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The young prole rebels of Dexys Midnight Runners
The New Statesman· 3 days agoOne starts this book at the back, like a Japanese novel, because the author has tracked down all 24 living members of Dexys Midnight Runners, leaving...
The Supreme Court has made Trump "a king above the law"
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThe Supreme Court delivered its historic ruling in the case of Trump v. United States on Monday (1...
The Macron era is over
The New Statesman· 3 days agoIt is going to get worse for Emmanuel Macron. When the polls were already looking bad ahead of the first-round parliamentary vote on 30 June, his last...
What the National Rally’s rise means for Labour
The New Statesman· 3 days agoKeir Starmer and David Lammy may soon be faced with nationalist governments across the Atlantic and the Channel.
Why are England football fans so entitled?
The New Statesman· 4 days agoWhy did England get booed so much and so often during those early Euro games? Family and relations of the players, even the lesser-known figures confined...
Labour’s missions are no substitute for ideology
The New Statesman· 4 days agoOne of the most insistent refrains in Keir Starmer’s campaigning rhetoric has been that he represents a constructive break with a disordered past....
A staggering first-round victory for Marine Le Pen
The New Statesman· 4 days agoEmmanuel Macron's political gamble has backfired.
Can a feuding French left keep out the far right?
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAhead of the first round of voting in the legislative elections this Sunday, the French left has united for only the second time in its recent history....
The Tory media has gone into meltdown
The New Statesman· 6 days agoThe thing no one tells you about the stages of grief is that they are not, in fact, stages. This exhausted government has not left this mortal plane...
James Corden’s comedy of menace
The New Statesman· 6 days agoJoe Penhall’s new play The Constituent, starring Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin, is a funny, disturbing vision of public service and private despair.
