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The Harry ‘n’ Meghan circus shows no sign of coming to an end
It seemed fitting that, for her return to Britain, Meghan Markle was joined at the One Young World summit in…
Why don’t we put warnings on smartphones?
On a recent trip to Sainsbury’s, I was perplexed to find nothing where it should be. I’m used to things…
Get ready for Liz mania
Here she is, then. Liz Truss is Britain’s third woman Prime Minister and she’s already suffering from the not-so-soft bigotry…
The end of history
Read chronicles of ancient peasant life, or examine photographs taken a century ago. Behold castes, tortures, and endless annals of…
Revealed: Labour’s tactics to deal with Truss
Keir Starmer tonight told the weekly parliamentary Labour party meeting that ‘we will never underestimate Liz Truss’. The Labour leader…
Priti Patel resigns. Will she cause trouble for Liz Truss?
Priti Patel has announced she is standing down as Home Secretary and returning to the backbenches ahead of an expected…
The problems of mid-term PMs
Any Prime Minister who takes over mid-term has to contend with a certain set of problems. Liz Truss will wish…
Can Liz Truss deliver, deliver, deliver?
What does deliver, deliver, deliver mean? Liz Truss had it as her payoff on accepting the leadership of the Conservative…
The case against a snap election
Unless Her Majesty throws us all a curveball, Liz Truss will be the next prime minister. So let’s knock something…
Are the markets scared of Liz Truss?
Look at the chart for interest rate expectations in isolation, and you might come to the conclusion that Rishi Sunak…
This week will define Liz Truss’s premiership
This lunchtime Liz Truss has been announced as the new leader of the Conservative party. After a contest that spanned…
Joe Lycett isn’t funny – or brave
Can we all take a moment to marvel at the courage of Joe Lycett? Imagine the cojones it must take…
Ten graphs that Liz Truss can’t ignore
The new Prime Minister’s honeymoon starts and ends today. Once Liz Truss formally enters Downing Street tomorrow she will be…
Liz Truss wins. What next?
Liz Truss’s victory in the Tory leadership race was based on her ability to portray herself as the candidate for both…
Liz Truss triumphs in Tory leadership race
Liz Truss has won the race to become Tory leader and Britain’s new Prime Minister. Truss, who was the runaway…
Liz Truss doesn’t frighten Labour
Labour will attack the new prime minister from the left and the right. From Liz Truss’ exposed left flank, Labour…
Will Liz Truss kill levelling up?
Levelling up is probably not even in the top tier of Liz Truss’s intray for this week, given the pressure…
How Liz Truss can solve the energy crisis
It will be expensive. It will last far longer than anyone expects. And it will distort the market even more…
Is Liz Truss a Tory Jeremy Corbyn?
Many years ago, when the earth was young and leaving the European Union was a position espoused only by those…
Putin’s energy war has changed Germany’s relations with Russia for good
After months of speculation and handwringing, it has finally happened: Germany and the rest of Europe are now receiving no…
Liz Truss will come to regret her ‘bonfire’ of workers’ rights
Liz Truss is right about sex and gender. But if she is to get the country through the next winter…
The EU is hoping to catch Liz Truss on the backfoot over Brexit
A vital part of gamesmanship, according to the British author Stephen Potter, is to disconcert your opponent before they have joined…
The strange effort to ‘decolonize’ global health
“Global health” has emerged in the last decade or so as one of the growth areas in the medical and…
Is it time to defund the humanities?
Much of the cost of running our universities and other centres of higher education is borne by government, meaning the…
Only an ‘un-conservative’ measure can solve the energy crisis
The UK economy has so far held up reasonably well in the face of the rise in energy prices. But…
