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Can Rishi Sunak turn it around?
The New Statesman· 2 days agoRishi Sunak delivered another solid performance in last night’s BBC head-to-head with Keir Starmer, perfecting his springy if supercilious debating...
The end of Tory England
The New Statesman· 3 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...
Nigel Farage’s Tory takeover is in peril
The New Statesman· 4 days agoFrom a moderate, centre-right perspective, trying to find something to be optimistic and positive about during this general election campaign has not...
Labour's women problem
The New Statesman· 4 days agoLabour has a problem with women. The shadow justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, clearly stated last month: “I believe in the importance of recognising...
Can Labour satisfy its new voters?
The New Statesman· 4 days agoAt Kettering Buccleuch Academy yesterday, Keir Starmer fielded questions on whether Arsenal will win the league (yes), his favourite subject at school...
Labour can't ignore Northern Ireland forever
The New Statesman· 3 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...
Can Labour's GB Energy deliver green socialism?
The New Statesman· 2 days agoAt the height of neoliberalism in the 1990s, we were told the benefits of globalisation required nation-states to relinquish their economic control to...
England are rubbish again, but I make my own Euros entertainment
The New Statesman· 3 days agoCould this have happened to England? The England team was dreadfully overpraised during the build-up...
The Kremlin will exploit the Dagestan terror attacks
The New Statesman· 5 days agoClad in black, the gunmen surrounded a synagogue and an Orthodox church in Derbent, an ancient city on the Caspian Sea in the Southern Russian region of...
University of Glasgow to celebrate 200th anniversary of Lord Kelvin's birth
Scotland Today· 5 days agoThe University of Glasgow is welcoming guests from around the world to celebrate the 200th...