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Populism is in decline in the West but the UK is still paying the price

The Brexit vote made what could have been a passing fashion a near-permanent feature of our politics.

By David Gauke

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Labour’s manipulation of selection contests reveals its emptiness of purpose

Labour’s manipulation of selection contests reveals its emptiness of purpose

Neal Lawson

Europe’s far-right parties are learning from one another

Ido Vock

Why Brexit is back

“It’s constant anxiety”: inside the crisis in child social care

Anoosh Chakelian

The innocent insidiousness of "Where are you from?"

The innocent insidiousness of “Where are you from?”

Ariane Sherine

Emmanuel Macron: the man who would be king

Jeremy Cliffe

Quickfire

Striking NHS staff don’t just want pay rises – they want a clean conscience

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Striking NHS staff don’t just want pay rises – they want a clean conscience

Anoosh Chakelian

By protecting private schools, Rishi Sunak is chasing voters who don’t exist

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By protecting private schools, Rishi Sunak is chasing voters who don’t exist

John Oxley

Politics

Labour’s landslide in Chester shows voters have an appetite for change

The party’s impressive by-election result suggests a risk-averse strategy from Keir Starmer now would be a mistake.

By Rachel Wearmouth

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Ian Blackford’s resignation shows Nicola Sturgeon’s grip is slipping

Ian Blackford’s resignation shows Nicola Sturgeon’s grip is slipping

Chris Deerin

Lib Dems target Labour over failure to promise electoral reform

Freddie Hayward

Commons Confidential

Andy Burnham burnishes his brand on Labour’s left

How the UK’s only feminist party came out in favour of gender self-ID

Alona Ferber

Keir Starmer’s mildly authoritarian streak chimes perfectly with these troubled times

Keir Starmer’s mildly authoritarian streak chimes perfectly with these troubled times

Andrew Marr

“You don’t trash your neighbours”: David Lammy on global Britain under Labour

Harry Lambert

From Our Writers

Sarah Manavis

You’re doing it wrong: why are strangers on social media trying to micromanage my life?

Martin Fletcher

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have capitulated to the Brexit zealots

Tomiwa Owolade

The quiet revolution in black British identity

Hannah Rose Woods

Instead of insulating from winter, I have decided to expose myself to it

World

China’s Jiang Zemin has died. That could be a problem for Xi Jinping

The deaths of former senior leaders have led to mass protests in the country before.

By Katie Stallard

Photo of China’s Jiang Zemin has died. That could be a problem for Xi Jinping

Is Volodymyr Zelensky losing the support of the West?

Is Volodymyr Zelensky losing the support of the West?

Katie Stallard

The brutal methods of Russia’s Wagner Group

Ido Vock

What a strong US midterms performance means for Joe Biden

Emily Tamkin

The reality of Sweden’s far-right future

Karin Pettersson

Jens Stoltenberg: “We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes”

Jens Stoltenberg: “We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes”

Megan Gibson

Will America’s Gen Z save the world?

Jeremy Cliffe

Ideas

“Justice cannot be the lodestar of a new society”

Gavin Jacobson

Bruno Latour and the philosophy of life

Adam Tooze

The left’s patient gardener

The left’s patient gardener

Richard Seymour

When finance and oil collide

Helen Thompson

Why are Americans dying so early?

Nick Burns

Elon Musk’s useful philosopher

Elon Musk’s useful philosopher

Paris Marx

Books and Culture

What cells tell us about life

Siddharta Mukherjee’s new study of how cells work reveals the complexities of the human body – and the science that…

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Netflix’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a completely pointless adaptation

Netflix’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a completely pointless adaptation

Tomiwa Owolade

Even Claudia Winkleman can’t make The Traitors watchable

The instant political histories that nobody needs

Philip Collins

The hypocrisy of Zara McDermott’s disordered eating documentary

Zoë Grünewald

Nick Cave: “I don’t think art should be in the hands of the virtuous”

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Nick Cave: “I don’t think art should be in the hands of the virtuous”

Kate Mossman

How Eric Ravilious found the soul of England

Michael Prodger

Podcasts

Can Britain make Brexit work? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined

Can Britain make Brexit work? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined

Redrawing the UK’s electoral map: who’s set to win and lose?

Redrawing the UK’s electoral map: who’s set to win and lose?

Where do China’s lockdown protests go from here?

Where do China’s lockdown protests go from here?

Why are so many Conservative MPs standing down? With Charlotte Ivers

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Why are so many Conservative MPs standing down? With Charlotte Ivers

Business and Economics

Why the Conservatives will lose their war on working from home

Emma Haslett

How the Chinese takeover of the UK’s largest semiconductor factory unravelled

Oscar Williams

Behind the collapse of Made.com

Behind the collapse of Made.com

Emma Haslett

The UK economy is shrinking: only investment will save it

Emma Haslett

Elon Musk’s mismanagement suggests a dark future for Twitter

Will Dunn

Britain's racing inflation has a hidden cause: corporate greed

Britain’s racing inflation has a hidden cause: corporate greed

Will Dunn

Spotlight on Policy

The next financial crisis is brewing in the UK’s corporate debt market

Charles Walker

I’m a paramedic – here’s why I’m striking

Anonymous

What are the latest updates to the Online Safety Bill?

What are the latest updates to the Online Safety Bill?

Sarah Dawood

Energy and Climate Change

Labour’s target of net zero by 2030 is impossible without planning reform

Sam Dumitriu

Orbiting debris is making satellite missions uninsurable

Samir Jeraj

The UK still has some way to go to meet its renewable electricity target

Energy and Climate Change

The UK still has some way to go to meet its renewable electricity target

Aisha Majid

Environment

Seven ways to make leaders act on the climate

New Statesman

Generation Greta: the school strike that went global

India Bourke

Robin Wall Kimmerer: “How strange to be a species that engineers its own demise”

Robin Wall Kimmerer: “How strange to be a species that engineers its own demise”

India Bourke

Amitav Ghosh: “Climate change is becoming an all-out war”

Philippa Nuttall

Letter from Brazil: the rainforest fights back

Andrew Downie

“Global problems must be tackled through global collaboration”: Ai Weiwei on his New Statesman cover

“Global problems must be tackled through global collaboration”: Ai Weiwei on his New Statesman cover

Ai Weiwei

The Long Read

The great attention deficit: what’s behind the rise in adult ADHD?

The great attention deficit: what’s behind the rise in adult ADHD?

No longer confined to “problem children”, ADHD diagnoses are booming – yet it’s a condition that remains widely misunderstood.

By Sophie McBain

Magazine

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Emmanuel Macron: the man who would be king

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Piers Morgan: “The TalkTV ratings ate at my soul like a flesh-eating bug”

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Gordon Brown: Why it’s time to take the shame out of need

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“It’s constant anxiety”: inside the crisis in child social care

By Anoosh Chakelian

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