Onward – the Tory think tank on a mission to remake conservatism
In their first interview, the new group’s founders Neil O'Brien and Will Tanner insist that “the intellectual life is on the…
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How a 92-year-old led a people’s revolt to overthrow Malaysia’s ruling party
New-old prime minister Mahathir Mohamad came out of retirement expressly to stop Najib Razak, his former protégé, from wrecking the country.
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How John McDonnell is leading the surprise rebirth of British Marxism
At the Marx 200 conference, the shadow chancellor declared that “Marxism is about the freedom of spirit, the development of life…
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The Speaker’s last stand: will bullying accusations be the end of John Bercow’s career?
Bercow’s temperament has long been the subject of intrigue among those working in parliament, but in March it became headline news.
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Commons Confidential: The Conservatives seek revenge with a plot to make Corbyn pay
Your weekly dose of gossip from Westminster.
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Rock star physicist Carlo Rovelli on why time is an illusion
“I found something extraordinarily beautiful and extraordinarily radical. And I thought, wow, this is better than LSD”
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One Syrian teenager’s quest to rebuild Aleppo
“We don’t want to preserve Aleppo as this theatre of war. We want to bring out the essence of the…
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Crumbling Britain: how austerity is hollowing out the heart of Tory Somerset
With two-thirds of children’s centres closing, West Somerset has the worst social mobility in the country – and families are…
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