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As Gordon Brown intervenes, where is Keir Starmer?

Labour’s ambition to be seen as an alternative government hinges on its response to the cost-of-living crisis.

By Freddie Hayward

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The war on drugs has failed – when will the Tories and Labour accept this?

The war on drugs has failed – when will the Tories and Labour accept this?

Rachel Cunliffe

What the Crimea airbase attack means for the war in Ukraine

Katie Stallard

Does anyone care about Cop27?

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Leigh Phillips

Raymond Briggs’ genius was his understanding of loss

Raymond Briggs’ genius was his understanding of loss

Megan Nolan

We need to take back control of the energy industry – here’s how

Paul Mason

Quickfire

Gordon Brown is wrong – we need to renationalise energy permanently, not just temporarily

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Gordon Brown is wrong – we need to renationalise energy permanently, not just temporarily

Andrew Fisher

Why do we still have a problem with “unlikeable” female characters?

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Why do we still have a problem with “unlikeable” female characters?

Ellys Woodhouse

Politics

Inside the Tory grassroots: what do members really want?

In Beaconsfield, one of the largest Conservative associations in the country, activists are frustrated and fearful of defeat.

By Anoosh Chakelian

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Keir Starmer is letting a crisis go to waste

Keir Starmer is letting a crisis go to waste

Rory Scothorne

Quietly, our Brexit government is learning to love immigration – just not migrants

Anoosh Chakelian

Sam Tarry: Starmer’s position on public sector pay “will totally break down”

What Tory leadership candidate would dare make David Cameron’s pitch today?

David Gauke

The Tory party has been infected by a purist brainworm

The Tory party has been infected by a purist brainworm

Martha Gill

The absurdities of Suella Braverman’s “war on woke”

Philip Collins

From Our Writers

Tomiwa Owolade

The conservative case for returning the Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Sarah Manavis

The real problem with Instagram is not the photo vs video debate

Martin Fletcher

Britain’s painful decline since the 2012 London Olympics

Rachel Cunliffe

Liz Truss is channelling Boris Johnson, not Margaret Thatcher

World

In the grip of overlapping crises, Europe faces a leadership vacuum

Emmanuel Macron is a lame duck, Mario Draghi is leaving office and Olaf Scholz is hesitant. Who will step up in their place?

By Mujtaba Rahman

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Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff: “Putinism will now come to an end much sooner”

Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff: “Putinism will now come to an end much sooner”

Ido Vock

Germany must abandon its debt brake to make up for the lost Merkel years

Thorsten Benner

Volodymyr Zelensky is wrong to ask the West to ban Russian tourists

Ido Vock

Is China preparing to invade Taiwan?

Katie Stallard

The FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort was the rule of law in action

The FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort was the rule of law in action

Emily Tamkin

How Vladimir Putin views the world

John Lloyd

Ideas

Wittgenstein at war

Thomas Nagel

The authoritarian interlude

Phil Tinline

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Leigh Phillips

Why your flights keep getting cancelled

Daniel Zamora

To realise political unity, humankind must look to the starry heavens

Justin EH Smith

Viktor Orbán's American apologists

Viktor Orbán’s American apologists

John Ganz

Books and Culture

Mark Haddon: “I’m quite lucky to be alive”

The novelist on his triple heart bypass, literature’s “culture wars”, and why he’s donating book royalties to abortion funds in…

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger

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Elif Batuman and the art of a real life

Book of the Day

Elif Batuman and the art of a real life

Emily Bootle

The best exhibitions of summer 2022

Philip Larkin at 100

“The festival is more fragile than ever”: the Edinburgh Fringe wars

Anna Leszkiewicz and Bilal Aly

How the super-rich live

How the super-rich live

Matthew Beaumont

Nietzsche before the breakdown

John Gray

Podcasts

Why the Democrats’ big bill matters

Why the Democrats’ big bill matters

Is Labour too divided to win?

The New Statesman podcast

Is Labour too divided to win?

How serious is the Taiwan Strait crisis?

How serious is the Taiwan Strait crisis?

Thomas Mann, German identity and the romantic allure of Russia - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

Thomas Mann, German identity and the romantic allure of Russia – Audio Long Reads

Jeremy Cliffe

Business and Economics

Can “Trussonomics” work?

Will Dunn

The building that remade London

Emma Haslett

There’s a new factor pushing up energy prices, and it’s nothing to do with Russia

There’s a new factor pushing up energy prices, and it’s nothing to do with Russia

Emma Haslett

The woman who plans to switch off obesity with a pill

Emma Haslett

The UK is going into recession, and even Liz Truss might not be able to save it

Emma Haslett

The dangerous approach of SoftBank's Masayoshi Son

The dangerous approach of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son

Oscar Williams

Environment

Pascal Lamy on the climate crisis: “We have to go way back to find a global picture as depressing as today”

Philippa Nuttall

Nuclear energy vs renewables: which is the best solution for the climate crisis?

Philippa Nuttall

How Britain can prevent drought

How Britain can prevent drought

India Bourke

How are animals adapting to climate change?

India Bourke

Hard work won’t be enough to pay your energy bill

Philippa Nuttall

Is climate anxiety ruining my friendships?

Is climate anxiety ruining my friendships?

Philippa Nuttall

The Long Read

The battle for the soul of English cricket

The battle for the soul of English cricket

When the former Yorkshire bowler Azeem Rafiq blew the whistle on racism within the sport, high-profile resignations and inquiries followed.…

By Emma John

Magazine

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Summer Special

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Summer reflection: the silence of the seabirds

By Helen Macdonald

Lisa Nandy: “I disliked the cults around Blair and Corbyn: one man doesn’t change things”

By Kate Mossman

A fatal attraction

By Jeremy Cliffe

The battle for the soul of English cricket

By Emma John

Spotlight

The cost-of-living crisis is pricing people out of breathing

The cost-of-living crisis is pricing people out of breathing

Sarah Woolnough

You don't win over young people by blocking their access to education

You don’t win over young people by blocking their access to education

Nick Hillman

Clive Betts: "We need billions for adult social care"

Clive Betts: “We need billions for adult social care”

Clive Betts

The Policy Ask with Arthur Snell: "Many of the world’s problems stem from the Iraq invasion"

Energy and Climate Change

The Policy Ask with Arthur Snell: “Many of the world’s problems stem from the Iraq invasion”

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