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Why Boris Johnson’s No 10 is so dysfunctional

Insiders describe a Downing Street operation desperately lacking in direction and grip.

By Harry Lambert

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Exclusive: Nationality and Borders Bill is “unconstitutional", says top law firm

Exclusive: Nationality and Borders Bill is “unconstitutional”, says top law firm

Ben van der Merwe

The edgy teen TV series Euphoria is nasty, tedious and pornographic

Rachel Cooke

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MC Grammar: How interactive learning can change children’s lives

Young people have fallen in love with authority

Bruno Maçães

Joe Biden’s failure on voting rights could cost the Democrats the White House

Joe Biden’s failure on voting rights could cost the Democrats the White House

Emily Tamkin

How we lost the art of getting well

Henry Marsh

From Our Writers

Stephen Bush

For the Conservatives, scrapping the BBC licence fee is more complicated than it sounds

Ailbhe Rea

Dominic Cummings won’t be the last disenchanted No 10 official to cause trouble for Boris Johnson

Megan Nolan

The hypocrisy of Hollywood liberalism

Rory Scothorne

Why support is emerging for a “third option” on Scottish independence

Politics

Tory MPs are recognising that they cannot defend the indefensible Boris Johnson

The Conservative Party knows it was responsible for inflicting on the country a man who cannot tell the truth and doesn’t care that he can’t.

By Simon Heffer

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How big is the Conservatives’ Green Party problem?

How big is the Conservatives’ Green Party problem?

Stephen Bush

Boris Johnson’s desperate policy blitz won’t help the Tories

Stephen Bush

Why hasn’t the Metropolitan Police brought Boris Johnson in for questioning?

Sue Gray: the woman who could bring down Boris Johnson

Freddie Hayward

Commons Confidential: Will Allegra be next to turn on Boris Johnson?

Commons Confidential: Will Allegra be next to turn on Boris Johnson?

Kevin Maguire

Boris Johnson’s rule-breaking and risk-taking have finally caught up with him

Helen Thompson

World

Why the global middle class is in revolt

Rising prices, falling incomes and pandemic stresses have sparked social unrest and authoritarian crackdowns in middle-income countries across the world.

By Jeremy Cliffe

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Why Emmanuel Macron’s war on the unvaccinated makes electoral sense

Why Emmanuel Macron’s war on the unvaccinated makes electoral sense

Ido Vock

With Russian forces still on Ukraine’s border, can transatlantic allies hang together?

Emily Tamkin

“You know it shouldn’t exist”: Guantánamo at 20

Ben van der Merwe

How Peng Shuai exposed the limits of China’s power

Katie Stallard

What the Thucydides Trap gets wrong about China

What the Thucydides Trap gets wrong about China

Lawrence Freedman

Is Tulsi Gabbard the GOP’s Dark Horse?

Eoin Higgins

Books and Culture

The sinister art of Victor Hugo

When the author of Les Misérables turned from pen to paintbrush, he conjured dark worlds from spilt ink and coffee.

By Michael Prodger

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Why so many musicians are selling the rights to their work

Why so many musicians are selling the rights to their work

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

How we lost the art of getting well

How Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan shaped modern politics

Jan-Werner Müller

The Culture Interview

Colm Tóibín: “I think, ‘I must be deep.’ Then I think, ‘Stop this nonsense, get on with the story’”

Leo Robson

BBC drama Rules of the Game shows how toxic culture spreads through workplaces

BBC drama Rules of the Game shows how toxic culture spreads through workplaces

Rachel Cooke

Andrea Arnold’s Cow explores sex, death, and motherhood through the eyes of an animal

Ryan Gilbey

Podcasts

How bad can the polls get for Boris Johnson?

The New Statesman podcast

How bad can the polls get for Boris Johnson?

Could Silvio Berlusconi become Italy’s next president?

Could Silvio Berlusconi become Italy’s next president?

Will Boris Johnson’s non-apology save him?

Will Boris Johnson’s non-apology save him?

Crises at Russia’s borders, a new Czech prime minister signals West, and Trump’s hold on the Republican Party

Crises at Russia’s borders, a new Czech prime minister signals West, and Trump’s hold on the Republican Party

Business and Economics

What we’re getting wrong about the “Great Resignation”

Katharine Swindells

Elizabeth Holmes didn’t exist, so it was necessary to invent her

Will Dunn

Shield, shrug and shaft: the corporate strategy keeping Boris Johnson in office

Shield, shrug and shaft: the corporate strategy keeping Boris Johnson in office

Business and Finance

Who made more this year: you or your house?

Ben Walker and Josh Rayman

The Business Interview

“The space economy will be huge”: the woman helping to keep Britain in the new space race

Emma Haslett

There is no “best place to work” any more – just good jobs and bad jobs

There is no “best place to work” any more – just good jobs and bad jobs

Emma Haslett

The Long Read

Muted and deferential, the UK’s scientists have failed the pandemic test

Muted and deferential, the UK’s scientists have failed the pandemic test

Throughout the pandemic, senior advisers and institutions have failed to challenge a post-truth government. It bodes ill for the climate…

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Why the global middle class is in revolt

By Jeremy Cliffe

Muted and deferential, the UK’s scientists have failed the pandemic test

By Philip Ball

What the Thucydides Trap gets wrong about China

By Lawrence Freedman

Spotlight

Money alone will not fix the NHS

Money alone will not fix the NHS

Jeremy Hunt MP

Big Tech’s power must come with greater responsibility

Big Tech’s power must come with greater responsibility

Damian Collins MP

What government should do to tackle soaring energy bills

Energy and Climate Change

What government should do to tackle soaring energy bills

Caroline Lucas MP

How smart energy can deliver for smaller businesses

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How smart energy can deliver for smaller businesses

Dr Jeffrey Hardy