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The Tory media has gone into meltdown
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe thing no one tells you about the stages of grief is that they are not, in fact, stages. This exhausted government has not left this mortal plane...
Thousands of hard-up households offered £150 cost of living direct cash payments
The Sun· 4 days agoYou may also be able to get grants to cover your energy bills if you've fallen into arrears. A...
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness is grotesque
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThree times is enemy action, says Auric Goldfinger. By this measure, Kinds of Kindness is determinedly hostile. Yorgos Lanthimos’s follow-up to Poor...
The Policy Ask with Paul McNamee: "The prospect of Rachel Reeves becoming the first female...
The New Statesman· 3 days agoPaul McNamee is the director of Labour Climate and Environment Forum. This has included advising on...
Can a feuding French left keep out the far right?
The New Statesman· 2 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....
Joe Biden's last debate
The New Statesman· 3 days agoTwo things are clear after watching last night’s debate: Donald Trump should not be the next American president – and nor should Joe Biden. For months...
Is the SNP prepared to change again?
The New Statesman· 3 days agoWith a week to go, if I were a betting man – which, unlike the entire political establishment, it seems, I’m not – I’d go for something like this:...
Letter of the week: How a nation sees itself
The New Statesman· 4 days agoOf all the fine contributions to “How to fix a nation” (Cover Story, 21 June), Anthony Seldon’s had me banging the table in agreement. It’s to the credit...
Can you be too old to be president?
The New Statesman· 2 days agoEditor’s note: This piece was originally published on 28 October 2020 and was updated on 28 June 2024. On 27 June, Joe Biden and Donald Trump had their...
This is the long Brexit election
The New Statesman· 3 days agoOn 4 July, Labour will win the election but not the country. The Conservative Party meanwhile has suffered a post-Brexit disintegration, agonisingly slow...
