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The new era of American darkness

With the Supreme Court ruling, the US has taken a step closer to political ruin. Europe must now prepare for a future without its most powerful ally.

By Jeremy Cliffe

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Michael Howard’s Diary: Why I have no regrets over calling for Boris Johnson to resign

Michael Howard’s Diary: Why I have no regrets over calling for Boris Johnson to resign

Michael Howard

PMQs today: Dominic Raab and Angela Rayner leave a stale taste

Freddie Hayward

Does anyone care about Cop27?

Volodymyr Zelensky behind the mask

Lyse Doucet

The left should lead the case for higher defence spending

The left should lead the case for higher defence spending

Paul Mason

Joe Biden “dislikes Boris Johnson for his racist treatment of Obama”

Zoë Grünewald

Quickfire

American pro-choicers try to have it all – and end up with nothing

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American pro-choicers try to have it all – and end up with nothing

Simone Hanna

Even as a young Tory, I feel like this government is out to get me

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Even as a young Tory, I feel like this government is out to get me

William Atkinson

Politics

Keir Starmer: If you don’t change your views, you won’t succeed

The Labour leader has confirmed that he has scrapped the party’s 2019 manifesto.

By Freddie Hayward

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Ben Wallace criticises cabinet colleagues as he calls for higher defence spending

Ben Wallace criticises cabinet colleagues as he calls for higher defence spending

Freddie Hayward

Liz Truss’s Northern Ireland bill is all about her

Freddie Hayward

“We don’t want to see NHS strikes”: Wes Streeting and Rachel Reeves on Labour in an age of inflation

Why we should celebrate the defiant Joanna Cherry

Chris Deerin

The informal Labour-Lib Dem alliance could doom the Tories

The informal Labour-Lib Dem alliance could doom the Tories

Philip Collins

Who in the cabinet has the courage to challenge Boris Johnson?

Andrew Marr

From Our Writers

David Gauke

Brexit’s critics have been vindicated – but there are no easy answers

Anoosh Chakelian

Rail strikes test Tory culture war on working from home

Jeremy Cliffe

The fracturing of French politics spells instability – but also a chance for renewal

Louise Perry

Emma Thompson’s new film is an absurd view of what a middle-aged woman’s life is worth

World

How Putin prepared elite troops for Ukraine

A deadly crackdown on an uprising in Kazakhstan in January held lessons for the invasion of Ukraine the following month.

By James Kilner

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

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

Katie Stallard

The end of Roe vs Wade: what is there left to write?

Emily Tamkin

Paralysis in Moscow: why Putin persists with his strategy

Lawrence Freedman

Lawrence Freedman’s Diary: My ban from entering Russia and memories of Cold War encounters with the KGB

Lawrence Freedman

Russia’s army is fighting Ukraine the way it was designed to

Russia’s army is fighting Ukraine the way it was designed to

Ido Vock

A new age of global war

Margaret MacMillan

Ideas

New York’s hipster wars

Nick Burns

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

Gavin Jacobson

In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony

In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony

John Ganz

My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler

Raymond Geuss

Out with the old: is neoliberalism really dying?

Jan-Werner Müller

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Richard Seymour

Books and Culture

In a fractured world, Glastonbury is a much-needed sanctuary

Festivals are easily romanticised, but alongside the glitter and the dancing they demonstrate how humans might better live together.

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger

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The Undeclared War is truly clever TV

The Undeclared War is truly clever TV

Rachel Cooke

How the empire degraded Britain

The Death of Consensus: the recurring nightmares of British politics

John Gray

Can Emma Raducanu survive her super-brand status?

Sarah Manavis

The Princess is a radical new take on the very familiar story of Diana Spencer

The Princess is a radical new take on the very familiar story of Diana Spencer

David Sexton

Geoff Dyer and the art of slacking off

Lola Seaton

Podcasts

China’s broken promises on Hong Kong, with Chris Patten

China’s broken promises on Hong Kong, with Chris Patten

The psychiatrists who don’t believe in mental illness - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

The psychiatrists who don’t believe in mental illness – Audio Long Reads

Sophie McBain

By-election special: Is Boris Johnson doomed by the double defeat?

By-election special: Is Boris Johnson doomed by the double defeat?

BONUS EPISODE: Will the world end its addiction to growth? With the Club of Rome

BONUS EPISODE: Will the world end its addiction to growth? With the Club of Rome

Adrian Bradley, Philippa Nuttall and NS Podcasts

Business and Economics

Could a new debt crisis split the eurozone?

Emma Haslett

The ostrich economy is heading for a reckoning

Will Dunn

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

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

Emma Haslett

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

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

Emma Haslett

Environment

Why the UN Security Council can’t keep ignoring climate-driven conflict

Jamal Benomar

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?

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

India Bourke

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

Britain isn’t working

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Britain isn’t working

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Why even the Brexiteers are in despair over Brexit

By Ivan Rogers

A new age of global war

By Margaret MacMillan

From aardvark to woke: inside the Oxford English Dictionary

By Pippa Bailey

Spotlight

Does Tory defeat in Wakefield spell the end of “levelling up”?

Regional Development

Does Tory defeat in Wakefield spell the end of “levelling up”?

Jonny Ball

How much longer can the government kick the TfL funding can down the road?

How much longer can the government kick the TfL funding can down the road?

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

Software is becoming more interdependent, and that’s a big security problem

Software is becoming more interdependent, and that’s a big security problem

Nicu Calcea

The Policy Ask with Paul Farmer: “Cutting welfare support is counter-productive and punitive”

The Policy Ask with Paul Farmer: “Cutting welfare support is counter-productive and punitive”

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