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Biden’s only choice
The New Statesman· 9 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...
Rishi Sunak has lost the argument on growth
The New Statesman· 3 hours agoLabour’s focus on economic progress has paid off.
Will the Tories ever recover from this defeat?
The New Statesman· 2 hours agoThis was an election campaign that – from a Conservative perspective – was all about damage limitation. Perhaps left-wing electors might get their sense...
From Neil Jordan to Lara Maiklem: new books reviewed in short
The New Statesman· 3 hours 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· 9 hours agoThe Supreme Court delivered its historic ruling in the case of Trump v. United States on Monday (1...
Boris Johnson should take the fight to Nigel Farage
The New Statesman· 4 days agoRegular readers of these columns will know that I am not a fan of Boris Johnson. Much of the responsibility for the current state of the Tory party is...
The Macron era is over
The New Statesman· 1 day 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...
The young prole rebels of Dexys Midnight Runners
The New Statesman· 9 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 media's bad election campaign
The New Statesman· 9 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· 9 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...