“I often spend my time sounding like a Lib Dem”: Rory Stewart on the fractured Tory party
The former Conservative MP and one-time leadership candidate shares his thoughts on Boris Johnson and the race to become prime…
By
Encounter
Latest in
Encounter
How psychedelics change lives
The writer Michael Pollan on becoming a psychonaut in his fifties – and why tripping is political.
By
Andrew Fisher: “Keir Starmer is too interested in not being Jeremy Corbyn”
The former Labour policy chief on why the Conservatives could still win.
By
Esther Duflo: “Climate change is a problem from hell politically”
The Nobel Prize-winning economist on how equality can save the planet.
By
Jonathan Haidt: “America is the ghost of liberal democracies’ future”
The social psychologist believes bitter online discourse is hastening the spread of US-style recriminatory politics.
By
Hillary Clinton: “I don’t think the media is doing its job”
The former US presidential candidate on why the right is winning.
By
Why Frank Luntz regrets being a populist
The US pollster on what voters really want.
By
Can Zarah Sultana save the Labour left?
The 28-year-old socialist MP on her viral fame, social media abuse and Keir Starmer’s leadership.
By