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How a far-right French government could affect small boats crossings in the Channel
Yahoo News UK· 2 hours agoFrance is one step closer to a far-right government following National Rally's success in the first...
Will the Tories ever recover from this defeat?
The New Statesman· 27 minutes agoThis was an election campaign that – from a Conservative perspective – was all about damage limitation. Perhaps left-wing electors might get their sense...
Rishi Sunak has lost the argument on growth
The New Statesman· 2 hours agoLabour’s focus on economic progress has paid off.
Biden’s only choice
The New Statesman· 7 hours agoWhen Trump declared that Democrats were in favour of “after-birth” abortions, for instance, which is to say they want to kill newborn babies, Biden was...
From Neil Jordan to Lara Maiklem: new books reviewed in short
The New Statesman· 1 hour agoMichael Collins – the sprawling biopic about the Irish revolutionary hero – is perhaps the director...
The Supreme Court has made Trump "a king above the law"
The New Statesman· 8 hours agoThe Supreme Court delivered its historic ruling in the case of Trump v. United States on Monday (1...
The media's bad election campaign
The New Statesman· 7 hours agoNeither the politicians nor the broadcasters have distinguished themselves in this election campaign. Journalists working for traditional organisations...
Reform candidates are sinister
The New Statesman· 7 hours agoBritain may be broken, as Nigel Farage’s campaign declares. If it were the case of “one or two slip[ping] through the net that shouldn’t have done” – as...
The young prole rebels of Dexys Midnight Runners
The New Statesman· 7 hours 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 Conservative catastrophe
The New Statesman· 7 hours agoRecent polling predicts electoral catastrophe for the Conservatives. A Survation poll taken in the first half of June anticipated the party winning only...
