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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...
Israel and Hezbollah are destroying the meaning of red lines
The New Statesman· 7 days agoThe Gaza conflict has changed the rules of engagement between Israel and Hezbollah. The unwritten...
How Ukraine shattered Europe's balance of power
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThe invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation on February the 24th 2022 was one of those moments. Within days France and Germany lost their...
Russia, North Korea and the axis of autocracies
The New Statesman· 6 days agoKim Jong Un could barely contain his glee. With a smiling Vladimir Putin in the driver’s seat, the two leaders set off at speed – seatbelts be damned –...
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...
Rishi Sunak has turned the betting scandal into a catastrophe
The New Statesman· 7 days agoIt was inevitable, for example, that once it had been reported that Craig Williams (until recently...
Europe’s Iron Lady: Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas
The New Statesman· 4 days agoOn 27 June 2024, European Union leaders selected Kaja Kallas, Estonia’s Prime Minister, to succeed...
From the feral to the glamorous at Glastonbury 2024
The New Statesman· 24 hours agoGlastonbury is the nation’s biggest festival, and therefore both the most glamorous and the most feral; one of the only places in the world that you are...
What the National Rally’s rise means for Labour
The New Statesman· 1 day agoKeir Starmer and David Lammy may soon be faced with nationalist governments across the Atlantic and the Channel.
“I’ve done more than anyone else to defeat the far right in Britain”
The New Statesman· 6 days agoThe left, liberals and mainstream Conservatives loathe Nigel Farage. Rishi Sunak fears him and his...
