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The 50-year experiment of allowing grassroots members to vote in party leadership contests has failed, writes Peter Kellner

Why MPs should choose their leaders The 50-year experiment of allowing grassroots members to vote in party leadership contests has failed

The Met Office says 46°C degree days are now “plausible” in the UK. Critics of net zero need to wake up, writes Tim Smedley

This is no time for climate complacency—let alone more drilling Too many of us are oblivious to the dangers we face

Tony Blair is astonishingly unserious about climate change and energy policy, writes Simon Sharpe

What Tony Blair gets wrong about climate and energy Labour must be clear about the threat we face—and how to challenge it

None of my friends in London believe in spirits. Perhaps they are missing out, writes Kiran Sidhu

Rural life: All my neighbours believe in fairies None of my friends in London believe in spirits. Perhaps they are missing out

It is fitting that the Rwanda scheme ended in a bit of a mess, as it was always a bit of a mess, writes DAT Green

The end of the failed Rwanda asylum scheme An arbitration decision gives the UK a lucky final victory, but more than £250m has already been lost

Some of the people least suited to being US ambassador are major ex-politicians, writes Andrew Adonis

Who would want to be US ambassador? Among the people least suited to the job are major ex-politicians

There is a tradition of authors, from Edward Lear to Maurice Sendak, whose queerness helped them produce better books for kids, writes Caspar Salmon

Writing for children as a gay parent There is a tradition of authors, from Edward Lear to Maurice Sendak, whose queerness helped them produce better books for kids

In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, veteran pollster Peter Kellner explains how a Westminster “experiment” led to David Miliband’s lost opportunity

David Miliband’s near miss Plus: a dose of Friday fairy magic

Amid the furore over THAT sizeable donation, our satirist Henry Morris finds Nigel Farage keeping a low profile in his Essex constituency...

Embedded with Reform: Finding Farage, in Clacton of all places Amid a furore over a certain sizeable donation, the party leader is keeping a low profile—in his Essex constituency

Carlo Petrini founded the Slow Food movement during the radical politics of 1970s Italy

Obituary: Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement Emerging from the radical politics of 1970s Italy, his ideas about agriculture, community and sustainability gained global significance