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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...
Sunak’s shrinking campaign: from the door of No 10 to doorsteps in his constituency…
The New Statesman· 6 days agoYour weekly dose of gossip from the campaign trail.
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...
From the feral to the glamorous at Glastonbury 2024
The New Statesman· 23 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...
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...
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 –...
Labour’s missions are no substitute for ideology
The New Statesman· 1 day agoOne of the most insistent refrains in Keir Starmer’s campaigning rhetoric has been that he represents a constructive break with a disordered past....
Francis Bacon’s vile bodies
The New Statesman· 1 day agoIs Francis Bacon the most overrated painter of the 20th century? No, surely that dubious accolade must go to Lucian Freud, the artistic Tweedledum to...
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.
