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Rishi Sunak has handed Labour the political advantage

The Chancellor’s embrace of tax and spend weakens the Tories’ strongest attack lines against the opposition.

By Philip Collins

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Jarvis Cocker’s book Good Pop, Bad Pop reveals the sentimental side he hid in the Nineties

Book of the Day

Jarvis Cocker’s book Good Pop, Bad Pop reveals the sentimental side he hid in the Nineties

Kate Mossman

Is the Tory revolt against Boris Johnson back on?

Harry Lambert

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Why now is the time to propel healthcare into the next era

Of course the only person to resign over partygate is a woman

Martha Gill

New York's hipster wars

New York’s hipster wars

Nick Burns

Israel’s double standard on flag-waving is a risk to democracy

Alona Ferber

Quickfire

American exceptionalism is an open door to fascism

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American exceptionalism is an open door to fascism

Jack Crosbie

US gun violence is not just a domestic political issue

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US gun violence is not just a domestic political issue

Katie Stallard

From Our Writers

Anoosh Chakelian

The return of Red Rishi

John Gray

How Britain’s failure to reckon with global forces led to a cost-of-living crisis

Helen Thompson

As China’s growth stalls and supply chains falter, the West faces a stagflation trap

Philippa Nuttall

How the BBC became a “football” in the climate culture war

Politics

The Met Police saved Boris Johnson from partygate

By delaying Sue Gray’s report and only fining the Prime Minister once, the Met gave him space to survive.

By Harry Lambert

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Jeremy Hunt warns Tories of “dangers of alienating suburban voters”

The Politics Interview

Jeremy Hunt warns Tories of “dangers of alienating suburban voters”

Anoosh Chakelian

David Miliband: “Only brilliant people win from the centre left”

Harry Lambert

Commons Confidential

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s four-day work week

The Conservative Party is lost

Philip Collins

Can Zarah Sultana save the Labour left?

Can Zarah Sultana save the Labour left?

George Eaton

The return of Red Rishi

Anoosh Chakelian

World

Viktor Orbán is using the war in Ukraine to entrench his power

The Hungarian leader’s declaration of a state of emergency will allow him to ignore inconvenient restrictions.

By Ido Vock

Photo of Viktor Orbán is using the war in Ukraine to entrench his power

Christopher Steele: “There is a serious vacuum in the Kremlin. It can’t last”

Christopher Steele: “There is a serious vacuum in the Kremlin. It can’t last”

Jeremy Cliffe

Striker, shopkeeper, pigeon: what Sweden and Nato should know about Erdoğan

Ece Temelkuran

Russia’s military culture brutalises its conscripts

Ido Vock

The two genres of Trump book

Emily Tamkin

How Vladimir Putin weaponised the environment in Ukraine

How Vladimir Putin weaponised the environment in Ukraine

Philippa Nuttall

China’s repression of Uyghurs extends far beyond its own borders

Bradley Jardine

Ideas

How the Greek revolution made the modern world

Nick Burns

After the Zeitenwende: Jürgen Habermas and Germany’s new identity crisis

Adam Tooze

Dispossession and defiance: how Hong Kong's struggle explains our world

Dispossession and defiance: how Hong Kong’s struggle explains our world

Yangyang Cheng

What does Europe’s right want?

David Broder

Tell us who you really are, Keir Starmer

Richard Seymour

Philosophy's gentle giant

Philosophy’s gentle giant

Jeremy Waldron

Books and Culture

Top Gun: Maverick and the politics of the action hero

In its Reaganite military pomp, Top Gun seemed to mark the end of an era – but a new sequel…

Photo of Top Gun: Maverick and the politics of the action hero

Brian Eno: “We’re all hypocrites – but we can’t help it”

Brian Eno: “We’re all hypocrites – but we can’t help it”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

The startling composure of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

The Quiet Girl is an artfully muted masterpiece

Ryan Gilbey

Book of the Day

The myth of the white male scientific genius – and why its time is up

Will Dunn

Liam Gallagher’s new album is a soporific wade through the swampy waste of Britpop

Liam Gallagher’s new album is a soporific wade through the swampy waste of Britpop

Emily Bootle

Grayson’s Art Club Jubilee special: a terrifying extravaganza for the bunting obsessed

Rachel Cooke

Podcasts

Nixon, Trump and the lessons of Watergate

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Nixon, Trump and the lessons of Watergate

Colin Kidd and Emily Tamkin

The Sue Gray report: how bad is it really for Boris Johnson?

The Sue Gray report: how bad is it really for Boris Johnson?

Australia’s climate change election, Covid in North Korea, and will the US ever act on gun control?

Australia’s climate change election, Covid in North Korea, and will the US ever act on gun control?

The risks facing Ukrainian refugees – with Suzanne Hoff

The risks facing Ukrainian refugees – with Suzanne Hoff

Business and Economics

“You’re made to feel like the criminal”: why victims of romance scams feel let down by banks

Sarah Dawood

What does stagflation mean for the cost-of-living crisis?

Emma Haslett

Office clearout leaves Britain with more jobs than workers to fill them

Office clearout leaves Britain with more jobs than workers to fill them

Five ways the government failed to shield the UK from inflation

Will Dunn

Could a four-day week stop the next recession?

Will Dunn

“This might be worse than Covid”: Shevaun Haviland on why businesses need help to survive inflation

The Business Interview

“This might be worse than Covid”: Shevaun Haviland on why businesses need help to survive inflation

Emma Haslett

Environment

The Environment Interview

England on fire? Stephen Ellcock and the need for radical, noisy art

India Bourke

Wrong-headed food policies will lose the Tories their rural voters

Tim Lang

Blue Wall Australians voted for climate action; Boris Johnson should take note

Blue Wall Australians voted for climate action; Boris Johnson should take note

Richie Merzian

Why the world underestimates China’s climate action at its peril

Bernice Lee

UK offshore wind will be “more valuable” than North Sea oil ever was

Nick Ferris

George Monbiot: “Agriculture is arguably the most destructive industry on Earth”

George Monbiot: “Agriculture is arguably the most destructive industry on Earth”

Philippa Nuttall

The Long Read

How the Marshall Plan made Europe

How the Marshall Plan made Europe

It is 75 years since the US launched its ambitious aid scheme to rebuild postwar Europe and protect it from…

By David Reynolds

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How Britain’s failure to reckon with global forces led to a cost-of-living crisis

By John Gray

Christopher Steele: “There is a serious vacuum in the Kremlin. It can’t last”

By Jeremy Cliffe

How the Marshall Plan made Europe

By David Reynolds

Spotlight

"A windfall tax with no green strings attached": Reactions to Rishi Sunak's cost-of-living measures

Energy and Climate Change

“A windfall tax with no green strings attached”: Reactions to Rishi Sunak’s cost-of-living measures

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

Maternity services are failing women because of the colour of their skin

Maternity services are failing women because of the colour of their skin

Melissa Brown

Why levelling up the UK’s council homes has to involve the capital

Regional Development

Why levelling up the UK’s council homes has to involve the capital

Michael Goodier

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