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Why Nicola Sturgeon was destined for failure

The First Minister’s overriding obsession with Scottish independence led to the neglect of other policy areas.

By Chris Deerin

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The strange death of the centre right

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The strange death of the centre right

Jeremy Cliffe

Who will replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader?

Freddie Hayward and Zoë Grünewald

Why Brexit is back

Can Britain ever rejoin the EU?

Wolfgang Münchau

The war within Pink Floyd

The war within Pink Floyd

Stuart Maconie

Kate Forbes is the SNP’s best hope

Chris Deerin

Quickfire

Westminster Tories can beat the SNP after all

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Westminster Tories can beat the SNP after all

Henry Hill

Nikki Haley is an extremist in moderate clothing

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Nikki Haley is an extremist in moderate clothing

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What is behind the fall of Nicola Sturgeon?

The SNP’s fraught divisions over the gender bill and the path to independence destroyed the First Minister’s leadership.

By Chris Deerin

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Labour must seize the interventionist moment

Labour must seize the interventionist moment

James Meadway

Rishi Sunak, the man who isn’t there

Andrew Marr

Labour’s Bolton selection row puts Rayner and Starmer allies at odds

Are trade unions facing their own #MeToo moment?

Rachel Wearmouth

“Too many people are only here for the politics”: Alicia Kearns on leading foreign policy from the backbenches

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“Too many people are only here for the politics”: Alicia Kearns on leading foreign policy from the backbenches

Rachel Cunliffe

Dominic Raab’s defenders are wrong – being “tough” doesn’t work

David Gauke

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Marie Le Conte

Journalism’s dirty secret isn’t nepotism – it’s luck

Jeremy Cliffe

Why Europeans should not get too used to Joe Biden, the last of the Atlanticists

Harry Lambert

What does Evgeny Lebedev want?

Sarah Manavis

The tasteless, dangerous rise of charity porn content

World

The anger and hope the earthquake left behind

As the death toll in Syria and Turkey passes 36,000, survivors question whether some deaths could have been prevented.

By Lyse Doucet

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Is the clock ticking for TikTok?

Is the clock ticking for TikTok?

Katie Stallard

Russia is to blame for holding up earthquake aid to Syria

Abbie Cheeseman

Asia’s dangerous new arms race

Katie Stallard

Oleksiy Danilov: “Weak people always come up with excuses not to act”

Bruno Maçães

The West is betraying Armenia

The West is betraying Armenia

Sohrab Ahmari

Why size does matter for Europe and Brexit Britain

Jeremy Cliffe

Ideas

The detective of world history

Rory Scothorne

Elon Musk’s useful philosopher

Paris Marx

The business-lounge intellectual

The Weekend Essay

The business-lounge intellectual

William Davies

The Ideas Interview

The new class war

Jonathan Rutherford

The poetic history of David Graeber

Justin EH Smith

Britain’s crisis of unbelief

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Britain’s crisis of unbelief

Madoc Cairns

Books and Culture

How consultancy bleeds Britain dry

In The Big Con Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington reveal how management consultants promise to fix governments but end up…

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Magic Mike’s hollow feminism

Magic Mike’s hollow feminism

Ann Manov

The infinite art of John Donne

The idiot rich are taking over our cities – and our culture

Andrew Marr

A reckoning for Silicon Valley

Nick Burns

An unmissable view of Vermeer's secret worlds

An unmissable view of Vermeer’s secret worlds

Michael Prodger

Florian Zeller’s The Son is a work of crass melodrama

David Sexton

Podcasts

The great housing con: why the coming crash will rewrite the UK economy - Audio Long Reads

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The great housing con: why the coming crash will rewrite the UK economy – Audio Long Reads

Will Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle restore his authority?

Will Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle restore his authority?

Will Volodymyr Zelensky secure British jets for Ukraine?

Will Volodymyr Zelensky secure British jets for Ukraine?

Can we stop the government criminalising protest? With Jodie Beck of Liberty

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Can we stop the government criminalising protest? With Jodie Beck of Liberty

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Business and Economics

What would happen if everyone knew your salary?

Will Dunn

Where did America’s recession go?

Will Dunn

Where have BP’s Russian profits gone?

Where have BP’s Russian profits gone?

Emma Haslett

What if inflation falls in the wrong way?

Emma Haslett

Christopher Harborne: the silent donor behind Brexit and Boris Johnson

Will Dunn

How Help to Buy broke the housing market

How Help to Buy broke the housing market

Emma Haslett

Spotlight on Policy

Regional Development

Levelling up won’t happen until the UK solves its drugs problem

Jake Shepherd

On misogyny, the Online Safety Bill is still woefully inadequate

Nicky Morgan

Royal Academy of Engineering chief: “The industry has a diversity deficit”

Royal Academy of Engineering chief: “The industry has a diversity deficit”

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

Eating disorders are a greatly misunderstood silent killer

Wera Hobhouse

Regional Development

Michael Gove and the levelling up agenda have been hamstrung

Jonny Ball

The “world’s next Silicon Valley” is unlikely to be in Britain

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The “world’s next Silicon Valley” is unlikely to be in Britain

Matthew Gooding

The Long Read

Mutiny at the BBC: “Almost everyone has left. No one does any journalism”

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Mutiny at the BBC: “Almost everyone has left. No one does any journalism”

After BBC chairman Richard Sharp’s appearance before a select committee, the mood has turned from despondency to rage.

By William Turvill

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