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The Tories are trapped – what can they possibly do now?

MPs have overwhelmingly concluded that Liz Truss is not up to it, but there is no consensus about who should succeed her.

By David Gauke

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Britain braces itself for the devastation of austerity 2.0

Britain braces itself for the devastation of austerity 2.0

Anoosh Chakelian

The Conservative dream of home ownership will evaporate in a few months

Emma Haslett

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

Abolish true crime

Anna Leszkiewicz

The bonfire of the Middle East

Book of the Day

The bonfire of the Middle East

Emma Sky

Vladimir Putin’s land grab is an act of desperation

Katie Stallard

Quickfire

There’s no such thing as being straight

Today 8:00 am

There’s no such thing as being straight

Marc Burrows

The real anti-growth coalition is anti-immigrant

4:13 pm

The real anti-growth coalition is anti-immigrant

Jonathan Portes

Politics

The Brexit revolution devours its children

As Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng lose authority and control, the Tories’ divisions can be traced back to the EU referendum.

By Andrew Marr

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The problem with Liz Truss’s attack on the “anti-growth coalition”

The problem with Liz Truss’s attack on the “anti-growth coalition”

Freddie Hayward

Kwasi Kwarteng’s speech only revealed his contradictions

Freddie Hayward

Fear and loathing at the Tory conference

Will Tanner’s Diary: Conservative conference blues, Michael Gove on manoeuvres, and the joys of insomnia

Will Tanner

What does Michael Gove want?

What does Michael Gove want?

Rachel Wearmouth

Liz Truss’s strident rhetoric cannot disguise her political weakness

Rachel Wearmouth

From Our Writers

Anoosh Chakelian

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

Martin Fletcher

Liz Truss has already proved to be the worst Tory prime minister yet

Jonn Elledge

History shows why the Tories have become addicted to regicide

India Bourke

The Tory “attack on nature” will undermine UK security

Ideas

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Leigh Phillips

Red love, for all

Erin Maglaque

Is America worth keeping?

Is America worth keeping?

Thomas Nagel

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

Even an abortion scandal might not stop “pro-life” candidate Herschel Walker

The anti-abortion Republican running for a Senate seat in Georgia has been accused of paying for a former girlfriend’s termination.

By Emily Tamkin

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How should the US respond to a Russian nuclear attack?

How should the US respond to a Russian nuclear attack?

Anusar Farooqui

Ukrainians stand firm in the face of Putin’s threats

Alix Kroeger

How Mahsa Amini’s death set Iran on fire

Megan Gibson

Ukraine’s army makes a mockery of Vladimir Putin’s annexation

Lawrence Freedman

Brazil's election proves it - the pandemic did not kill nationalist populism

Brazil’s election proves it – the pandemic did not kill nationalist populism

Jeremy Cliffe

What could happen if Russia used nuclear weapons?

Emily Tamkin

Books and Culture

How Dr No made James Bond a global brand

Sixty years ago today, the first Bond film transformed Ian Fleming's hero from a humourless brute to an icon of…

By David Sexton

The degradation of Marilyn Monroe

The degradation of Marilyn Monroe

Tanya Gold

Why cheating in chess does not pay

The Lost King: a sly, subversive take on the discovery of Richard III

David Sexton

How Pharoah Sanders played against reality

Philip Clark

The cutting wit of Alan Rickman

The cutting wit of Alan Rickman

Anna Leszkiewicz

Radio & Podcasts

The podcast Hoaxed packages suburban trauma as grim entertainment

Anna Leszkiewicz

Podcasts

Navigating nuclear menace

Navigating nuclear menace

“The party leads everything” | China under Xi

“The party leads everything” | China under Xi

You Ask Us: submit your questions for New Statesman podcasts

You Ask Us: submit your questions for New Statesman podcasts

Rebellious Tory MPs look for Liz Truss’s successor

Rebellious Tory MPs look for Liz Truss’s successor

Business and Economics

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

Emma Haslett

Could a house price crash tame the UK's depraved rental market?

Could a house price crash tame the UK’s depraved rental market?

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

Sally Davies: “Anti-microbial resistance could kill us before the climate crisis does”

Sally Davies: “Anti-microbial resistance could kill us before the climate crisis does”

Alona Ferber

The Policy Ask with Clare Moriarty: “Renters have fewer options for lowering energy bills”

Energy and Climate Change

The Policy Ask with Clare Moriarty: “Renters have fewer options for lowering energy bills”

Spotlight

I am a care worker – I've had enough of being mistreated and underpaid

I am a care worker – I’ve had enough of being mistreated and underpaid

Anonymous

Levelling up was never going to happen

Regional Development

Levelling up was never going to happen

Richard Holt

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

Liz Truss and the rise of the libertarian right

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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How Liz Truss crashed to earth

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