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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...
Sunak’s honours list faces a Starmer peer review
The New Statesman· 2 days agoYour weekly dose of gossip from the campaign trail.
The secret history of strawberries
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThey are the perfect summer fruit – and the kitchen can’t improve on perfection.
Subscriber of the week: Jo Lawley
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Labour’s first policy should be to break up the NHS
The New Statesman· 2 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 threats faced by Taiwan make Britain’s politics feel provincial
The New Statesman· 2 days agoOnly 11 minor states (plus the Holy See) have formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan and their...
The Democrats’ appalling judgement
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe task of a leader or decision-maker is to be ahead of consensus, not behind it. The Democratic Party, in sticking with the forlorn Joe Biden this...
The young prole rebels of Dexys Midnight Runners
The New Statesman· 2 days agoOne starts this book at the back, like a Japanese novel, because the author has tracked down all 24 living members of Dexys Midnight Runners, leaving...
Reform could haunt a Labour government
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThe Reform manifesto is a Trumpian document for a British electorate. Nigel Farage (interviewed in this week’s New Statesman) accepts the Republican...