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

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

Emily Tamkin

There’s a new factor pushing up energy prices, and it’s nothing to do with Russia

Emma Haslett

Does anyone care about Cop27?

Book of the Day

Elif Batuman and the art of a real life

Emily Bootle

The conservative case for returning the Benin bronzes to Nigeria

The conservative case for returning the Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Tomiwa Owolade

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

Thorsten Benner

Quickfire

Why the privileges committee must continue to investigate Boris Johnson

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Why the privileges committee must continue to investigate Boris Johnson

Alexander Horne

If Rishi Sunak cares so much about education, why won’t he fund it?

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If Rishi Sunak cares so much about education, why won’t he fund it?

Rachel Cunliffe

Politics

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

More people are coming to the UK than before the EU referendum, and ministers are filling jobs with foreign workers.

By Anoosh Chakelian

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

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

David Gauke

Liz Truss is channelling Boris Johnson, not Margaret Thatcher

Rachel Cunliffe

“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

Is China preparing to invade Taiwan?

Large military drills have stoked fears that Beijing will try to seize the self-governing island by force.

By Katie Stallard

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

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

Emily Tamkin

The energy crisis: what the UK could learn from Germany

The energy crisis: what the UK could learn from Germany

Philippa Nuttall, Anoosh Chakelian, Ido Vock and Nick Ferris

Why it’s not surprising that Viktor Orbán spoke at CPAC

Emily Tamkin

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

How the super-rich live

Wandering through the haunts favoured by London’s wealthiest residents reveals the gilded side of the capital hiding in plain sight.

By Matthew Beaumont

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Burning the bastards out

Book of the Day

Burning the bastards out

Roy Foster

The best exhibitions of summer 2022

Interviews and Profiles

Édouard Louis: “I dream of a world without politics”

Lola Seaton

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