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Boris Johnson’s premiership is over

The Tory MPs who were propping up the Prime Minister have departed en masse today.

By Harry Lambert

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Rishi Sunak’s resignation letter heralds the return of austerity

Rishi Sunak’s resignation letter heralds the return of austerity

Anoosh Chakelian

The last days of Boris Johnson

Andrew Marr

Does anyone care about Cop27?

It’s not just Boris Johnson – the whole Conservative Party is rotten

Paul Mason

How animal senses reveal hidden worlds

Book of the Day

How animal senses reveal hidden worlds

Mark Cocker

French Election 2022

Can Marine Le Pen wield power?

Ido Vock

Quickfire

Boris Johnson’s refusal to resign is a shameful final disservice to the country

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Boris Johnson’s refusal to resign is a shameful final disservice to the country

Martin Fletcher

Republicans put US shootings down to anything but guns

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Republicans put US shootings down to anything but guns

Eoin Higgins

Politics

Boris Johnson’s Liaison Committee appearance was a fittingly humiliating finale

As the Prime Minister took questions from senior MPs he was oblivious to the collapse of his government.

By Freddie Hayward

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Why Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak finally lost patience with Boris Johnson

Why Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak finally lost patience with Boris Johnson

Harry Lambert

Tory MPs are tired of being humiliated by Boris Johnson – and about time

David Gauke

Nicola Sturgeon has taken her biggest gamble

Does Tony Blair’s new centrist project have any answers?

Freddie Hayward

Will Starmer's "make Brexit work" strategy win over voters?

Will Starmer’s “make Brexit work” strategy win over voters?

Freddie Hayward

Commons Confidential

The Lib Dems name their price for a deal with Labour

Kevin Maguire

From Our Writers

Jeremy Cliffe

Nato’s “comeback” pivots on America’s troubled politics

Rachel Cunliffe

Taxing the childless would be an insult, not a solution

Pravina Rudra

How I learned to ditch Amazon and fall in love with books again

Martin Fletcher

Is Keir Starmer bold enough to succeed?

World

Can Ukraine win the war?

As Russia takes the city of Lysychansk, Ukraine needs to develop momentum with its better, Western-sourced weapons.

By Lawrence Freedman

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The Roe vs Wade decision is resonating in Europe

The Roe vs Wade decision is resonating in Europe

Ido Vock

Erdoğan exposes Nato’s mirage of unity

Megan Gibson

Russia must lose this war

Jonathan Littell

How Putin prepared elite troops for Ukraine

James Kilner

The new era of American darkness

The new era of American darkness

Jeremy Cliffe

“You have to say when things are wicked”: Chris Patten’s lessons from negotiating with China

Katie Stallard

Ideas

China Miéville: “If you don’t feel despair, you’re not opening your eyes”

Gavin Jacobson

In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony

John Ganz

The forgotten politics of personal sacrifice

The forgotten politics of personal sacrifice

Helen Thompson

My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler

Raymond Geuss

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Richard Seymour

America’s crisis-industrial complex

America’s crisis-industrial complex

Nikhil Pal Singh

Books and Culture

The purpose of sex

Lillian Fishman’s bold and searching debut novel, Acts of Service, questions the meaning of desire and introduces a major new…

By Johanna Thomas-Corr

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Corporate culture is ruining live music

Corporate culture is ruining live music

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Volodymyr Zelensky behind the mask

Stranger Things series four is all about “trauma”. No wonder Gen Z love it

Emily Bootle

The banality of Vladimir Putin

Katie Stallard

Freddie's Field of Dreams is the most moving thing I’ve seen on TV in years

Freddie’s Field of Dreams is the most moving thing I’ve seen on TV in years

Rachel Cooke

Brian and Charles: a witty robot bromance

Ryan Gilbey

Podcasts

What Trump and Putin got wrong, with Marie Yovanovitch

What Trump and Putin got wrong, with Marie Yovanovitch

Keir Starmer: Labour is “starting from scratch”

Keir Starmer: Labour is “starting from scratch”

How to build a language: inside the Oxford English Dictionary - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

How to build a language: inside the Oxford English Dictionary – Audio Long Reads

Pippa Bailey and Emma Haslett

What is behind Nicola Sturgeon’s IndyRef2 gambit?

What is behind Nicola Sturgeon’s IndyRef2 gambit?

Business and Economics

Bankers’ bumper bonuses: why does the government want them back?

Emma Haslett

Why Britain’s start-ups face an uncertain future

Oscar Williams

Is recession the Bank of England's only choice?

Is recession the Bank of England’s only choice?

Emma Haslett

Is Brexit to blame for the UK’s extra inflation?

Will Dunn

No promotions and forced to load bags: why pilots are preparing to strike

Emma Haslett

Nadhim Zahawi has become Chancellor at a desperate moment for the UK economy

Nadhim Zahawi has become Chancellor at a desperate moment for the UK economy

Will Dunn

Environment

How Tory governments left voters paying a duke’s heating bill

Philippa Nuttall

Can the Greens become more than a single MP party in England and Wales?

India Bourke

Why an end to economic growth is inevitable

Why an end to economic growth is inevitable

Philippa Nuttall

Does anyone care about Cop27?

Philippa Nuttall

The Environment Interview

“Engineers build the fabric of society. We need them in government”

Philippa Nuttall

Drought pulls Europe's farmers to the front line of a drying world

Drought pulls Europe’s farmers to the front line of a drying world

Philippa Nuttall

The Long Read

From aardvark to woke: inside the Oxford English Dictionary

From aardvark to woke: inside the Oxford English Dictionary

The OED’s task – to define every English word – is as ambitious as it was 150 years ago.

By Pippa Bailey

Magazine

The Last Days of Boris Johnson

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The Last Days of Boris Johnson

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The last days of Boris Johnson

By Andrew Marr

In a drying world can humans learn to adapt?

By Philippa Nuttall

Driving through Ukraine, I am confronted by the end of the world

By Maurice Glasman

Britain’s best chef Clare Smyth: “My team are like robots – you can’t stop the machine”

By Kate Mossman

Spotlight

Relaxing nursery ratios is no answer to the cost-of-living crisis

Regional Development

Relaxing nursery ratios is no answer to the cost-of-living crisis

Neil Leitch

"The Tories are seen as increasingly anti-London", says Westminster's first Labour leader

Regional Development

“The Tories are seen as increasingly anti-London”, says Westminster’s first Labour leader

Jonny Ball

The pain of Americans is all too familiar to those of us in Northern Ireland

The pain of Americans is all too familiar to those of us in Northern Ireland

Clare Bailey

The Policy Ask with Cat Hobbs: “It turns out my mum was right all along – it’s all about balance”

Regional Development

The Policy Ask with Cat Hobbs: “It turns out my mum was right all along – it’s all about balance”

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