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Why Rishi Sunak failed

The former chancellor, once Britain’s most popular politician, seems to have let No 10 slip from his grasp. Where did he go wrong?

By Harry Lambert

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The war that changed the world

The war that changed the world

Jeremy Cliffe

Liz Truss must use the power of the state to relieve the living standards emergency

David Gauke

Does anyone actually care about Cop27?

Does the rise of the Metaverse mean the decline of cities?

Max K Hayward

Why the housing market is about to crash

Why the housing market is about to crash

Will Dunn

Merrick Garland: the man investigating Donald Trump

Emily Tamkin

Quickfire

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are turning green energy into a culture war

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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are turning green energy into a culture war

India Bourke

London’s broken housing will destroy the economy – and the Conservative Party

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London’s broken housing will destroy the economy – and the Conservative Party

Henry Hill

Politics

Keir Starmer’s energy strategy hints at Wilson-like cunning

Labour’s proposal to freeze families’ energy bills is the right policy at the right time.

By Philip Collins

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Labour is still scared of Scottish voters

Labour is still scared of Scottish voters

Rory Scothorne

Does Keir Starmer’s plan to freeze energy bills go far enough?

Rachel Wearmouth

Inside the Tory grassroots: what do members really want?

Mick Lynch: “Starmer’s Labour could be another version of the Tories”

Freddie Hayward

A Tory party that’s out of ideas will soon find itself out of power

A Tory party that’s out of ideas will soon find itself out of power

John Oxley

Why Britain’s decline resembles the fall of Rome

Martin Fletcher

From Our Writers

Bruno Maçães

The future world order will be decided by the war over semiconductors

India Bourke

Sewage heads for the sea: the suffocation of UK waterways

Louise Perry

What my toddler and I learned at Drag Queen Story Hour

Paul Mason

How to nationalise water by stealth

World

The EU’s energy crisis is emboldening the European far right

Six months into the Ukraine war, the shock that temporarily banished pro-Russian views from European politics is wearing off.

By Ido Vock

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Liz Cheney lost her primary. So what?

Liz Cheney lost her primary. So what?

Emily Tamkin

Living standards in Afghanistan have collapsed under the Taliban

Afiq Fitri

Is everything suddenly going Joe Biden’s way?

Emily Tamkin

The Taliban’s Afghanistan, one year on: murder, repression and economic devastation

Ido Vock

Why the Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova sets an example for the West

Why the Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova sets an example for the West

Katie Stallard

Russia is still underestimating Ukraine

Lawrence Freedman

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

Why Gone with the Wind is American culture’s original sin

Sarah Churchwell’s book is a 458-page indictment of the Civil War-era romance. Frankly, should we give a damn?

By Adam Hochschild

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When women were warriors: the forgotten female leaders of the Middle Ages

When women were warriors: the forgotten female leaders of the Middle Ages

Pippa Bailey

Radio & Podcasts

How to sell your soul for clicks

Salman Rushdie shows us that free speech is life itself

Erica Wagner

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

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

How the housing crisis shaped Britain

Book of the Day

How the housing crisis shaped Britain

Anoosh Chakelian

Stefan Golaszewski’s Marriage is a stone-cold masterpiece

Rachel Cooke

Podcasts

Are the Tories in trouble over the economy?

Are the Tories in trouble over the economy?

What is Russia doing with Ukraine’s nuclear power plant?

What is Russia doing with Ukraine’s nuclear power plant?

Is Labour finally on the front foot in the energy crisis?

The New Statesman podcast

Is Labour finally on the front foot in the energy crisis?

How did US politics become so polarised? With Nick Bryant

How did US politics become so polarised? With Nick Bryant

Business and Economics

Can Liz Truss save the economy with tax cuts?

Will Dunn

The building that remade London

Emma Haslett

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

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

Emma Haslett

The woman who plans to switch off obesity with a pill

Emma Haslett

The dangerous approach of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son

Oscar Williams

Bruce Daisley: “Twitter wasn’t set up to be about anger and rage”

Bruce Daisley: “Twitter wasn’t set up to be about anger and rage”

Oscar Williams

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

A battle for the soul of English cricket

A battle for the soul of English cricket

When the former Yorkshire bowler Azeem Rafiq blew the whistle on racism, resignations and inquiries followed. Has anything changed?

By Emma John

Magazine

Six Months that Changed the World

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Six Months that Changed the World

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The war that changed the world

By Jeremy Cliffe

Salman Rushdie shows us that free speech is life itself

By Erica Wagner

Storytelling must prevail in a world in which democracy is under threat

By Elif Shafak

How the fatwa against Salman Rushdie changed British identity

By Anthony Barnett

Spotlight

Why freezing energy prices will help stop economic catastrophe

Energy and Climate Change

Why freezing energy prices will help stop economic catastrophe

Jeevun Sandher

The Conservatives have made childcare unavailable and unaffordable

The Conservatives have made childcare unavailable and unaffordable

Bridget Phillipson

The problem with appointing a man as Scotland's first "period dignity officer"

The problem with appointing a man as Scotland’s first “period dignity officer”

Zoë Grünewald

The Policy Ask with Richard Sloggett: “We don’t need more hospitals, we should modernise those we have”

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