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The not quite moving right show
The New Statesman· 1 day agoThe general election saw a redoubtable Reform UK win 14 per cent of the vote and five parliamentary seats on a hardline anti-immigrant platform; it paved...
Election night should have been jubilant. Why did it feel flat?
The New Statesman· 1 day agoThe sun wasn’t shining then, it being November, and also night-time; and in retrospect, the...
Will England love the real Jude Bellingham?
The New Statesman· 1 day agoThis is the arc of Jude Bellingham. On TalkSport, the ex-Premier League manager René Meulensteen called his celebration against Slovakia “arrogant”,...
The SNP has finally been punished
The New Statesman· 2 days agoBig hitters such as Joanna Cherry, Alyn Smith and Stewart McDonald are gone – each perhaps a loss to parliament, but each swept aside by a spasm of anger...
Labour's house of cards
The New Statesman· 1 day agoThis is the most effective distribution of the Labour vote in the party’s history. Chief campaign strategist, Morgan McSweeney, should take a bow. There...
The Lib Dems could become the opposition
The New Statesman· 3 days agoCould Ed Davey become the first Liberal leader since Henry Campbell-Bannerman in 1900 to become His Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition? Survation...
After a historic Labour victory, I’m choosing hope
The New Statesman· 2 days 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,...
The highs and lows of election night coverage
The New Statesman· 2 days agoAfter a banal and frustrating campaign, the broadcasters threw everything they had into election night – and they offered viewers and listeners more...
The Unthinkable: how Rishi Sunak accidentally won the 2024 general election
The New Statesman· 7 days agoAsk anyone who remembers the night of the 2024 general election and they’ll describe a similar...
How can Labour create a fair deal for renters?
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAcross the country, the average private renter pays more than a third of their wages in rent to a landlord, and many of those same individuals are forced...
