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Is this election beyond satire?
The New Statesman· 6 days agoWith the Tories writing their own punchlines, the jokes in Michael Spicer: No Room are all too plausible.
Rishi Sunak’s aggressive strategy is his best hope
The New Statesman· 6 days agoThe Prime Minister’s negative attacks are desperate but he has no better option.
As anti-Semitism surges, tolerance resurfaces at unexpected moments
The New Statesman· 6 days agoOnly here the binned item was a Jewish Star of David and the crudely lettered slogan beneath read...
Can a feuding French left keep out the far right?
The New Statesman· 3 days agoAhead of the first round of voting in the legislative elections this Sunday, the French left has united for only the second time in its recent history....
Cat Bohannon Q&A: “We can actually make the world a bit better”
The New Statesman· 6 days agoThe academic and author on Jaws, Artemisia Gentileschi, and the fertility culture wars.
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness is grotesque
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThree times is enemy action, says Auric Goldfinger. By this measure, Kinds of Kindness is determinedly hostile. Yorgos Lanthimos’s follow-up to Poor...
Is the SNP prepared to change again?
The New Statesman· 4 days agoWith a week to go, if I were a betting man – which, unlike the entire political establishment, it seems, I’m not – I’d go for something like this:...
Evangelical Christians’ Trumpian pact
The New Statesman· 6 days agoAt first glance, the elevation of a candidate such as Donald Trump to be the Republicans’ undisputed, all-knowing and all-powerful leader seemed to...
A staggering first-round victory for Marine Le Pen
The New Statesman· 2 days agoEmmanuel Macron's political gamble has backfired.
Biden's performance should make us grateful for the Deep State
The New Statesman· 4 days agoEven if it’s been on autopilot, America has continued to function.