Tamkin

Far-right Republicans head to midterms after primary victories

Anoosh Chakelian

“IT problems” don’t stop Rishi Sunak raising benefits, says Universal Credit creator

Politics

The Conservative Party is lost

By trying to please both free-marketeers and protectionists, the Tories will satisfy neither.

By Philip Collins

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David Miliband: “Only brilliant people win from the centre left”

David Miliband: “Only brilliant people win from the centre left”

Harry Lambert

The economic cost of Brexit is only getting worse

David Gauke

What if Keir Starmer’s gamble backfires?

Can Scottish Labour ever hope to challenge the SNP?

Chris Deerin

Andrew Bailey’s apocalypse

Commons Confidential

Andrew Bailey’s apocalypse

Kevin Maguire

Is Jeremy Hunt Johnson’s most dangerous Tory rival?

Harry Lambert

World

For only the second time, France has a female prime minister

Élisabeth Borne is a safe choice for Emmanuel Macron, but the symbolism of her appointment matters.

By Ido Vock

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Why G7 leaders, including the UK, risk being complicit in a global famine

Why G7 leaders, including the UK, risk being complicit in a global famine

Kirsty McNeill

China’s repression of Uyghurs extends far beyond its own borders

Bradley Jardine

When will Vladimir Putin realise it is time to cut his losses in Ukraine?

Lawrence Freedman

Rage against the regime: the Belarus ultras who stood up to Lukashenko

Maria Wilczek

Aubergines off the menu in Turkey as inflation bites

Aubergines off the menu in Turkey as inflation bites

Ayla Jean Yackley

Hong Kong’s authoritarian future is already here

Katie Stallard

Ideas

The war in Ukraine will only deepen the climate crisis

Anatol Lieven

How the Greek revolution made the modern world

Nick Burns

After the Zeitenwende: Jürgen Habermas and Germany's new identity crisis

After the Zeitenwende: Jürgen Habermas and Germany’s new identity crisis

Adam Tooze

What does Europe’s right want?

David Broder

Tell us who you really are, Keir Starmer

Richard Seymour

Philosophy's gentle giant

Philosophy’s gentle giant

Jeremy Waldron

Books and Culture

Where the internet went wrong – and how we can reboot it

The online world is run by tech companies that we depend on but deeply distrust. New books by Justin EH…

By William Davies

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The Victorians in The Essex Serpent are as far-fetched as the sea-monster

The Victorians in The Essex Serpent are as far-fetched as the sea-monster

Rachel Cooke

Book of the Day

What rocks teach us about the human condition

Rebels Against the Raj: A morality tale for Modi’s nationalist India

Soumya Bhattacharya

Thom Yorke’s the Smile sound a lot like Radiohead – and that’s no bad thing

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Florence and the Machine’s Dance Fever is a timeless, euphoric record

Florence and the Machine’s Dance Fever is a timeless, euphoric record

Emily Bootle

Terence Davies’s Benediction is a perfect portrait of an outsider

David Sexton

Podcasts

Armando Iannucci: Is politics just a game to today's leaders?

Westminster Reimagined

Armando Iannucci: Is politics just a game to today’s leaders?

Armando Iannucci and Anoosh Chakelian

Will the Red Wall or beergate seal Keir Starmer’s fate?

The New Statesman podcast

Will the Red Wall or beergate seal Keir Starmer’s fate?

Anoosh Chakelian, Freddie Hayward and Ben Walker

Why the US Supreme Court is going backwards on abortion rights

Why the US Supreme Court is going backwards on abortion rights

Emily Tamkin, Katie Stallard and Rachel Cunliffe

A year inside GB News: "What the hell have we done?"

Audio Long Reads

A year inside GB News: “What the hell have we done?”

Stuart McGurk and Chris Stone

Business and Economics

UK inflation 2022: What stagflation means for the cost-of-living crisis

Emma Haslett

“You’re made to feel like the criminal”: why victims of romance scams feel let down by banks

Sarah Dawood

Office clearout leaves Britain with more jobs than workers to fill them

Office clearout leaves Britain with more jobs than workers to fill them

Could a four-day week stop the next recession?

Will Dunn

The Business Interview

“They have no respect for anything”: the quiet remorse of the man who sold London to Putin’s oligarchs

Emma Haslett

The Tories are trying to blame the Bank of England for our economic crisis

The Tories are trying to blame the Bank of England for our economic crisis

Will Dunn

Environment

The Environment Interview

England on fire? Stephen Ellcock and the need for radical, noisy art

India Bourke

Wrong-headed food policies will lose the Tories their rural voters

Tim Lang

Why the world underestimates China's climate action at its peril

Why the world underestimates China’s climate action at its peril

Bernice Lee

Why climate doomism is not an option

Philippa Nuttall

UK offshore wind will be “more valuable” than North Sea oil ever was

Nick Ferris

George Monbiot: “Agriculture is arguably the most destructive industry on Earth”

George Monbiot: “Agriculture is arguably the most destructive industry on Earth”

Philippa Nuttall

The Long Read

Is a united Ireland now inevitable?

Is a united Ireland now inevitable?

As Sinn Féin surges with voters, Irish reunification seems closer than ever. But the real debate over what the new…

By Martin Fletcher

Magazine

Putin vs Nato

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Putin vs Nato

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The second coming of Nato

By Adam Tooze

Mumsnet’s founder Justine Roberts: “It is a place where women can speak the truth”

By Sophie McBain

Norman Scott interview: “I never loved Jeremy Thorpe, but he could be enormous fun”

By Kate Mossman

Spotlight

DfT chief claims Leeds leg of HS2 "never fully written off"

Regional Development

DfT chief claims Leeds leg of HS2 “never fully written off”

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

NSA cyber chief: Even the good hactivists are problematic

NSA cyber chief: Even the good hactivists are problematic

Sarah Dawood

Pothole politics: A Tory councillor on Croydon in crisis

Regional Development

Pothole politics: A Tory councillor on Croydon in crisis

Samir Jeraj

It’s not you – it’s your toxic corporate culture

It’s not you – it’s your toxic corporate culture

Alona Ferber