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The entry of women to the Garrick will remake the British elite
The New Statesman· 1 day agoYesterday it was reported that Dame Judi Dench and Siân Phillips had become the first women to be...
Inside the shadow Tory leadership election
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThe battle for the leadership of the Conservative Party will begin officially in five days’ time, once Labour’s victory has been confirmed and Rishi...
The end of accountability
The New Statesman· 2 days ago“If you cut the connection between a cat’s cerebellum and the rest of its brain, it still looks alive,” Dan Davies writes. As with “decebrate cats”,...
As the campaign draws to an end, it’s time to lay down my pen
The New Statesman· 2 days agoAlso this week: The far right’s rabid dogs, and Labour vs my garden trowel.
On the edge of chaos
The New Statesman· 2 days agoAmerican liberals are howling in indignation over the Supreme Court’s decision to extend immunity to the former president Donald Trump for his alleged...
Elbridge Colby: “I am signalling to China that my policy is status quo”
The New Statesman· 2 days agoFor about a decade, Elbridge Colby has been making a single argument in and out of government: that...
Inside the Greens’ battle for Bristol Central
The New Statesman· 2 days agoAt a busy junction at the bottom of one of Bristol’s many hills is a billboard declaring: “The Conservatives are toast.” The advert was paid for by the...
Election night is long, but I shall be on form at the New Statesman party
The New Statesman· 2 days agoIncidentally, my favourite headline of the campaign is now over a month old, but it actually gets...
Can a feuding French left keep out the far right?
The New Statesman· 5 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....
Keir Starmer’s hard road ahead
The New Statesman· 2 days agoOne thing we can all agree on: Keir Starmer’s Labour government has been an unmitigated disaster. Bloody Labour, stodgy betrayers – they have already...
