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The SNP has finally been punished
The New Statesman· 21 hours agoBig hitters such as Joanna Cherry, Alyn Smith and Stewart McDonald are gone – each perhaps a loss to parliament, but each swept aside by a spasm of anger...
Warning to anyone with a smart meter as customers could be paying 'too much' for their energy
Birmingham Live via Yahoo News UK· 23 hours agoThey've done their homework and when they checked with British Gas, EDF Energy, E. on Next, Octopus...
What does Labour's win mean for the green transition?
The New Statesman· 13 hours agoThis article was originally published as an edition of the Green Transition, New Statesman...
Labour has a mandate to change Britain's economic weather
The New Statesman· 11 hours agoBy six o’clock yesterday morning, with many seats still to declare, weary pundits could already be...
After a historic Labour victory, I’m choosing hope
The New Statesman· 16 hours agoA little under five years ago, in December 2019, I wrote a column – among my first for this magazine – reflecting on the result of that month’s election,...
How Labour can govern for working people
The New Statesman· 16 hours agoThe Conservatives brutally ejected from office. When I congratulated Keir Starmer this morning my message to him was clear. The trade union movement...
The highs and lows of election night coverage
The New Statesman· 16 hours agoAfter a banal and frustrating campaign, the broadcasters threw everything they had into election night – and they offered viewers and listeners more...
Labour has been sent a warning
The New Statesman· 19 hours agoIt allows Keir Starmer’s Labour to begin an audacious and incredibly difficult project of national rebuilding – in terms of public services, the economy...
Starmer's victory speech was a display of humble realism
The New Statesman· 15 hours agoThe crowds erupted with joy when Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria got out of their car on Downing...
The Conservatives invited this disaster
The New Statesman· 22 hours agoThis is an election result that leaves the Conservative Party fighting for its life. The oldest and most successful political party in the country –...