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

The former foreign secretary on Keir Starmer’s leadership, Brexit and whether he will return to UK politics.

By Harry Lambert

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When will Vladimir Putin realise it is time to cut his losses in Ukraine?

When will Vladimir Putin realise it is time to cut his losses in Ukraine?

Lawrence Freedman

“IT problems” don’t stop Rishi Sunak raising benefits, says Universal Credit creator

Anoosh Chakelian

Partner content

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

Why Stoicism isn’t just about you

Nancy Sherman

Saudi Arabia is the biggest beneficiary of the war in Ukraine

Saudi Arabia is the biggest beneficiary of the war in Ukraine

Philippa Nuttall

Book of the Day

Rebels Against the Raj: A morality tale for Modi’s nationalist India

Soumya Bhattacharya

Quickfire

No minister, the answer to rising bills isn’t working longer

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No minister, the answer to rising bills isn’t working longer

Anoosh Chakelian

Booing the national anthem is as British as singing it

Today 3:24 pm

Booing the national anthem is as British as singing it

Benedict Spence

From Our Writers

Harry Lambert

How will Boris Johnson resolve the Northern Irish trilemma?

Katie Stallard

Shaming mothers for not breastfeeding won’t solve formula shortages

Martin Fletcher

Boris Johnson’s government is morally and intellectually bankrupt

Sarah Manavis

Social media lectures about abortion “privilege” don’t help anyone

Politics

The economic cost of Brexit is only getting worse

Rather than starting a trade war with the EU, the UK needs to forge a practical and constructive relationship.

By David Gauke

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Is Jeremy Hunt Johnson’s most dangerous Tory rival?

Is Jeremy Hunt Johnson’s most dangerous Tory rival?

Harry Lambert

What if Keir Starmer’s gamble backfires?

Andrew Marr

Northern Ireland

Could Michelle O’Neill be Northern Ireland’s final first minister?

Commons Confidential: Tories fear a kamikaze election

Kevin Maguire

Why Keir Starmer is still on course to become prime minister

Why Keir Starmer is still on course to become prime minister

Philip Collins

Scotland’s cosmopolitan turn

Rory Scothorne

World

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

Urgent action needs to be taken to combat Beijing’s transnational campaign against the ethnic minority.

By Bradley Jardine

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Sweden’s Nato application marks historic shift away from neutrality

Sweden’s Nato application marks historic shift away from neutrality

Ido Vock

Hong Kong’s authoritarian future is already here

Katie Stallard

Europe’s new Iron Lady: Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas

Jeremy Cliffe

“The Russians didn’t expect it”: Ukraine drones unit is the new face of warfare

Dominic Selwood

China’s global coal machine won't be stopped so easily

China’s global coal machine won’t be stopped so easily

Nick Ferris

The Democrats are in power – so why are they so powerless?

Jack Crosbie

Ideas

The rise of “rentier nationalism”

Political Economy Research Centre

The war in Ukraine will only deepen the climate crisis

Anatol Lieven

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

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

Adam Tooze

How the Greek revolution made the modern world

Nick Burns

What does Europe’s right want?

David Broder

Tell us who you really are, Keir Starmer

Tell us who you really are, Keir Starmer

Richard Seymour

Books and Culture

How Sergei Magnitsky paid with his life for exposing Vladimir Putin’s financial corruption

A new book by Bill Browder reveals the bravery of a young lawyer who uncovered a £185m state-sponsored tax fraud.

By Katie Stallard

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Thom Yorke’s the Smile sound a lot like Radiohead – and that’s no bad thing

Thom Yorke’s the Smile sound a lot like Radiohead – and that’s no bad thing

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Book of the Day

The infinite art of John Donne

Florence and the Machine’s Dance Fever is a timeless, euphoric record

Emily Bootle

Michelle Yeoh flits between universes in the hyperactive Everything Everywhere All at Once

Ryan Gilbey

Farewell to the iPod – and the age of the personal music library

Farewell to the iPod – and the age of the personal music library

Tom Gatti

Netflix’s Clark is a failed attempt at self-aware true crime

Imogen West-Knights

Podcasts

Armando Iannucci: Is politics just a game to today's leaders?

Westminster Reimagined

Armando Iannucci: Is politics just a game to today’s leaders?

Armando Iannucci and Anoosh Chakelian

Will the Red Wall or beergate seal Keir Starmer’s fate?

The New Statesman podcast

Will the Red Wall or beergate seal Keir Starmer’s fate?

Anoosh Chakelian, Freddie Hayward and Ben Walker

Why the US Supreme Court is going backwards on abortion rights

Why the US Supreme Court is going backwards on abortion rights

Emily Tamkin, Katie Stallard and Rachel Cunliffe

A year inside GB News: "What the hell have we done?"

Audio Long Reads

A year inside GB News: “What the hell have we done?”

Stuart McGurk and Chris Stone

Business and Economics

How “time theft” became a popular idea ⁠— and why it’s dangerous nonsense

Will Dunn

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

Sarah Dawood

Inflation is eating away at Britain’s schools and hospitals

Inflation is eating away at Britain’s schools and hospitals

Chart of the Day

How Right to Buy fuelled the housing crisis

Nicu Calcea

Are the Bank of England’s inflation experts fit for purpose?

Emma Haslett

"They have no respect for anything": the quiet remorse of the man who sold London to Putin's oligarchs

The Business Interview

“They have no respect for anything”: the quiet remorse of the man who sold London to Putin’s oligarchs

Emma Haslett

Environment

Will Emmanuel Macron finally turn green rhetoric into radical action?

Philippa Nuttall

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

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

Tim Lang

Why climate doomism is not an option

Philippa Nuttall

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

Nick Ferris

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

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

Bernice Lee

The Long Read

Is a united Ireland now inevitable?

Is a united Ireland now inevitable?

As Sinn Féin surges with voters, Irish reunification seems closer than ever. But the real debate over what the new…

By Martin Fletcher

Magazine

Stalling Starmer

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Stalling Starmer

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What if Keir Starmer’s gamble backfires?

By Andrew Marr

Could Michelle O’Neill be Northern Ireland’s final first minister?

By Martin Fletcher

Europe’s new Iron Lady: Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas

By Jeremy Cliffe

Spotlight

Andy Burnham: "I wouldn't rule out running for Labour leader"

Regional Development

Andy Burnham: “I wouldn’t rule out running for Labour leader”

Zoë Grünewald

The unacknowledged trauma epidemic

The unacknowledged trauma epidemic

Zoë Grünewald

Will "levelling up" outlast Boris Johnson?

Regional Development

Will “levelling up” outlast Boris Johnson?

Jonny Ball

How ransomware shut down an English council

How ransomware shut down an English council

Samir Jeraj