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The Brexit earthquake - Europe, the Tory collapse and the rise

of the Brexit Party By Stephen Bush



Stop Boris Johnson - Martin Fletcher The shameless huckster would be a catastrophic prime minister



Tracey Thorn on Aretha Franklin

Helen Lewis on the new culture wars

John Bew on

America vs Iran

Richard J Evans on Jacob Rees-Mogg

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Hettie O’Brien

on the return of nudge theory



Maurice Glasman on the tragedy of the Jewish left