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The Lammy Doctrine
The New Statesman· 5 days agoQuestions of empire, identity, race and belonging preoccupy David Lammy. “Sometimes people have said, ‘David’s a bit of a chameleon,’ or whatever,” he...
America's crisis of meaningless work
Business Insider· 5 days agoIn a 2021 YouGov survey, only about half of Americans said they felt that their job made "a meaningful contribution to the world" — and the feeling was lowest among millennials and Gen Zers.
Can Labour's GB Energy deliver green socialism?
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAt the height of neoliberalism in the 1990s, we were told the benefits of globalisation required nation-states to relinquish their economic control to...
Can you be too old to be president?
The New Statesman· 3 days agoEditor’s note: This piece was originally published on 28 October 2020 and was updated on 28 June 2024. On 27 June, Joe Biden and Donald Trump had their...
Evangelical Christians’ Trumpian pact
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAt first glance, the elevation of a candidate such as Donald Trump to be the Republicans’ undisputed, all-knowing and all-powerful leader seemed to...
Can a feuding French left keep out the far right?
The New Statesman· 3 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....
Can Sunak or Starmer win over the Sun's readers?
The New Statesman· 7 days agoFielding an audience of Sun readers should be home turf for a Conservative leader: flash your fiscal discipline, flaunt your Euroscepticism, and get your...
England are rubbish again, but I make my own Euros entertainment
The New Statesman· 5 days agoCould this have happened to England? The England team was dreadfully overpraised during the build-up...
Can Labour satisfy its new voters?
The New Statesman· 6 days agoAt Kettering Buccleuch Academy yesterday, Keir Starmer fielded questions on whether Arsenal will win the league (yes), his favourite subject at school...
The great wine climate-change challenge
The New Statesman· 5 days agoGrapes are the world’s third-most valuable horticultural crop, after potatoes and tomatoes. Almost half of the 80 million tonnes of grapes produced in...
