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Placing bets is unwise – and not just for Tory MPs
The New Statesman· 4 days agoOne thing most people will remember from the 2024 general election campaign is the betting scandal in which a number of people in the Conservative Party...
My head has been turned by the sunflower
The New Statesman· 4 days agoHelianthus annuus, to call the common sunflower by its binomial Latin name, is a heliotrope, implying that as the sun moves across the sky the heads will...
Is there a progressive argument for pro-natalism?
The New Statesman· 4 days agoThe world is facing a major population crisis: not too many people, but too few, or so the argument goes. In most countries, not enough children are...
OPINION - Ostrich Joe Biden should hand over to Kamala Harris
Evening Standard· 4 days agoWith lashings of orange bronzer, a frozen face and gleaming white teeth, Joe Biden is doing his best...
The gruelling campaign is over. Now we have a country to sort
The New Statesman· 4 days agoWestminster has the vibe of the first day back at school. Tobias Ellwood gives me a hug and an...
Can France’s anti-Le Pen alliance survive?
The New Statesman· 4 days agoEvery election in France is now a referendum on the National Rally (RN). Looked at one way, that might seem like bad news for Marine Le Pen’s party. On 7...
People complain about first-past-the-post – but everyone knew the rules
The New Statesman· 4 days agoThe winning party, despite tepid enthusiasm for its offering and a share of just over a third of the...
How Labour can make government work better
The New Statesman· 4 days agoOne of the new Labour government’s greatest challenges will be expanding the capacity of the British state. Government is not war but, with 13 years in...
Britain’s shock of the new
The New Statesman· 4 days agoAs the Keir Starmer ascendancy boots up its laptops, what style of national leadership is coming? It’s visible in the calm demeanour of an older man...
Inside the teenage mind
The New Statesman· 4 days agoA workplace can be happy or dysfunctional in any number of ways, but ask someone about their secondary-school social hierarchy and they’d describe...
