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

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

Paul Mason

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

Ido Vock

Does anyone care about Cop27?

The conservative case for returning the Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Tomiwa Owolade

Raymond Briggs’ genius was his understanding of loss

Raymond Briggs’ genius was his understanding of loss

Megan Nolan

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

Emily Tamkin

Quickfire

Censoring university reading lists is crude and condescending

Today 4:38 pm

Censoring university reading lists is crude and condescending

Tomiwa Owolade

Liz Truss plays into every sexist trope there is about women

Today 8:00 am

Liz Truss plays into every sexist trope there is about women

Pravina Rudra

Politics

Keir Starmer is letting a crisis go to waste

The Labour leader’s hyper-cautious strategy may put him in government, but not in power.

By Rory Scothorne

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

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

Anoosh Chakelian

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

David Gauke

“There’s still not enough focus on the economy,” says Scotland’s chief entrepreneur Mark Logan

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

Philip Collins

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

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

Rachel Wearmouth

Who are the mystery Conservative members taking back control?

Charlotte Ivers

From Our Writers

Jonn Elledge

Rishi Sunak’s mask has slipped – if ever he wore one

Louise Perry

In the sleek, luxurious world of athleisure, aspiration hides something much darker

Marie Le Conte

If Silicon Valley wants to ruin Instagram, there is nothing we can do about it

Martin Fletcher

Britain’s painful decline since the 2012 London Olympics

World

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

Only by getting rid of the constitutional limit on new debt can Germany properly invest in itself and complete its “Zeitenwende”.

By Thorsten Benner

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Is China preparing to invade Taiwan?

Is China preparing to invade Taiwan?

Katie Stallard

Are Russian forces in Ukraine exploiting Western fears of a nuclear disaster?

Ido Vock

Saudi Arabia’s The Line is what happens when tech bro culture meets Middle Eastern autocracy

Ido Vock

How Vladimir Putin views the world

John Lloyd

Impatient with their elders, young Democrats step up

Impatient with their elders, young Democrats step up

Emily Tamkin

The energy crisis: what the UK could learn from Germany

Philippa Nuttall, Anoosh Chakelian, Ido Vock and Nick Ferris

Ideas

Wittgenstein at war

Thomas Nagel

Welcome to the inferno

Richard Seymour

The authoritarian interlude

The authoritarian interlude

Phil Tinline

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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How the super-rich live

Book of the Day

How the super-rich live

Matthew Beaumont

Book of the Day

Burning the bastards out

The best exhibitions of summer 2022

Michael Prodger

Philip Larkin at 100

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

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

Anna Leszkiewicz and Bilal Aly

Book of the Day

Nietzsche before the breakdown

John Gray

Podcasts

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

How workers‘ pay tripped up Liz Truss and Keir Starmer

How workers‘ pay tripped up Liz Truss and Keir Starmer

Business and Economics

Can “Trussonomics” work?

Will Dunn

The summer of strikes is about to get worse

Emma Haslett

Energy bills: why does the UK force people on low incomes to pay more?

Energy bills: why does the UK force people on low incomes to pay more?

Will Dunn

The building that remade London

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

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

Emma Haslett

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

Summer Special

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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

The best defence against online child abuse isn't legislation – it's education

The best defence against online child abuse isn’t legislation – it’s education

Kieren McCarthy

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

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

Clive Betts