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In this issue

FEATURES

BBC: Why does it still matter? And how can it be saved? Prominent figures, led by the archbishop of Canterbury, on why the BBC is needed more than ever

Your rights are at risk The government’s reforms threaten to empower the state at the expense of everybody else Alex Dean

Xi Jinping’s brave new world China’s leader is creating a superpower by melding Maoism with capitalism. Can it work? Kerry Brown

The re-greening of Ireland Sinn Féin’s new lease of life shows that a united Ireland could be on the horizon Andrew Adonis

PROSPECT / MARCH 2022

Spent force? Institutionally racist or too woke? Why the police are under fire from all sides Duncan Campbell

Where have all the good chaps gone? Historian Peter Hennessy thinks that, after Johnson, it is time to reset the constitution Tom Clark