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The Tory party has been infected by a purist brainworm

This summer’s leadership contest has taken place in a parallel ideological universe.

By Martha Gill

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We need to take back control of the energy industry – here’s how

We need to take back control of the energy industry – here’s how

Paul Mason

Raymond Briggs’ genius was his understanding of loss

Megan Nolan

Does anyone care about Cop27?

International Politics

In the grip of overlapping crises, Europe faces a leadership vacuum

Mujtaba Rahman

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Leigh Phillips

The conservative case for returning the Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Tomiwa Owolade

Quickfire

The strangeness of Liz Truss attacking the media

Today 8:00 am

The strangeness of Liz Truss attacking the media

James Ball

Censoring university reading lists is crude and condescending

4:38 pm

Censoring university reading lists is crude and condescending

Tomiwa Owolade

Politics

Keir Starmer is letting a crisis go to waste

The Labour leader’s hyper-cautious strategy may put him in government, but not in power.

By Rory Scothorne

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

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

Anoosh Chakelian

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

David Gauke

“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

Sarah Manavis

The real problem with Instagram is not the photo vs video debate

Martin Fletcher

Britain’s painful decline since the 2012 London Olympics

Rachel Cunliffe

Liz Truss is channelling Boris Johnson, not Margaret Thatcher

World

Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff: “Putinism will now come to an end much sooner”

Leonid Volkov on how the war in Ukraine has given Russia’s opposition a new chance to shape the country’s future.

By Ido Vock

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

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

Thorsten Benner

Is China preparing to invade Taiwan?

Katie Stallard

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

Impatient with their elders, young Democrats step up

Emily Tamkin

The energy crisis: what the UK could learn from Germany

Philippa Nuttall, Anoosh Chakelian, Ido Vock and Nick Ferris

Ideas

Wittgenstein at war

Thomas Nagel

The authoritarian interlude

Phil Tinline

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Leigh Phillips

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

Mark Haddon: “I’m quite lucky to be alive”

The novelist on his triple heart bypass, literature’s “culture wars”, and why he’s donating book royalties to abortion funds in…

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger

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Elif Batuman and the art of a real life

Book of the Day

Elif Batuman and the art of a real life

Emily Bootle

The best exhibitions of summer 2022

Philip Larkin at 100

“The festival is more fragile than ever”: the Edinburgh Fringe wars

Anna Leszkiewicz and Bilal Aly

How the super-rich live

How the super-rich live

Matthew Beaumont

Nietzsche before the breakdown

John Gray

Podcasts

Why the Democrats’ big bill matters

Why the Democrats’ big bill matters

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

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

Clive Betts: "We need billions for adult social care"

Clive Betts: “We need billions for adult social care”

Clive Betts

The Policy Ask with Arthur Snell: "Many of the world’s problems stem from the Iraq invasion"

Energy and Climate Change

The Policy Ask with Arthur Snell: “Many of the world’s problems stem from the Iraq invasion”

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