Germany’s lesson for Labour
Angela Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s borders to mass migration has proved a gift to the far right.
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Starmer under fire
Letter of the week: New power generation
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From Labour’s economic plan to the Tory leadership: no one wants to be associated with Liz Truss
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The far right’s triumph has left Germany in a mess
The firewalls that prevent the country’s centrist parties from governing with the radical right and left are cracking.
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What Americans really think of Britain
Also this week: the deification of Kamala Harris and the cruelty of ageing in the US.
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The man who fixes broken councils
The council fixer Max Caller on England’s local government crisis.
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Why do Democrats covet Taylor Swift’s support?
Seeing the party salivate over celebrity endorsements is uncomfortable viewing.
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Starmer suffers while Rayner goes raving – and the press can’t decide which is worse
The Sun dispatches a reporter to spy on Angela Rayner in Ibiza. Plus: what would a world without X…
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Labour must give the land back to the people
The party has a rich history of supporting the environment – Keir Starmer should not forget this.
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Where are the left-wing firebrands?
Without an outsized personality like Tucker Carlson or Jordan Peterson, the left risks stagnation.
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Labour’s battle for Britain
After a brutal summer, the government is already disliked. Can Keir Starmer reassert the authority of the state?
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The transformation of JD Vance
Donald Trump’s running mate has brought the new right to the brink of power.
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The race for Lambeth Palace
Can the next archbishop of Canterbury unite a divided Church?
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The Tony Blair advice bureau
On Leadership is wise on the business of government but credulous on Elon Musk and corporate power.
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Who are Britain’s new aristocrats?
An elite by inheritance still holds sway but it has been joined by an elite of grafters.
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The NS Poem: The Sea
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From André Aciman to Vanessa Kisuule: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton and The Invention of Good and Evil by Hanno…
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Janet Frame’s asylum dreams
The New Zealand author, born 100 years ago, was both tormented and inspired by her experience of mental illness.
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Van Gogh in the yellow house
The artist moved to Arles in 1888 full of optimism. The National Gallery’s major new exhibition, “Poets and Lovers”,…
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The Sabrina Carpenter effect
The pop star has hit the mainstream thanks to a playful sense of humour that brings her smart, elliptical…
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Firebrand is an unhistorical and unforgettable Tudor drama
Alicia Vikander and Jude Law excel in this retelling of Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine Parr.
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The hotel-room blandness of Netflix’s The Perfect Couple
There are bathroom tiles more expressive than Nicole Kidman in her latest in a long line of increasingly hollow…
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The Coming Storm returns ahead of the US election
The BBC Radio 4 podcast about conspiracy thinking is back, and things are even weirder.
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The best rosés are all subtlety
Beware flamboyant colour: it will disappoint.
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A painful Budget is coming, but there are ways to manage it
The tax raid on the middle classes has already happened, thanks to Sunak and Hunt.
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A new laptop has enhanced my life
The days of needing a baseball cap to write this column are finally over.
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Long-term illness is not a battle to be “won” – it’s a weight to carry forever
You can’t truly share in pain, or suffering; you can’t share stays in hospital, or scans, or drug treatments.
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This England: Too fast, too furious
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Clint Dyer Q&A: “You know more than you think you do”
The actor and director on bell hooks and the enduring power of nature.
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