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Election night should have been jubilant. Why did it feel flat?
The New Statesman· 15 hours agoThe sun wasn’t shining then, it being November, and also night-time; and in retrospect, the...
Starmer's victory speech was a display of humble realism
The New Statesman· 1 day agoThe crowds erupted with joy when Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria got out of their car on Downing...
After a historic Labour victory, I’m choosing hope
The New Statesman· 1 day 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· 1 day agoThe Conservatives brutally ejected from office. When I congratulated Keir Starmer this morning my message to him was clear. The trade union movement...
Labour has been sent a warning
The New Statesman· 1 day agoIt allows Keir Starmer’s Labour to begin an audacious and incredibly difficult project of national rebuilding – in terms of public services, the economy...
Labour’s first policy should be to break up the NHS
The New Statesman· 4 days agoThe most famous example in recent times was Bank of England independence, a policy Gordon Brown developed in secret over the two years before the 1997...
FTSE 100 Live 1 July: Meta, Nvidia shares drop on fine fears, House prices rise, European markets...
Evening Standard· 5 days agoEuropean markets strengthened today as traders reviewed the first round of voting in France’s...
Labour’s missions are no substitute for ideology
The New Statesman· 6 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....
