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Elbridge Colby: “I am signalling to China that my policy is status quo”
The New Statesman· 5 days agoFor about a decade, Elbridge Colby has been making a single argument in and out of government: that...
Rishi Sunak makes his last stand
The New Statesman· 4 days agoThe Prime Minister’s final push was a greatest hits of Tory failures.
Exit poll: Labour are heading for a landslide
The New Statesman· 2 days agoLabour is on course to return to government for the first time in 14 years. The exit poll predicts the party will win 410 seats, with the Conservatives...
How can Labour create a fair deal for renters?
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAcross the country, the average private renter pays more than a third of their wages in rent to a landlord, and many of those same individuals are forced...
Labour’s first policy should be to break up the NHS
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThe most famous example in recent times was Bank of England independence, a policy Gordon Brown developed in secret over the two years before the 1997...
The Unthinkable: how Rishi Sunak accidentally won the 2024 general election
The New Statesman· 7 days agoAsk anyone who remembers the night of the 2024 general election and they’ll describe a similar...
The Lib Dems could become the opposition
The New Statesman· 3 days agoCould Ed Davey become the first Liberal leader since Henry Campbell-Bannerman in 1900 to become His Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition? Survation...
Exit Poll: An existential defeat for the Conservatives
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe exit poll puts the Conservatives on 133 seats. It is at the top end of the wide range of...
After a historic Labour victory, I’m choosing hope
The New Statesman· 2 days agoA little under five years ago, in December 2019, I wrote a column – among my first for this magazine – reflecting on the result of that month’s election,...
The Supreme Court has made Trump "a king above the law"
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThe Supreme Court delivered its historic ruling in the case of Trump v. United States on Monday (1...
