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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...
The constituencies that shaped election night
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe contours of this election were established long ahead of last night: a Labour landslide was essentially a foregone conclusion from the opening days...
Inside the shadow Tory leadership election
The New Statesman· 6 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· 5 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”,...
From Neil Jordan to Lara Maiklem: new books reviewed in short
The New Statesman· 5 days agoMichael Collins – the sprawling biopic about the Irish revolutionary hero – is perhaps the director...
The Conservatives invited this disaster
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThis is an election result that leaves the Conservative Party fighting for its life. The oldest and most successful political party in the country –...
Susie Alegre Q&A: “I was advised to travel the world or join the circus”
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThe human rights lawyer on Eleanor Roosevelt, Northern Exposure and Manx history and folklore.
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...
Francis Bacon’s vile bodies
The New Statesman· 6 days agoIs Francis Bacon the most overrated painter of the 20th century? No, surely that dubious accolade must go to Lucian Freud, the artistic Tweedledum to...
How Labour can govern for working people
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe Conservatives brutally ejected from office. When I congratulated Keir Starmer this morning my message to him was clear. The trade union movement...
