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The informal Labour-Lib Dem alliance could doom the Tories

If the unspoken pact between the parties holds at a general election, the Conservatives face dramatic losses.

By Philip Collins

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The end of Roe vs Wade: what is there left to write?

The end of Roe vs Wade: what is there left to write?

Emily Tamkin

Who in the cabinet has the courage to challenge Boris Johnson?

Andrew Marr

Does anyone care about Cop27?

The problem in schools isn’t cancel culture – it’s rape culture

Sophie McBain

Macca and the Stones? The past has a death grip on our culture

Macca and the Stones? The past has a death grip on our culture

Luke Turner

From aardvark to woke: inside the Oxford English Dictionary

Pippa Bailey

Quickfire

Oliver Dowden has cancelled himself

5:14 pm

Oliver Dowden has cancelled himself

Zoë Grünewald

The Bill of Rights will create more work for woke activist lawyers

8:00 am

The Bill of Rights will create more work for woke activist lawyers

Jonathan Jones

Politics

The by-elections show what a Tory wipeout could look like

Labour and the Lib Dems don’t need a formal pact to inflict defeats on the Conservatives across the country.

By Harry Lambert

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Why we should celebrate the defiant Joanna Cherry

Why we should celebrate the defiant Joanna Cherry

Chris Deerin

Will the Tories’ humiliating by-election defeats reignite the campaign to oust Boris Johnson?

Freddie Hayward

Seventy per cent of British voters say the cost of childcare keeps mothers at home

How Mick Lynch won the media war

Zoë Grünewald

Why even the Brexiteers are in despair over Brexit

Why even the Brexiteers are in despair over Brexit

Ivan Rogers

Exclusive: How Tory seats hoovered up levelling-up funds

Ben van der Merwe and Michael Goodier

From Our Writers

David Gauke

Brexit’s critics have been vindicated – but there are no easy answers

Anoosh Chakelian

Rail strikes test Tory culture war on working from home

Jeremy Cliffe

The fracturing of French politics spells instability – but also a chance for renewal

Sarah Manavis

Social media isn’t always bad for children, it depends how they use it

World

Paralysis in Moscow: why Putin persists with his strategy

The Russian president realises he must pick his fights carefully. Just as well, because the challenges keep coming.

By Lawrence Freedman

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Guns still take priority over safety, despite closure of “boyfriend loophole”

Guns still take priority over safety, despite closure of “boyfriend loophole”

Emily Tamkin

A new age of global war

Margaret MacMillan

Between Russia and the EU, Kaliningrad is isolated by Putin’s war

Maximilian Hess

Emmanuel Macron falls to earth

Ido Vock

The betrayal of Hong Kong

The betrayal of Hong Kong

Katie Stallard

Hillary Clinton: “I don’t think the media is doing its job”

Harry Lambert

Ideas

New York’s hipster wars

Nick Burns

China Miéville: “If you don’t feel despair, you’re not opening your eyes”

Gavin Jacobson

My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler

My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler

Raymond Geuss

Out with the old: is neoliberalism really dying?

Jan-Werner Müller

From God to monsters – the “new nationalism” of the US right

John Ganz

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Richard Seymour

Books and Culture

How the empire degraded Britain

Three new histories reveal the corrosive effects of colonialism and slavery on today’s British politics.

By Laleh Khalili

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The Death of Consensus: the recurring nightmares of British politics

Book of the Day

The Death of Consensus: the recurring nightmares of British politics

John Gray

Rowan Atkinson’s Man vs Bee: the most perplexing minutes I have ever spent watching TV

Book of the Day

Henry Kissinger’s whitewashing of Richard Nixon

Jeremy Cliffe

Why Baz Luhrmann’s biopic fails to capture the real Elvis

Ryan Gilbey

Can Emma Raducanu survive her super-brand status?

Sarah Manavis

Book of the Day

Geoff Dyer and the art of slacking off

Lola Seaton

Podcasts

The psychiatrists who don’t believe in mental illness - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

The psychiatrists who don’t believe in mental illness – Audio Long Reads

Sophie McBain

By-election special: Is Boris Johnson doomed by the double defeat?

By-election special: Is Boris Johnson doomed by the double defeat?

BONUS EPISODE: Will the world end its addiction to growth? With the Club of Rome

BONUS EPISODE: Will the world end its addiction to growth? With the Club of Rome

Adrian Bradley, Philippa Nuttall and NS Podcasts

Why is Europe facing a summer of discontent?

Why is Europe facing a summer of discontent?

Business and Economics

Could a new debt crisis split the eurozone?

Emma Haslett

Forget Right to Buy, what about Right to Rent? The UK’s rent crisis is a political choice

Emma Haslett

No promotions and forced to load bags: why pilots are preparing to strike

No promotions and forced to load bags: why pilots are preparing to strike

Emma Haslett

The ostrich economy is heading for a reckoning

Will Dunn

Is recession the Bank of England’s only choice?

Emma Haslett

Is Brexit to blame for the UK's extra inflation?

Is Brexit to blame for the UK’s extra inflation?

Will Dunn

Environment

Why the UN Security Council can’t keep ignoring climate-driven conflict

Jamal Benomar

How Tory governments left voters paying a duke’s heating bill

Philippa Nuttall

Can the Greens become more than a single MP party in England and Wales?

Can the Greens become more than a single MP party in England and Wales?

India Bourke

Does anyone care about Cop27?

Philippa Nuttall

The Environment Interview

“Engineers build the fabric of society. We need them in government”

Philippa Nuttall

Drought pulls Europe's farmers to the front line of a drying world

Drought pulls Europe’s farmers to the front line of a drying world

Philippa Nuttall

The Long Read

Geoff Dyer: How to grow old in America

Geoff Dyer: How to grow old in America

A tennis injury – and a spell in the US healthcare system – helped cure my delusions of youth.

By Geoff Dyer

Magazine

Britain isn’t working

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Britain isn’t working

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Why even the Brexiteers are in despair over Brexit

By Ivan Rogers

A new age of global war

By Margaret MacMillan

From aardvark to woke: inside the Oxford English Dictionary

By Pippa Bailey

Spotlight

Can the NHS clear its backlog?

Can the NHS clear its backlog?

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio and Michael Goodier

The government’s plan to level up adult skills is going backwards

Regional Development

The government’s plan to level up adult skills is going backwards

Michael Goodier

The Policy Ask with Paul Farmer: “Cutting welfare support is counter-productive and punitive”

The Policy Ask with Paul Farmer: “Cutting welfare support is counter-productive and punitive”

Spotlight

"AI is invisible – that’s part of the problem," says Wendy Hall

Emerging Technologies

“AI is invisible – that’s part of the problem,” says Wendy Hall

Sarah Dawood