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Rishi Sunak, the man who isn’t there

As the Prime Minister dithers, his foes advance and Britain declines.

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The SNP revolt against Nicola Sturgeon’s independence strategy is growing

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Why Brexit is back

Asia’s dangerous new arms race

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The West is betraying Armenia

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Why don’t the Irish qualify for reparations?

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Channel 4's Consent starkly illustrates the sexual harassment epidemic in schools

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Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle won’t revive his political fortunes

As Dominic Raab’s future remains uncertain, the Prime Minister could be forced into further changes in just a few weeks.

By Rachel Wearmouth

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Alex Salmond knows Nicola Sturgeon’s grip on power is slipping

Alex Salmond knows Nicola Sturgeon’s grip on power is slipping

Chris Deerin

How Rishi Sunak could be out by the end of the year

Freddie Hayward

Truss’s self-rehabilitation is a last throw of the dice by the Tory right

John Major suggests the Good Friday Agreement should be changed

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Will Labour’s stance on crime decide the next election?

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Will Labour’s stance on crime decide the next election?

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The left shouldn’t rush to blame Liz Truss for Britain’s woes

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Marie Le Conte

There’s no point pretending we can stop teenagers watching porn

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Liz Truss’s essay shows she is as deluded as ever

Bruno Maçães

This is how Putin loses the war

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Why size does matter for Europe and Brexit Britain

The US’s advantage over us is scale. Small is no longer so beautiful.

By Jeremy Cliffe

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The balloon debacle is a needless crisis – but a crisis nonetheless

The balloon debacle is a needless crisis – but a crisis nonetheless

Katie Stallard

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

Bruno Maçães

Ukraine is not a proxy war

Lawrence Freedman

The Putin backlash

Lawrence Freedman

Germany is isolated once more – and no one now trusts Olaf Scholz

Germany is isolated once more – and no one now trusts Olaf Scholz

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Kenneth Roth on Harvard fellowship controversy: “My biggest concern is for academic freedom”

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Bruno Latour and the philosophy of life

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William Davies

The detective of world history

The detective of world history

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Elon Musk’s useful philosopher

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The new class war

Jonathan Rutherford

The poetic history of David Graeber

The poetic history of David Graeber

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Books and Culture

Pamela Anderson’s fantasy life

In her memoir Love, Pamela the model and actress reveals that despite the trauma and abuse she still sees her…

By Anna Leszkiewicz

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Victory City: Salman Rushdie’s story factory

Victory City: Salman Rushdie’s story factory

David Sexton

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Robert Kaplan’s tragic realism

How The Last of Us turns the apocalypse into mindless entertainment

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Ghosts of the Cultural Revolution

Ghosts of the Cultural Revolution

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The myth of England’s “fair play” fetish

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

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How to reform the US police – with Neil Gross

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“Nothing prepares you”: a journey through Ukraine at war – Audio Long Reads

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Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days, with Andrew Marr

Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days, with Andrew Marr

Business and Economics

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Will Dunn

Where did America’s recession go?

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Shell’s profits show where the real money is made in our energy market

Shell’s profits show where the real money is made in our energy market

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What if inflation falls in the wrong way?

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Christopher Harborne: the silent donor behind Brexit and Boris Johnson

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How Help to Buy broke the housing market

How Help to Buy broke the housing market

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Rishi Sunak pledge tracker: is Britain on the road to recovery?

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Why Manchester needs more than trickle-down economics

Tom Lloyd Goodwin and Leah Millthorne

Is it last orders for the Great British curry house?

Is it last orders for the Great British curry house?

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The end of BEIS: why mixing business and energy didn’t work

India Bourke

Can “virtual wards” fix the NHS’s state of emergency?

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Without maths, people are excluded from society

Without maths, people are excluded from society

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The end of the housing delusion

The end of the housing delusion

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