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Who was Britain's greatest liberal prime minister?

Our panel of politics wonks make the case for Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill, among others

This month marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of the office of prime minister. To mark the occasion, The Economist journalists Emma Duncan and Adrian Woolridge joined Margaret MacMillan, Michael Gove, Charles Moore and Dan Hannan to debate a crucial question: who was Britain's greatest liberal prime minister? In a live subscriber event, each panellist made the case for a prime minister. The winner was decided by our audience.

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Full-length interview: the head of NATO on how Ukraine can win the war

Jens Stoltenberg discusses the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump with our editor-in-chief


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Who is “Europe’s last dictator”?

Alexander Lukashenko has doubled down on political repression, but is dependent on Russia


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Is Putin winning the war in Ukraine?

Our experts discuss what the next year of conflict might hold

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A portrait of Alexei Navalny

A podcast on the prominent Russian dissident, who died in prison on February 16th

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Alexei Navalny, in his own words

In 2017 The Economist interviewed the opposition leader about Putin’s Russia and his own prison experience