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Don’t dignify Trump with talk of a ‘new world order’ – there’s nothing new or ordered about this chaos

The US president’s grotesque theatrics on the world stage are an opportunistic distraction from his falling domestic ratings, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8

Want to understand the sickness of Britain today? Look no further – a novel explained it all 20 years ago

The racism, the predatory politics, the banality and cruelty: we struggle to make sense of it, but JG Ballard foretold everything we are living through now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025

Deals put UK-US trade relationship in the spotlight

Letters: Richard Torbett and Nick Dearden respond to an article by Aditya Chakrabortty on Keir Starmer’s medicines agreement with Donald Trump

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025

What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little

Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

How to stop the rise of Reform UK? Expose its contradictions

Letters: The victory of Nigel Farage’s party at the next election need not be inevitable, writes Les Bright. Plus letters from Nick Moss, and Dr Margherita de Candia and Dr Marianna Griffini

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025

The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together

This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right

For too long, the centre has been adopting the language of the right but deploying it with greater civility – to disastrous ends, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025

Living with the hidden horrors of illegal HMOs

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Aditya Chakrabortty on the scandal involving houses in multiple occupation

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025

Ministers can raise taxes if they come out fighting. But no one in this cowardly Labour government seems able

Ahead of the budget, Rachel Reeves should be out making her arguments. Instead, there is silence – and a huge opportunity for Labour’s opponents, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025

The crimewave sweeping Britain? Illegal houses in multiple occupation

With private-sector villainy and public-sector complicity, what makes this HMO scandal so characteristic of modern Britain is how far the guilt spreads, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025