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Liz Truss and the rise of the libertarian right

The free-market thinkers and ideas behind the most radical economic experiment in Britain for 40 years.

By Jeremy Cliffe

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The Conservatives are destroying themselves – and the British economy

The Conservatives are destroying themselves – and the British economy

Paul Mason

Michael Winterbottom’s This England is odd and oddly repellent

Rachel Cooke

The real cost of Liz Truss’s energy plan is dizzying

Plato was wrong about “philosopher kings” – just look at Kwasi Kwarteng

Charlotte Kilpatrick

The unravelling of Vladimir Putin

The unravelling of Vladimir Putin

Katie Stallard

What we learned from Labour party conference

Rachel Wearmouth

Quickfire

No, Daniel Hannan, sterling isn't crashing because the markets are scared of Keir Starmer

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No, Daniel Hannan, sterling isn’t crashing because the markets are scared of Keir Starmer

Jonn Elledge

Who is authentically black if not Kwasi Kwarteng?

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Who is authentically black if not Kwasi Kwarteng?

Tomiwa Owolade

Politics

Keir Starmer’s speech showed he is a prime minister in waiting

The Labour leader proved he has properly listened to the worry pulsing through the country.

By Andrew Marr

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Kwasi Kwarteng forgot that radicalism needs to be matched by credibility

Kwasi Kwarteng forgot that radicalism needs to be matched by credibility

John McDonnell

British voters move left on the economy, as Liz Truss drags it to the right

Anoosh Chakelian and Katharine Swindells

The most influential people in Keir Starmer’s Labour

Labour must come up with its own plan for growth

Freddie Hayward

Who and what is behind Keir Starmer's improved Labour conference speech?

Who and what is behind Keir Starmer’s improved Labour conference speech?

Harry Lambert

Behind Keir Starmer’s plan for a national green energy firm

Rachel Wearmouth

From Our Writers

Anoosh Chakelian

As Britain faces a hard winter, the 1 per cent will get richer

David Gauke

The Conservatives are lost in a fantasy world and are a danger to the country

Paul Mason

The tax cut for top earners isn’t just immoral – it won’t work

India Bourke

The Tory “attack on nature” will undermine UK security

Ideas

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Leigh Phillips

Silence reigns

Rory Scothorne

Red love, for all

Red love, for all

Erin Maglaque

What is to be done about money?

Geoff Mann

Writing in the age of Big Data

Ryan Ruby

Metaverse in retrograde

Metaverse in retrograde

Justin EH Smith

World

Ukrainians stand firm in the face of Putin’s threats

As Russia escalates its war efforts with a partial mobilisation, kamikaze drones and threats of nuclear force, many in Ukraine are undaunted.

By Alix Kroeger

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How one woman’s death set Iran on fire

How one woman’s death set Iran on fire

Megan Gibson

From the US, the UK’s economic policy appears senseless

Ed Price

Vladimir Putin’s draft order prompts panic in Russia

Ido Vock

The dangerous logic behind Vladimir Putin’s speech

Katie Stallard

Giorgia Meloni’s post-fascist party triumphs in the Italian election

Giorgia Meloni’s post-fascist party triumphs in the Italian election

Jeremy Cliffe

The war in Ukraine has tipped the balance of power in Russia’s relationship with India

Emily Tamkin

Books and Culture

Lucian Freud’s pitiless style

The painter was a scrupulous observer of bodies, who refused to demean his art by flattering his subjects.

By Michael Prodger

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Hilary Mantel’s death is an incalculable loss to our national life and literature

Hilary Mantel’s death is an incalculable loss to our national life and literature

Erica Wagner

Mind-reading for TikTok teens

Book of the Day

Football’s data delusion

Simon Kuper

Inside Man is the TV equivalent of a game of chess

Rachel Cooke

Industry is porn posing as prestige TV

Industry is porn posing as prestige TV

Ann Manov

The raucous return of Pussy Riot

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Podcasts

Is Labour finally a government in waiting?

Is Labour finally a government in waiting?

Great Expectations | China Under Xi

Great Expectations | China Under Xi

What does India really think of Russia? With Raji Rajagopalan

What does India really think of Russia? With Raji Rajagopalan

The making and meaning of Giorgia Meloni - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

The making and meaning of Giorgia Meloni – Audio Long Reads

Jeremy Cliffe

Business and Economics

Kwasi Kwarteng’s plan for growth was a bad idea 50 years ago

Emma Haslett

Bruce Daisley: “Twitter wasn’t set up to be about anger and rage”

Oscar Williams

“There's only so much money you can spend”: why high fliers hate the top-rate tax cut

“There’s only so much money you can spend”: why high fliers hate the top-rate tax cut

Emma Haslett

Why Amazon is raising the price of Prime in a cost-of-living crisis

Oscar Williams

Financial markets have rejected the Tories’ economic vandalism

Will Dunn

The Bank of England is right to hold its nerve

The Bank of England is right to hold its nerve

Will Dunn

Spotlight on Policy

As prices rise, support for disabled people faces a £1bn shortfall

As prices rise, support for disabled people faces a £1bn shortfall

Polly Bindman

The Policy Ask with Andy Burnham: “I’ve had bad doses of imposter syndrome at every stage of my life”

Regional Development

The Policy Ask with Andy Burnham: “I’ve had bad doses of imposter syndrome at every stage of my life”

Spotlight

"We’re touchy about the term ‘managed decline’”: Joanne Anderson on being mayor of Liverpool

Regional Development

“We’re touchy about the term ‘managed decline’”: Joanne Anderson on being mayor of Liverpool

Jonny Ball

Europe has given us a blueprint for saving the world’s forests

Energy and Climate Change

Europe has given us a blueprint for saving the world’s forests

Giulia Bondi

Environment

Five reasons Jacob Rees-Mogg is unfit to tackle the climate emergency

India Bourke

Can we save the Amazon rainforest from environmental destruction?

Nick Ferris

Mapped: UK fracking licences could impact one in four Tory constituencies

Mapped: UK fracking licences could impact one in four Tory constituencies

Ben van der Merwe and India Bourke

Save the planet by saving the pandas

Martha Gill

For king and countryside: William must surpass his father’s green legacy

India Bourke

Fracking and oil drilling doesn't just fail Britain, it fails the world

Fracking and oil drilling doesn’t just fail Britain, it fails the world

India Bourke

The Long Read

Notes on a mourning nation

Notes on a mourning nation

On the streets of London after the Queen’s death, our writer found grief, apathy – and a startling sense of…

By Matthew Engel

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