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Democracy begins with us
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAs a journalist in authoritarian China, I learned the value of community. As a parliamentary candidate in the UK, I am determined to preserve it.
On the edge of chaos
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAmerican liberals are howling in indignation over the Supreme Court’s decision to extend immunity to the former president Donald Trump for his alleged...
Keir Starmer’s hard road ahead
The New Statesman· 5 days agoOne thing we can all agree on: Keir Starmer’s Labour government has been an unmitigated disaster. Bloody Labour, stodgy betrayers – they have already...
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”,...
Election night is long, but I shall be on form at the New Statesman party
The New Statesman· 5 days agoIncidentally, my favourite headline of the campaign is now over a month old, but it actually gets...
The secret history of strawberries
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThey are the perfect summer fruit – and the kitchen can’t improve on perfection.
Labour’s first policy should be to break up the NHS
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThe most famous example in recent times was Bank of England independence, a policy Gordon Brown developed in secret over the two years before the 1997...
Biden’s only choice
The New Statesman· 5 days agoWhen Trump declared that Democrats were in favour of “after-birth” abortions, for instance, which is to say they want to kill newborn babies, Biden was...
The Conservative Party faces total devastation
The New Statesman· 3 days agoIf forecast figures have even some bearing on reality, this election will write history in a way like no other. Britain’s Conservative and Unionist Party...
Exit Poll: An existential defeat for the Conservatives
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe exit poll puts the Conservatives on 133 seats. It is at the top end of the wide range of...
