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Rishi Sunak has lost the argument on growth
The New Statesman· 3 days agoLabour’s focus on economic progress has paid off.
Letter of the week: Missions without omission
The New Statesman· 2 days agoLabour has a chance to correct this. In the late Sixties its sister, the Northern Ireland Labour Party, offering non-sectarian social and economic...
Britain’s new Powellites
The New Statesman· 7 days agoAs Mark Lilla notes in a recent essay on the post-liberal current in American politics and letters, this search for a “usable past” on the right has long...
Susie Alegre Q&A: “I was advised to travel the world or join the circus”
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe human rights lawyer on Eleanor Roosevelt, Northern Exposure and Manx history and folklore.
Reform candidates are sinister
The New Statesman· 3 days agoBritain may be broken, as Nigel Farage’s campaign declares. If it were the case of “one or two slip[ping] through the net that shouldn’t have done” – as...
The media's bad election campaign
The New Statesman· 3 days agoNeither the politicians nor the broadcasters have distinguished themselves in this election campaign. Journalists working for traditional organisations...
How can Labour create a fair deal for renters?
The New Statesman· 2 days agoAcross the country, the average private renter pays more than a third of their wages in rent to a landlord, and many of those same individuals are forced...
The entry of women to the Garrick will remake the British elite
The New Statesman· 2 days agoYesterday it was reported that Dame Judi Dench and Siân Phillips had become the first women to be...
Is the SNP prepared to change again?
The New Statesman· 7 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:...
A staggering first-round victory for Marine Le Pen
The New Statesman· 4 days agoEmmanuel Macron's political gamble has backfired.
