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Jonathan Reynolds: Business and the centre left are natural partners
The New Statesman· 5 days agoOn the evening of the 2019 general election, Jonathan Reynolds’ political life flashed before his...
Nigel Farage’s Tory takeover is in peril
The New Statesman· 6 days agoFrom a moderate, centre-right perspective, trying to find something to be optimistic and positive about during this general election campaign has not...
“I’ve done more than anyone else to defeat the far right in Britain”
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThe left, liberals and mainstream Conservatives loathe Nigel Farage. Rishi Sunak fears him and his...
The end of Tory England
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThe last sprint of this endless election campaign does not make me think there will be any other conclusion than a Labour victory. The Daily Mail, whose...
Left-behind Britain
The New Statesman· 3 days agoJulius Nyerere became the first president of Tanzania, and Lee Kuan Yew the first prime minister of self-governing Singapore. Nyerere and Lee may have...
The vexed history of British feminism
The New Statesman· 5 days agoTo escape their subordinate position in society, women needed an education, and to be seen as human beings. Since then, feminists have achieved...
Can Rishi Sunak turn it around?
The New Statesman· 4 days agoRishi Sunak delivered another solid performance in last night’s BBC head-to-head with Keir Starmer, perfecting his springy if supercilious debating...
Half The Globe Is Voting In 2024 - 80% Want Climate Action, New UN Study
Forbes· 1 day agoAbout 50% of the world’s population – literally billions of people – are voting in 2024, with...
The risk of deepfakes deciding elections is real
The New Statesman· 3 days agoEarlier this year I realised, to my profound disappointment, that I hadn’t really been listening to Arnold Schwarzenegger. For a week I listened to a...
Labour can't ignore Northern Ireland forever
The New Statesman· 5 days agoOn the second day of the Conservative Party’s general election campaign, Rishi Sunak delivered a speech in Belfast on a site previously occupied by the...