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“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...
Why are England football fans so entitled?
The New Statesman· 1 day agoWhy did England get booed so much and so often during those early Euro games? Family and relations of the players, even the lesser-known figures confined...
The People's Republic of Liverpool Walton
The New Statesman· 1 day agoIn 2018, the Russian presidential election produced an entirely expected victory for the incumbent Vladimir Putin, who won 78 per cent of the vote. In...
Inside the shadow Tory leadership election
The New Statesman· 1 day 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...
Jeremy Corbyn’s last stand
The New Statesman· 6 days agoIt takes time to walk anywhere with Jeremy Corbyn. As we set off on the campaign trail one afternoon in Islington North – where he is standing as an...
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.
Keir Starmer is the consummate late bloomer
The New Statesman· 5 days agoTony Blair and David Cameron were just 43 when they won. At the time, Cameron was the youngest prime minister since 1812, before he was undertaken by...
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....
Can Labour's GB Energy deliver green socialism?
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAt the height of neoliberalism in the 1990s, we were told the benefits of globalisation required nation-states to relinquish their economic control to...
This England: Rice to see you
The New Statesman· 6 days agoThis column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain – has run in the NS since 1934.
